By Siri Hettige, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo I wish to begin this article…
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Attack on Puttalam Quazi: A judicial system cannot bypass the regular justice system
Puttalam Quazi Dr. Mohamed Rahmathulla Mohamed who came under attack Women’s Action N e…
Sri Lanka eyes $4.5 bln from profitable, loss-making state asset divestment By SHIHAR ANEEZ
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka expects to raise an ambitious $4.5 billion from selling both profitable and…
Sirisena’s lament
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has requested the public to help him pay compensation for his lapses…
Anti-Terrorism Act: Everywhere, everyone, everything, could be terrorist
The local and international calls were for the repeal of the PTA, not for it to…
From Demand For Systems Change To Systems Break By Jehan Perera –
A year after the protest movement took off into a mammoth public display of the popular…
Don’t undermine democracy
Civic society members call for a stop to intimidating the judiciary and holding of elections A…
MF bailout: SL’s march to recovery and political opportunists who stand on the way
IMF was poised to approve a US$2.9 billion bailout to Sri Lanka on Monday, where the…
Government increases the tax burden on the poor and working people on the IMF conditions but postponed taxing the capitalists by two years unacceptable by Eran Wickramaratne
Mr. Eran Wikramaratne MP who alleged that there is a bizarre situation in the implementation of…
Obtaining fresh mandate unavoidable requirement
by Jehan Perera The government’s plans for reviving the economy show signs of working out for…
Sri Lanka Outcome: America Returns To South Asia
This is all part of the comeback that the US is staging in South Asia after…
Sri Lanka becomes first in Asia to have its governance come under IMF scrutiny
IMF governance diagnostic exercise to assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities Report to be published by September…
Will IMF save Sri Lanka?
The staff level agreement between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which was arrived…
Growing foreign dependency and India’s USD 4 bn lifeline
Baglay on an inspection tour of the State Printing Corporation By Shamindra Ferdinando The Japanese embassy…
Celebration of debt
The SLPP-UNP administration is cock-a-hoop at the unlocking of an IMF bailout package. What is the…
Ten days that changed Iraq – and me – forever by Suadad al-Salhy
As US troops entered Baghdad, Suadad al-Salhy left her home to report on the battles. What…
Dollar crisis is over: Central Bank
Governor says IMF bailout package will be approved tomorrow, and first tranche coming on Tuesday By Bandula…
Economic gains of inclusivity and nondiscrimination
Countries in distress brought upon by their own follies find to their cost that they need…