Columns

Political Column
Big poll before economic crunch

It was last Sunday that the telephone rang at the President's House in the Fort. India's Acting Prime Minister Pranab Mukherjee was on the line.

5th Column
Survival is the name of the game, for the Grand Champion lamb!

“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “what will happen in our games with the Indians?”

The Economic Analysis
The prospects of the long awaited peace dividend
As the war nears an end new hopes for the economy are on the cards. In fact the Sri Lankan economy is in such a poor state that only peace can bring about a turnaround.
Lobby
Not issued on this week
 
Focus on Rights
The Presumption of Innocence and Legal Representation
The spate of attacks on lawyers appearing in cases involving grave human rights violations in recent months appear to show no signs of abating. This week, a lawyer who was appearing on behalf of a torture victim who had died due to the grievous treatment that he was subjected to, was assaulted by a police officer attached to the Negombo police station.
Inside the glass house
Obama's war on Wall Street's dumb-witted and greedy crooks

At University campuses in the US there is a widely circulated anecdote of a super smart law student who after graduation sued the Law School — and recovered his tuition fees. If you are sharp-witted, so the story goes, you can always find a loophole in the law through which you can ride a chariot with five horses - Ben Hur style.

 
 
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