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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan has written to President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressing alarm over the recent unrest over the building of a Buddhist temple at Illuppaikulam in Trincomalee, warning that it could jeopardise planned foreign investments in the region. Mr Sampanthan has informed the President that the building of the temple in a [...]
Political alliances minus policy convergence may result in bleak future for the country
The media is awash with reports about political alliances that may be formed before any future election. The possible permutations and combinations being written about in the print and social media are largely speculative and often planted to create uncertainty and dissension in the ranks of political opponents. While the media in a democracy is [...]
Increasing exports vital to improve trade balance and external finances
The current improvement in the external finances has been achieved by inward remittances, earnings from tourism and foreign assistance. These have more than offset the trade deficit. BOP surplus At the end of the first half of this year, there was a balance of payments surplus of US$ 3.7 billion. This was achieved in spite [...]
Who is Sri Lanka’s ‘Nero?’; piano playing cop or corrupt leaders?
The sacking of a constable who played the grand piano at the President’s House after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his entourage fled through the back door as thousands of citizens broke down the gates, has captured global news in a sardonic footnote to the 2022 ‘aragalaya’ (peoples’ protests) When piano playing becomes a crime [...]
‘I accept inferior drugs were brought to Lanka’ says NMRA Chairman now
No-confidence debate against Rambukwella begins on September 6 At long last, the head of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority, Professor S. D. Jayaratne, has finally admitted that inferior drugs had been imported to the country and used at Government hospitals. After addressing an FDA training programme on Wednesday where he said that hence forth Lanka [...]
Stop “rocket man” from vanishing into space like some other Ph.Ds
Now that was a poor shot, I must say. I don’t mean our attempts at conquering empty space. The other day Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa took a shot at the Rajapaksa “Rocket Man” for spending much more than India did to land Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole. Deriding Sri Lanka’s attempt to venture into [...]
Battle rages between cabinet and state ministers
State ministers say they have little or no functions; President summons meeting to sort out dispute Police under fire for rising gun violence; allegations of top officers being in cahoots with narcotic gangs UNHRC meeting next week; draft report expresses serious concern over shrinking democratic space Mini Cabinet reshuffle in the offing By Our Political [...]
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