If Perpetual is not relieved of its profits bond saga will be a pus vedilla
When the Bond Commission was set up I wrote an article on 8 September 2017 titled ‘If at the end…
Category: EDITORIAL
The Essential Need for Thought – before voting
The local government polls are finally upon us – complete with a new system in place just to add a…
“The State must, in the public interest, expect high standards of efficiency, service and fairness from public officers in their dealings with the administration and the public. In the exercise of constitutional and statutory powers and jurisdictions, the Judiciary must endeavour to ensure that this expectation is realized.”
Those words were said by Justice Fernando a member of our very own judiciary not from some outpost of a…
THE NATIONS’ TRUST EXPLODES
Ever since 8th March 2015 when the NewsFirst team from the Maharaja media stable reported on the ‘Bondgate’ matter on…
The Gravest blow to the UNP – after Premadasa
The nation awaited with some anticipation the findings of the Commission of Inquiry and arguably the bulk of the adult…
A VERY UNDEMOCRATIC AUTOCRACY INSTEAD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
At the end of 2017, we in Sri Lanka have rather little to report to the world if it is…
THERE ARE NO WINDS BUT WE DO INSIST ON DEMOCRACY
In Sri Lanka we practise some pretty traditional values. These values include an almost bizarre acceptance of authority and power.…
Here we go again – The PM & PR
It is almost getting to be as exciting as watching oil-based paint dry. Time and time again we watch the…
The Royal Kingdom of Sri Lanka
The recently passed Foreign Exchange Act is certainly welcome in terms of removing some archaic rules governing the flow of…
The Designer’s International Budget
Mangala Samaraweera presented his maiden budget but for Sri Lanka it was the 72nd budget ever presented. The analysis was…