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  • MR’s selective amnesia
    Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has apparently taken the Sri Lankan public for imbeciles. Addressing yet another Temple gathering in the south, over the weekend, Rajapaksa...
  • The “military option”
    Railway commuters, no doubt, would have heaved a huge sigh of relief following the end to the strike called by the engine drivers, demanding that the government rectify their...
  • Future of Trincomalee
    Trincomalee, or Trinco as it is often called by locals, is one city that exemplifies Sri Lanka’s linguistic and cultural diversity. It is a picturesque city where Sri Lanka’s...
  • A timely request
    This week, we have seen a number of strikes by various groups that severely affected the public. Doctors struck work apparently in protest against the Free Trade Agreement (...
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  • A leg up for athletics
    Budding sportsmen and sportswomen in the rural outback of this country, no doubt, would welcome the launch of a Special Sports Fund aimed at grooming them for international stardom one day. This...
  • Tamil Nadu’s last icon
    “Someone who never rested, rests here”. So read the Tamil wordings on the casket of Muthuvel “Kalaignar” Karunanidhi (94), popular politician, poet and scriptwriter of Tamil Nadu. The Southern Indian...
  • Uniqueness of judges
    The other day we made the point in these spaces that the judges of the higher courts may take exception to their lot being treated on par with members of parliament, anent increasing the salaries of...
  • That MP pay hike
    All citizens of this country, particularly those finding it difficult to make ends meet, would applaud President Maithripala Sirisena for firmly putting his foot down on plans to increase the...
  • President’s invite to professionals
    President Maithripala Sirisena has once again extended an invitation to our professionals who have left our shores for greener pastures abroad to return to the motherland and avail of their services...
  • A sound decision
    When the duty structure on all vehicles except commercial vehicles was revised under the last Budget, taxes on small cars below 1,000 CC (1.0 litre) fell by around Rs. 300,000-400,000, which...
  • Cross country development
    President Maithripala Sirisena’s pledge to spread development equitably to cover all regions of the country, no doubt, would be applauded by all citizens of this country. It was the late President...
  • Ensuring financial discipline
    The decision taken by the Cabinet to prohibit recruitments to public and semi-government institutions above the approved cadre is to be commended. In fact the move was long overdue. It was recently...
  • A welcome move
    The issue of ragging in state Universities has been the subject of much discussion even in the earlier days and remedies sought to redeem our seats of higher learning from this scourge. However,...
  • Spare the patients
    The GMOA has bared its fangs again. Its members are all set to down their stethoscopes on Friday if the government fails to meet 10 demands put forward by the government doctors. One of the demands...
  • Now it’s the Tamils
    Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, it appears, is well launched on his campaign to woo the minorities. First it was the Muslims who were hosted to Ifthar. At the time we wrote in these...
  • Imran Khan: A new innings
    Imran Khan is a legend in the cricketing world, with nearly 10,000 runs and 550 wickets to his name in an international career that spanned from 1971 to 1992. The highlight of his career was Pakistan...