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Home » Columns‘It was a mistake,’ says Sunil; ‘It was deliberate,’ says Bimal
It was Minister Sunil Handunnetti who made a humble apology that he made a mistake by mentioning the Nobel Prize instead of the Guinness World Record, but the Leader of the House and Minister of Transport, Bimal Rathnayake, claims it’s being done deliberately. Industries Minister Sunil Handunnetti’s slip in describing Sri Lanka’s Guinness World Record [...]
A difficult job
My dear Sagara, I thought of writing to you as you are frequently being called upon to present the view point of the ‘pohottuwa’ party despite the many controversies surrounding it. I don’t envy your job. Most of the issues you are being asked to deal with are challenging and you sometimes make a mess [...]
Hamas’ acceptance of Trump’s Gaza Proposal despite its flawed nature is a humanitarian imperative
When former U.S. President Donald Trump announced his new 20 point Gaza Proposal last week, he was not only inserting himself back into the world’s most intractable conflict but also reshaping the conversation on how the war between Israel and Hamas might end. His plan, which is limited in detail, sets out a path for [...]
President’s UN speech and comprehensive account of government’s economic achievements
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s address to the United Nations 80th General Assembly session and his address to a large gathering of Sri Lankans in New York would elicit responses among Sri Lankans according to their political biases. UN Speech As in the past, the President’s address to the UNGA was an occasion to showcase Sri [...]
Questions for the NPP upon one year in power
If the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) party learns just three lessons as it passes the one year high water mark in holding the reins of power, it would do well to be a little more self-critical, a tad less arrogant and certainly more accountable in governance. A ‘curate’s egg’ record Absent this learning exercise, its [...]
Dawning of the permissive age in paradise isle where anything goes
Face the dawn of the swinging permissive age as Lanka gets set to raise the LGBTQ four-colour full mast to its flagpole and welcome the new wave of offbeat tourists to its shores as an idyllic paradise isle for lesbians, homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders and queers, where anything goes. Gone will be the sandy beaches from [...]
Right to information or right to silence
Who the hell does he think he is, whoever it might be? Asking our first Marxist-Leninist president, who struggled to achieve some national status and now presumably international too, how much he, his chums and his hand-picked intellectuals spent on ‘kottu roti’ at some place near to his childhood home is nobody’s business. It is [...]
Go straight, Prelates tell President, denouncing LGBTQI tourism
President rushes to Kandy to assure Mahanayakes SL Tourism stance is not Govt. policy; says “for other things, there are other places” Controversy rages over Bribery Commissioner’s links with NPP as Nandana stands by his remarks; Govt. says allegations connected to crackdown on corruption IMF hails economic progress, but US State Dept.’s report on investment prospects paints [...]
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