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Sarath Fonseka: Where will he go from here?

“Eyaa guliya gilala” or he has swallowed the pill said Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa when Colombo's Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil asked, "what is happening to Fonseka."

5th Column

Fooled twice, shame on whom?

My Dear Mahinda maama,

I thought I must write to you after reading all the headlines you made simply by visiting London to meet the Queen to wish her for her diamond jubilee. Congratulations, you almost got more publicity than the Queen herself!

The Economic Analysis

External and internal shocks serious setbacks to economic growth

Economic growth is likely to fall to 6 per cent this year as external and internal shocks are serious setbacks to the country's economic growth.

Lobby

Not issued on this week

Focus on Rights

Revising the sum and substance of 'the national question'

In this column's weekly critique of government actions, the abiding rule is that governing politicians must be held to the broadest possible levels of accountability in terms of the Rule of Law.

Talk at the Cafe Spectator

Duminda Silva visits PM in Singapore hospital

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne has just returned to Sri Lanka after undergoing treatment in a Singapore Hospital. Visiting him this week was President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a group of ministers and officials. Rajapaksa asked Jayaratne what his ailmentwas.

From the sidelines

Sarath Fonseka throws down the gauntlet

The former army commander upon being released from prison has lost little time announcing his intention to challenge the prevailing political order, notwithstanding a restriction that prohibits him from voting or contesting in elections for seven years.