| Columns |
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Political Column |
2010 elections endorse Rajapaksa era in Lanka |
| Six weeks of lacklustre poll campaigns paved the way only for sombre and dull Parliamentary elections last Thursday; arguably the dullest ever. Yet, it created political history for post-independent Sri Lanka in many respects. |
| 5th Column |
True, true happiness will follow if you follow me! |
| I thought I must write to you after your Blue party won handsomely at last Thursday’s elections. Congratulations I must say, but I daresay that even you would have been surprised at the extent of your victory. |
| The Economic Analysis |
| An opportunity for fiscal consolidation this year |
| The country’s most serious economic problem is the large fiscal deficits over the years. Inflationary pressures result in cost of living increases that cause severe hardships especially to the lower end of wage earners and pensioners. |
| Lobby |
| Not issued with this week |
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| Focus on Rights |
| Another election passes by |
| So another general election has passed by with a historically low voter turnout in Sri Lanka's history. This does not augur well for the so called first general election to be held in a post war environment after some three decades of active internal conflict. |
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