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Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...
- Chandra J sends his proposals for 2013 Budget to the President (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- Time for reflection, reality check, risk mitigation and lessons learnt action (Category: Business)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) under its outreach programme ‘Sambhashana’ discussed ‘COPE Exposure and Beyond’ at the OPA Auditorium recently. On the panel were Rajiva Wijesinha, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC and Professor A.D.V. de S. Indraratna. The moderator was Lakshman Gunasekera. Below is the presentation by Professor Indraratna: This is not the first time tha...
- Ex-AG backs IMF bailout conditions (Category: Breaking News)
- DEW disappointed over disruption of COPE; AG acting in terms of Standing Orders (Category: Breaking News)
- AG, COPE take exception to ‘executive interference’ (Category: Breaking News)
- X-Press Pearl controversy: Prof. Peiris zeroes in on AG (Category: Breaking News)
The Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilized Assets Bill that is to be presented to parliament soon has in it economic and political objectives that spell doom for Sri Lankan democracy as well as the economy. It would vest in the Sri Lankan government Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC which owns the Colombo Hilton that has ...
- Acquisition bill only for 37 assets-President (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Sri Lanka' to replace 'Ceylon' in the names of public enterprises (Category: Breaking News)
- Bill would not discourage foreign investments – Sirisena (Category: Business)
- Listen to the people (Category: Business)
Mismanagement in sports administrationThe role of oligarchs in sports administration, national, regional and international, is not solely a South Asian phenomenon, it is a worldwide cancer. Anyone who has worked in the sports sector in South Asia would have come up against this debilitating factor. It is all pervasive and endemic. Once at a South ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
By Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the staging of the World Cup. In this achievement both stadiums stand out sharply in contrast with ...
- Populist Politics and the Sooriyawewa & Premadasa Stadiums (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President to open Hambanthota International Cricket Stadium tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Only a clean sweep will suffice for the Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- President inspects the construction of an international cricket stadium at Sooriyawewa in Southern (Category: Breaking News)
by Prof Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the...
- Populist Politics And The Sooriyawewa And Premadasa Stadiums (Category: Breaking News)
- The son also rises: Namal Rajapaksa, the president’s eldest son is being groomed for high office (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies matches at SSC (Category: Sports)
- President Rajapaksa offers prayers at Tirumala (Category: Breaking News)
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