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Home » ColumnsConman plays Jekyll and Hyde during deputy minister’s visit; obtains 17 passports
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala said the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been asked to investigate Deputy Public Security Minister Sunil Watagala’s claim that a person used his (Mr. Watagala’s) name to obtain 17 passports. The deputy minister made the claim during an interview with a private television channel this week. Mr. Watagala [...]
Fundamental right to parrot untruth masquerading as the gospel truth
NPP attorney-at-law’s shocking attempt to justify her false pre-poll ‘Uganda’ claim by Marxist dictum’s ‘the end justifies the means’ After an elating sojourn in some exotic undiscovered island, from whose utopian bourn an NPP parliamentarian returned last week, bringing with her what seemed to be an old NPP edition of Paine’s Rights of Man, and [...]
National list fiasco
My Dear Uncle Ranil and Sajith, I am writing to both of you as 2024 comes to an end because it has been a horrible year for you both. Uncle Ranil, you were sent out of office this year and Sajith, you weren’t voted into office despite being Leader of the Opposition. To cap it [...]
Urgent need to improve public transport in Sri Lanka with a focus on road safety
Sri Lankans who have undergone and are still undergoing economic challenges in their daily lives are hoping that with better governance their lot will improve in the long run. However, in the short term there are areas where meaningful improvements can be made in their lives. One such area is public transport with an emphasis [...]
The year the old order was wrung out by great expectations
This year has been one of historic political change. People have great expectations for political and social transformation and economic change. Will the expectations be realised? Change This year will be remembered as one when the old order changed, yielding place to a new government with expectations of a united country free of corruption that [...]
Victims of hangman’s noose and assassin’s gun
Former Peradeniya University contemporary and Lake House colleague Thalif Deen did a fascinating piece that appeared in this newspaper last Sunday if the killing of political leaders who themselves have done quite a lot of butchering in their day does provide fascination. At least to those with ghoulish tendencies and psychological quirks, it seems to. [...]
2024 draws to a close, but its political tremors will continue to reverberate
President Dissanayake and his NPP dominate the year, but implementation of election pledges remains a significant challenge SJB leader Premadasa’s handling of affairs draws criticism; Bakeer Markar presents proposals for party’s revival With main opposition party lacking momentum, social media plays a bigger role in political activism NPP-UNP dialogue on state matters continues; local media’s [...]
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