Four days from now the answer to the all-important question on almost everyone's lip -- whether the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government would survive the third reading of the Budget vote or the Opposition's hope of turning tables turns to ash -- will unravel. That is when MPs cast their final vote on Friday.
The Sri Lankan economy it is often said is resilient. An economic growth of above 5 percent is advanced as the evidence for the resilience. The question is being frequently asked as to how the economy performs as well as it does, in the midst of street bombings, a costly war, high inflation, political uncertainly, rising import prices of petroleum and other imports and a chaotic political scenario.
In biblical times it was considered a miracle when Balaam's ass suddenly spoke. It is no longer a miracle. It happens often enough.I was reminded of it on reading an interview with Palitha Kohona which appeared in a so-called newspaper published here for the Sri Lankan community and available free.
In the year 1998, Joubert Gnanamuttu an engineer by profession (a slightly built, soft spoken and self effacing gentleman who had lived for more than twenty nine years in Colombo and who spoke with a slight stammer), was travelling in the bus to Borella when it was stopped at an Army check-point at Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha.
While JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa feted record breaking cricketer Muttaih Muralithran in the legislature last week as the glowing example of a unifying force among different ethnic groups in the country.....
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the glass house
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations
Telescope
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By J.S. Tissainayagam
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The Sri Lankan economy it is often said is resilient. An economic growth of above 5 percent is advanced as the evidence for the resilience. The question is being frequently asked as to how the economy performs as well as it does, in the midst of street bombings, a costly war, high inflation, political uncertainly, rising import prices of petroleum and other imports and a chaotic political scenario.
In biblical times it was considered a miracle when Balaam's ass suddenly spoke. It is no longer a miracle. It happens often enough.I was reminded of it on reading an interview with Palitha Kohona which appeared in a so-called newspaper published here for the Sri Lankan community and available free.