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Way ahead for Lankan economy By DR. Garvin Karunaratne
Sri Lanka’s economy finds itself in a situation where one wonders whether the government has allowed…
SSP Thalduwa: Critically wrong on criticism of the president
SSP Thalduwa made these claims to the media in relation to the incident where an activist…
Lanka’s geopolitical course correction to overcome economic crisis by Ameen Izzadeen
Just as a drowning man will clutch at a straw, the Sri Lankan government is now…
Scrutiny of GR’s economic experiment by Dr. Ameer Ali
The current economic disaster carries the seal of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and unless some radical change…
”We don’t believe in Sinhala only power” – Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Pic by Damith Wickramasinghe And we can appoint a Cabinet with people who are extremely qualified…
2022: Survival of the Richest
PEOPLE POWER: Will this be the scene in the new dawned year as the people’s patience…
Executive Presidency: Root cause for country’s current governance dysfunction
As the well known adage goes there are none so blind as those who refuse to…
SL’s nine-month public debt rises by almost Rs.2tn
Total public debt stock stands at Rs.17 trillion; bulk consists of rupee debt as govt. leaned…
Theo-militarism and looming confrontation by Dr Ameer Ali
With running shortages in essential consumables and unpredictable and persistent increase in wholesale and retail prices,…
The losing battle for devolution by M S M Ayub
Unlike the efforts by the previous government to bring in a new Constitution, public opinion was…
Sri Lanka has no choice but to Restructure External Debt: A Pathfinder Perspective
Has the time come to consider seriously the merits of restructuring the government’s external debt obligations?…
Tsunami aid-Racism even in human misery. By Latheef Farook
It is seventeen years today since devastating Tsunami struck mainly the east coast of the island…
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Lanka
Most people of my vintage or prior to that may be familiar with the song ‘There’s…
JVP inspires calls for protests against rising cost of living By Saman Indrajith
The JVP yesterday called on people to take to the streets against the government that cannot…
Lynching In Sialkot & Burning Alive In Sri Lanka – A Comparison By Latheef Farook
On Thursday 3 December 2021 Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, was brutally killed by workers of the…
SLPP ally questions order to pay back wages of Dr. Shafi By Shamindra Ferdinando
The National Freedom Front (NFF) says the ongoing investigations into Dr. Shafi Shahabdeen’s alleged involvement in…
JVP calls doing away with MPs’ pensions, maintenance of retired presidents, mansions for ministers, etc. By Saman Indrajith
The country’s economy cannot be shored up without plugging the holes such as MPs pensions, mansions…