by Kumar David Communist Cuba, even when Castro was at the peak of his powers, employed a dual currency system of the Cuban peso and the...
by Leelananda de Silva Sometime in 1973, Mrs. Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister. directed that I should be in charge of the economic side of the Non...
by Ravi Abeysuriya Talk to anyone waiting in a long queue to get fuel for daily living, the same set of emotions are apparent: lamenting about...
by ECB Wijejyesinghe Mothers with marriageable daughters, whether they come from Thimbirigasyaya or Timbuctoo, Uduvil or Uganda, are all cast in the same mould. Without blinking,...
74 not out – a personal memoir Gamini Fonseka, FCA, FCMA, JDIPMA(UK) I was born four weeks after we won our Independence. In my infant days...
By V. K. Nanayakkara Can the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka be replaced without recourse to article 82 of the existing Constitution? In other words, can...
By Gwynne Dyer “He’s finished. There’s no way he will survive this”, said Lord Heseltine, the grand old man of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. He was...
By Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com It was in February this year, that I pointed out that the Sri Lankan energy sector is a headless chicken. https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lankan-electricity-sector-The-headless-chicken/4-730564...
It was in the fitness of things for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a special telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin recently for...
She has certainly won the hearts of many with the charity work she is engaged in, on a regular basis, helping the poor, and the needy....