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‘Sophisticated vehicle racket’ at Presidential Secretariat

‘Sophisticated vehicle racket’ at Presidential Secretariat

It has been revealed that a Presidential Secretariat official is using a vehicle from the Secretariat’s vehicle pool after renting out his personal vehicle to another official at the same office. Thus the official is not only using a vehicle from the Presidential Secretariat and obtaining a fuel allowance, but he is also earning an [...]

Govt. focuses on economic revival; early polls unlikely

Govt. focuses on economic revival; early polls unlikely

Cabinet approves Domestic Debt Optimisation programme after 35-page report by Central Bank governor Govt.’s communicators failed to explain DDO issues to people in simple language; President asks business and TU leaders to do the job Election Commission gets new chief; but concerns over lack of financial independence to conduct polls Crime rate rises, public confidence [...]

Police and politics: To protect and serve whom?

Police and politics: To protect and serve whom?

My dear Deshabindu, I thought of writing to you because everyone is talking about you these days. That is despite not yet being appointed to the top job in the Police–not at the time of writing this anyway, although that might change between now and when this is being read. After all, funny things do [...]

Economic turnaround likely in the second half of this year

Economic turnaround likely in the second half of this year

There are expectations of at least a modest economic recovery in the second half of this year. However, there are serious difficulties and challenges, risks and threats that have to be averted. Debt restructuring The past week has been one of financial uncertainty with the parameters of the domestic debt restructuring creating much anxiety. It [...]

Go to the law, not another ‘truth and reconciliation’ charade

Go to the law, not another ‘truth and reconciliation’ charade

When Chilean-born author Isabel Allende wrote with consummate skill of Chile’s ‘disappeared’ under Pinochet’s dictatorship in her best-selling book, ‘Of Love and Shadows’ (1987), about the mothers who, ‘were no longer afraid and had no hesitation about placing their lives in jeopardy though life was all they had left; everything else had been taken from [...]

Opposition casts doubt over Govt.’s claim that DDO won’t hurt Lanka’s working class

Opposition casts doubt over Govt.’s claim  that DDO won’t hurt Lanka’s working class

Arguments over the impact that the government’s resolution on Domestic Debt Optimisation (DDO) could have on the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employee Trust Fund (ETF) dominated the debate on the Government’s debt restructuring resolution presented to Parliament yesterday. Opening the debate on the “resolution for the implementation of the Domestic Debt Optimisation to [...]

Blame mystery hospital deaths on their karma, don’t blame us

Blame mystery hospital deaths on their karma, don’t blame us

Amazing callous responses by Minister Keheliya and NMRA Chief  What do you make of the bearded Keheliya Rambukwella? The one-time haut cuisine specialist who replaced Pavithra Devi’s Covid curing ‘paniya’. After delivering a bold ultimatum last week in Parliament to his superiors that if the Treasury denies him the money to do his duties efficiently [...]

Talk is cheap but then we have free speech, no

Talk is cheap but then we have free speech, no

Now the story is being told. But not all of it. What has hit the print media front pages is a news item created from a short video clip which shows President Wickremesinghe responding to a question raised by a Tamil resident at a panel discussion he attended in London on June 19. Who was [...]

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