| Columns |
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| Political
Column |
Ready for big battle: Rajapaksa vs. Fonseka |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to sign a proclamation tomorrow evening declaring a Presidential Election. Nominations are to be called within two weeks after tomorrow, possibly on December 9 or 10. After six weeks of campaigning, the polls are now likely on January 23. |
| 5th
Column |
Be not too green
to know what’s
in store |
Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “what is this fuss about the common candidate?”
“I didn’t know there was a common candidate...” Bindu’s father Percy said.
“Why, thaaththa,” Bindu said, “everyone is talking about this common candidate...”
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| The Economic Analysis |
| Reducing the fiscal deficit essential for economic growth |
| The essential prerequisite for economic stabilization and growth is fiscal discipline that brings down the fiscal deficit consolidation. This has been stressed ever so often in this column, accepted by the government, the Central Bank, the Institute of Policy Studies and the International agencies assisting Sri Lanka. |
| Lobby |
| Row over sittings: Govt. stands its ground |
| Government legislators seemed to be not so keen on facing a parliamentary election. This was amply demonstrated at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) annual convention last Sunday. |
| Focus on Rights |
| Degenerative duplicity and a government's response - part (ii) |
| Last week, this column outlined the contextual background to the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) formal response to the critical European Commission report on the factors negatively affecting the renewal of the GSP Plus trade privilege. |
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