Wednesday 1st December, 2021 An oft-heard complaint is that Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is more absent than present in Parliament during the ongoing debate on Budget...
Tuesday 30th November, 2021 Sri Lankans have a remarkable ability to forget. That may be the reason why Prabhakaran failed to achieve his goal despite all...
Monday 29th November, 2021 Maithripala Sirisena did not want to remain a Cabinet minister in the UPFA government, which he left in November 2014 mainly because...
The President and his government has swallowed some nasty stuff of their own making and finally backpedaled on what was proclaimed as an ironclad ban on...
Saturday 27th November, 2021 Members of Parliament consider themselves a special class, and jealously guard their privileges. Living off the public, they want first dibs on...
Friday 26th November, 2021 One may wonder whether those who run gas companies are the cousins of Zahran, the savage, who organised the Easter Sunday explosions...
Thursday 25th November, 2021 The private sector has been allowed to import agrochemicals with effect from yesterday. Sri Lankan farmers, who are celebrating the success of...
Wednesday 24th November, 2021 Two Sri Lankan academics, in an article published in today’s Midweek Review section, discuss the vexed issue of brain drain affecting this...
Tuesday 23rd November, 2021 Sri Lanka Police seem to think whistle-blowing amounts to an offence which is as serious as murder when it hurts political windbags...
Monday 22nd November, 2021 The government decision to transfer Rs. 8.5 billion, which Perpetual Treasuries Ltd., illegally raised through the Treasury bond scams, to the state...