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During its campaign, the National People’s Power (NPP) has been stressing the need to send new blood to Parliament, arguing that many of the former MPs who have been in politics for decades are corrupt and inefficient. The NPP’s candidate lists are mostly comprised of relatively newcomers to politics. This has also provided ammunition to [...]
A prince’s gambit
My dear Namal baby, I thought of writing to you because we hear you commenting on various issues these days when campaigning for the ‘pohottuwa’ for the general election. This is while you are desperately trying to salvage some pride after receiving a rude message from the voters at the presidential election. Politics is a [...]
Eradication of bribery and corruption imperative for economic development
Corruption has been one of the most, if not the most, significant causes and reasons for the country’s economic underperformance. Large-scale bribery involving foreign contractors for infrastructure projects was one of the reasons for the recent economic crisis. Furthermore, bribery at all levels of administration has vitiated the implementation of economic projects and the administration [...]
All hail, the warped comedy of Sri Lanka’s three ex-presidents
The hideous sight of three former Presidents of Sri Lanka laughing their heads off on the national stage when invited by the country’s accounting professionals to speak on a corruption culture that brought the nation to ruinous bankruptcy in 2022 sums up exactly why the political parties that they lead have been resoundingly rejected by [...]
Exploiting Easter Sunday attacks for political purposes must stop
Over five years have lapsed since the tragic Easter Sunday attacks of April 21, 2019 but the masterminds behind the attack have yet to be identified and brought to book. To call it a conspiracy is to state the obvious. Without meticulous planning and clear objectives such a sophisticated and synchronised attack could not have [...]
‘Ratan Tata wasn’t a mere tycoon: He embodied the very soul of India’
How the Tata dynasty spent their wealth in the service of India Rattan Tata was not born with a silver key that would grant him automatic entry to the Tata kingdom nor with a direct claim to the Tata bloodline. However, when he died last week in Mumbai at the age of 86, he was [...]
Oh! Grandma, what a big mouth you have!
As kids many, many decades ago, one remembers that 17th-century tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf. It sure did bring up some laughter, not to mention occasional concern. This old tale came to mind when I read of that foray of former parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila, whose recent remarks and challenges thrown at [...]
AKD Govt. cracks the whip on corruption
Resurrection of uncompleted cases underway; presidential media division releases footage of Anura Kumara’s statements Despite president’s camaraderie with retired UNP stalwart, honeymoon is over, the hunt has begun Multiple crises beset SJB; Mahanayake advises party to support the government’s development work By Our Political Editor Many months before the 2019 presidential election, a twosome [...]
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