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A leading digital marketing agency’s Chief Executive Officer recently explained on Twitter how their campaign managed to make one 5-star hotel client consistently become ranked No.1 on listings of one of the world’s largest online travel agencies. In doing so, he also revealed how completely out of touch Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities had been on [...]
Opposition fears spark war of words over mini polls; Anura works out truce
By Sandun Jayawardana It took less than 20 minutes for the first Parliament sitting of 2023 to erupt in uproar over the fate of the local council elections. Soon after the sittings began on Thursday, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena presented two reports in his capacity as Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and [...]
Role of political parties in choosing the right candidate
The National Election Commission has finally announced that nominations for the local government elections will be received from January 18 to January 21. After several weeks of speculation that the local government elections will not be held by the due date, the National Election Commission has laid down the timelines for the local government elections. [...]
Is it the time to test the waters?
My dear new ‘Maco’ Nimal, I thought of writing to you because we are beginning to see you and hear about you more often these days as Paradise prepares for a ‘punchi chandey’ or ‘small election’ to elect representatives to local government institutions. It may be a ‘small’ election for the voters but it will [...]
Can we achieve economic stability and revive the economy in 2023?
The Christmas season was celebrated in a manner not seen in the last few years. Despite the extravagant celebrations during the Christmas season, the country remains in an economic cri-sis with several uncertainties this year. Economic growth The economy contracted by eight percent in 2022. Although this estimate is lower than the con-traction in the [...]
Political dramas over electricity tariff increase while the poor kill themselves
Sri Lanka’s publicity hogging Chair of the Public Utilities Commission is distinguished (not positively) by twin evils of a ghastly sartorial choice in the wildly varied waistcoats that he sports and exhibiting great volubility in speech not accompanied by much precision or clarity of thought. Extreme burdens imposed on the public In recent weeks, he [...]
Will the people’s right to vote be bartered for a plate of rice?
Adversity makes parties jump into poll bed with adversaries With the intoxicating whiff of local government elections in the air, a mad scramble has begun by political parties to jump into bed with even their political foes in a last-ditch attempt to stave off certain defeat at the forthcoming hustings. No matter how jarring the [...]
Leaderless in a nation with no economy
There was at least one piece of good news at the birth of this New Year. Well, good news depends on one’s perspective. However one looks at it, that utterance from a government spokesman contained more than a kernel of truth. Some other colonels, as a Sri Lankan wag put it on New Year’s day, [...]
SLPP leader for local polls but increasing signs of postponement
Mahinda Rajapaksa says political parties should face elections, cannot run away and must learn from their mistakes TNA threatens to pull out of reconciliation talks; says little or nothing has happened; more talks scheduled Moribund SAARC in crisis over secretary general post; Sri Lanka’s Esala Weerakoon may continue till solution is found By Our [...]
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