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  • A timely decision
    Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax imposed on various goods and services by Governments all over the world. VAT has to be paid regardless of whether you are rich or...
  • Celebrating “Rata Wiruwo”
    Around one million Sri Lankans are working abroad, not counting the nearly 600,000 Lankans permanently domiciled overseas. They are one of the biggest contributors to the...
  • The plight of the national carrier
    The doings at the country’s national carrier, SriLankan, are gradually beginning to unravel with the testimony now being heard by the Presidential Commission appointed to...
  • A commendable move
    A Transparency International Sri Lanka initiative to recognize and reward public servants who display qualities of integrity and honesty in the performance of their duties...
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  • History in the making
    A summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Chairman Kim Jong-un would have been unthinkable just a few months ago when they publicly traded barbs about the respective sizes...
  • Gota’s sudden love for Muslims
    It appears that the Rajapaksas are at great pains to reconcile with the Muslim community which was virtually under siege during the latter stage of the former regime. A series of Ifthar ceremonies...
  • Halt these killings
    The killing of yet another local government politician within two weeks of each other is indeed a matter for grave concern to which the government ought to pay serious attention to. The latest to...
  • Changing face of Colombo
    Colombo is in the news again and for all the right reasons. The county’s commercial capital is seeing rapid development in a variety of sectors, that has made it the fastest growing city in South...
  • Save Our Oceans
    Just last week, we heard the devastating news that a whale which had ingested 80 plastic bags had died after washing ashore in Thailand. Statistically, this may be just one animal but if you look at...
  • Fresh impetus for Unity Government
    It must be cause for comfort, indeed, for all those who worked towards the January 8 revolution, with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe pledging to continue with the Unity Government for the rest...
  • Democracy, then and now
    Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera says that the Sri Lankan public should credit this government 100 per cent for creating a mature democracy in this country on par with other advanced democracies...
  • President's new role for LG bodies
    President Maithripala Sirisena’s plan to transform Local Government institutions to be focal points for the moral development of the people is to be welcomed, albeit with some reservations....
  • Harin’s lament
    Telecommunications and Foreign Employment Minister Harin Fernando, the other day, said that he doubted if there was even a single member of parliament who would not have received financial support...
  • Minimising Brain Drain
    President Maithripala Sirisena, addressing a gathering in Colombo on Monday, made a very pertinent observation: The shortage of local engineers and technologists has hampered the Government’s...
  • Dayasiri’s dilemma (2)
    SLFP renegade Dayasiri Jayasekera, now that he has been badly exposed, of not only having links with Arjun Aloysius of Perpetual Treasuries fame, but also of having financially benefitted from him,...
  • Give up smoking, save your heart
    Tobacco is deadly. The global tobacco epidemic kills more than seven million people each year, of which close to 900,000 are non-smokers dying from breathing second-hand smoke. There are more than 4,...