Air Traffic Controllers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) gave priority clearance to the Indian Air Force Embraer VIP jet that dropped altitude from 37,000 feet for a smooth touchdown on a sultry afternoon the previous Friday.
I thought I must write to you even though I must confess I didn’t even know who you were just one week ago! After all, you are not among the famous British men we are familiar with like William Shakespeare or Winston Churchill-or more recently, Chris Tremlett-are you? And even your official position is that of being the Junior Minister of something isn’t it?
The Sri Lankan economy has undergone significant structural changes in the last three decades. The changes in the export import structure that we discussed last week are reflected in the changed structure of the economy, in as much as the changes in the economy are reflected in the import export structure.
Atrocities happen during war. This is a disturbingly cynical one-liner that we hear all too often these days. At one level of understanding, this reminder is quite true. This is precisely why, at the end of a long period of conflict and bitterness, enlightened people try to recognize historical atrocities and make reparations for them so as to move forward, not as a fractured nation but as a collective whole.
Trouble is brewing in the United National Party (UNP) and the grand old party may see a renewed crisis.
Insiders say General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has sent out a "charge sheet" to the recently named co-deputy leader Sajith Premadasa. He has been asked to explain six charges which relate to violation of party discipline.
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