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…
Category: EDITORIAL
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…
Leading by example – We Are All On
Many are the claims that abound on our island nation. Our Prime Minister was to recently claim to be saddened…
FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE CROSS EXAMINED
In the event that the republic’s citizenry find the news boring and the Bondgate matter the principal suspect, we must…
ONE BIG LET DOWN
We at the Ceylon Independent take matters relating to the public interest pretty seriously. We believe that corruption has no…
THE FULL EXTENT OF TREACHERY
It was expected that yesterday (Friday the thirteenth, no less) would be the final day for the commission probing the…
