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A historic battle took place in the Kande Uda Rata Rajadhaniya, in the course of one of the many invasions by the Western colonial powers who once occupied what was known as the Maritime Provinces of Lanka, at the site of the ford at Wagolla village, a crossing point of the Mahaweli river on one ...
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya has called for the Opposition parties to unite to abolish the Executive Presidency saying it was the singular enemy of Sri Lanka. Here is the full text of Jayasuriya’s statement: Everything that presently ails Sri Lanka hinges on a single factor – the Executive Presidency that concentrates all power in the ...
Reuters: Romney or Obama? Republican or Democrat? The U.S. presidential election may inflame voter passions, but based on past experience, whoever wins the world’s most powerful elected office isn’t likely to move the dollar. The U.S. dollar’s performance over the past 40 years shows little relation to the party holding the presidency and more to ...
Let me begin my thoughts with a quote generally attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” The argument goes that if you have a superior product, then customers would seek you out. Is Ceylon Tea good enough for the world to beat a ...
A laudable goal that needs much more workSocial justice to be the Government’s development philosophy The development philosophy of the present Government, as pronounced in the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and Planning for 2011 released two weeks ago, is a blend of social justice with economic progress (p 14). This is a ...
Government’s commitment: Will improve state enterprises The Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and Planning for 2011, just released, has, among many others, one important positive message for the nation. It has reiterated the Government’s commitment, as it had done earlier too, to improving the performance of what it calls State Owned Business Enterprises ...
As all eyes are focused on Sri Lanka with the deciding vote taking place on Thursday in Geneva, the thought that crossed my mind was the power of the Diaspora and how world politics can shape the destinies of small countries like Sri Lanka. Whilst some can argue it is unfair, the reality is that ...
Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world’s top two ODI sides on the field during this ...
What do nation states do when their politicians ruin their economies by serial lying to the voters, running up huge domestic and international financial deficits, uncontrolled corruption, cannot keep interest rates at reasonable rates, cannot control inflation nor hold the exchange rate steady and run the country on an unsustainable basis, depending on what has ...
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will inaugurate tomorrow the three-day Rotary South Asia Conference for Development and Cooperation hosted by Sri Lanka. The President will address the ceremonial inauguration on Sunday at 9 a.m. at Galadari Hotel whilst the conference will be held at Cinnamon Grand. Around 300 delegates and speakers of repute from the corporate and ...
Highly respected Managing Director and Editor in Chief of The Hindu N. Ram will be in town over the weekend to actively participate at the Rotary South Asia Conference on Development and Cooperation in Colombo from 4-6 September. Ram will moderate the first plenary session titled “Reaching within – Bonding South” on the inaugural day ...
Several big names in business, medicine and civil society spheres are coming to Sri Lanka to attend the Rotary South Asia Conference on Development and Cooperation in Colombo from 4-6 September. Overall around 300 delegates and speakers of repute from the corporate and state sectors from the South Asia region, comprising countries, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...
By an Independent Analyst The State Assembly of Tamil Nadu (TN) passed a resolution on 8 June 2011, requesting the Indian Central Government to push the international community against Sri Lanka towards imposition of ‘economic sanctions’. The resolution at the TN assembly moved by Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister passed unanimously with the ruling party ...
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