| Columns |
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Political Column |
Basil frontrunner for premiership |
| That Sri Lanka created history by not having a Cabinet of Ministers for ten days so far was no comfort for President Mahinda Rajapaksa. |
| 5th Column |
Astrology becomes mind candy for them! |
| The astrologer was famous for making accurate predictions, especially during the past elections. Now, he had a steady stream of visitors and they all wanted to know who the next Prime Minister would be…The first to visit him was Nimal Siripala. |
| The Economic Analysis |
| Central Bank indicates conditions for better economic performance |
| The Central Bank is quite optimistic about the prospects for the economy this year. Based on the performance of the economy after the end of the war, it predicts “greater prosperity” and “long term sustainable development”. |
| Lobby |
| Not issued with this week |
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| Focus on Rights |
| Different sides of an ugly coin |
| The problem with much of the personalized attacks that passes for public debate in Sri Lanka is the unfortunate tendency to pin labels on persons having different points of view. This persistent inability to recognise that logical and sustained differences of opinion may be accommodated in healthy debates without resorting to name calling reflects not only on those responsible but also on the nature of our society today. |
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