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My dear Anguru Kumara, I didn’t think I will be writing to you twice within three weeks. However, I thought I must do so after you achieved what most people thought was impossible — the first resignation of a Cabinet minister in this government. I don’t know what I should say, whether it is congratulations [...]
Economic performance in first year of JVP/NPP government and prospects this year
The Sri Lankan economy achieved a 5 per cent growth last year, inflation was contained at 5 per cent and foreign reserves (including a Chinese yuan swap facility equivalent of US$ 1.5 billion) increased to US$ 6.1 billion. Although the economy achieved a 5 per cent growth last year, this year’s growth is expected to [...]
The Easter Sunday atrocity at a ‘critical investigative stage’; a matter of proof
Sri Lankans are confronted with two contradictory (not surprisingly so) framing of the 2019 Easter Sunday jihadist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka in regard to which investigations, we are informed, have reached a ‘critical stage.’ Conflicting narratives There is a (nauseatingly) familiar mix of political opportunism and anguished calls for justice in [...]
Transforming Sri Lanka’s political culture –easier said than done
The ascent of the National People’s Power (NPP) to the heights of Sri Lankan governance was not merely a change in administration; it was marketed as a seismic shift in the nation’s moral fabric. For decades, the Sri Lankan electorate had watched with growing disillusionment as the country’s political culture deteriorated into a quagmire of [...]
Soot smears on Govt collar over coal scam: Mystery of missing $ millions from Treasury
It has certainly not been an auspicious start to the Sinhala and Hindu New Year for the JVP government. Suddenly they have become like cats on a hot tin roof, forced to confront a plethora of financial issues which cast questions on their competence and, apart from throwing aspersions on their much-hailed integrity, shed doubts [...]
Learning Non-Alignment from the NPP Govt. is becoming quite a gimmick
So now some political card readers or whatever they read seem convinced that they know where this country is heading. Maybe they have been communicating with Mr Trump. Just the other day he sent a torpedo into the belly of a passing Iranian ship not too far from our waters, without even a by-your-leave. And [...]
Cyber theft raises questions about Government competence and commitment to transparency
Post-Avurudu blow for ruling NPP as Lanka loses US$2.5 million to hackers; opposition demands Treasury Secretary’s resignation Government appoints expert committee to study Easter Sunday report recommendations; Cardinal endorses probe’s progress Indian Vice President Radhakrishnan holds top-level meetings in Sri Lanka with political leaders, urges Tamil parties to unite By our Political Desk The new [...]
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