The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Columns

Political Column

A Chinese envoy once described a restaurant in Colombo as among a handful that served authentic food of his country. Yet, last Sunday afternoon, there were only a few at the restaurant. Past noon, a white clad VIP politico turned up. Escorting him was his bodyguard. If the guard's holster with a loaded pistol bulged out from his tight white shirt, the well-built man had another distinguishing symbol.

5th Column

Let’s not trifle with the law

“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “who should be punished by the law?”

The Economic Analysis

Is the economy on the threshold of a boom?

Is the Sri Lankan economy on the threshold of an economic boom? This is the question in the minds of many. The prospect of a sharp revival in the economy is very much in the minds of the government, the business community and foreign observers.

Lobby

Not issued this week

Focus on Rights

A symbol of the subversion of law

It was a week dominated by the unprecedented sentencing of senior journalist JS Tissainayagam to twenty years hard labour under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) No 48 of 1979 (as amended) and prevalent Emergency Regulations for the writing of two articles in a journal some years back.

Inside the glass house

Not issued this week