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  • Measuring happiness
    What is happiness? It is a state of mind, a state of contentment with one’s circumstances. We have all heard the saying “money cannot buy happiness” (there are different...
  • For a new look CIABOC
    The main story carried in our weekend publication, the Sunday Observer, reflecting the laxity in investigating cases of bribery and corruption, no doubt, will come as no...
  • Jobs for the boys
    Many would agree with State Minister for Finance Eran Wickramaratne that politicians should desist from providing jobs to youth. Speaking during the Budget Committee State...
  • A two-way street
    Sri Lanka has an ambitious programme to register 2.5 million tourist arrivals per year in the short term. It is only right that we should provide various incentives to entice...
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  • Conserving power
    The appeal made by Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake to the public to use electricity sparingly, hopefully will be heeded. The Minister said the extreme heat at present, coupled with the...
  • The teachers’ strike
    Under no circumstances can any right thinking citizen condone the actions of Government teachers who ditch their charges and keep away from their duties, least of all school principals, who have...
  • Aluthgamage’s ‘Book’
    “Set a thief to catch a thief “goes the well known saying. It is not clear if UPFA MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage was inspired by this famous line when he set about the business of authoring a book...
  • Healing the wounds
    Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has noted that genuine reconciliation between ethnic groups have now become a reality as evidenced by the singing of the national anthem in Sinhala and Tamil...
  • The ‘governing’ Governors
    The conduct of the newly appointed Governors for some of the provinces has raised concerns among the ranks of the UNP and not without reason, one could argue. UNP backbencher Heshan Vithana on...
  • Reforming the Police
    President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to introduce far reaching changes in the police service would be welcomed not only by the police officers themselves but also by the public. According to the...
  • The road to gender equality
    If men and women are truly treated equally at all levels in society, there would be no need to celebrate an International Women’s Day (IWD). But the stark reality is that in many countries, developed...
  • A budget of many parts
    It is difficult for a Government to satisfy all segments of society through a national budget. All budgets, down the years, have come in for both praise and criticism, depending on which political...
  • Peiris, then and now
    Pohottuwa nominal leader Prof. G. L. Peiris is opposed to Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika Ranawaka's proposal for a general amnesty to those accused of war crimes, both from the...
  • A budget with a difference?
    Today's budget, no doubt, will be vastly different to all other budgets presented by the Yahapalanaya Government, for various reasons. Firstly, it will be the maiden budget that will be presented...
  • The late developer
    One often comes across instances where dullards, while in school, transforming into geniuses in adult life and going onto make a success in their fields of endevour. On the other hand the bright...
  • Saying “no” to isolationism
    If there is one defining trend in global politics in 2018-2019, it is isolationism. Many leaders around the world are trying to isolate their countries from the outside world. From the America First...