Pièce De Resistance Selling printed works of art, naturally, to upmarket clientele, is Imtiyaz (Doray) Ahamat’s (46) business. Having set up his art gallery at the beginning of this month at Davidson Road, Bambalapitiya, he has made a Rs. 450,000 turnover in the first three weeks of business. He cut his teeth in the gallery [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s eldest son, Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa, addressing children at a school in Beliatte last Saturday said that he doesn’t want them to be pasting his posters. However, what he did not say, or lead by example, is the importance of punctuality. The meeting was originally scheduled for 11 AM, but was [...]
Five years in the Presidency has made Rajapaksa believe that he is God, or more likely that he is King. At a mega reception hosted last Monday, the 22nd, only one thought came to mind as I stood among some two thousand odd guests. Maybe there were more. Here was the King and his subjects. [...]
By Dinouk Colombage It is a common occurrence for a team that is losing to be criticised along with the selection of certain players. So why is it that in recent weeks there has been much criticism of the successful Sri Lankan team now battling the West Indies? In the recently concluded first test match [...]
By Afra Naufel and Maryam Azwer The new cabinet sworn in by President Rajapaksa on Monday (22) includes 20 new ministers who were not among those in the previous cabinet. The Sunday Leader spoke to some of these new ministers to find out their objectives and plans for the future. Minister of National Languages and [...]
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe came under fire from young UNP Parliamentarians Sujeewa Senasinghe and Buddhika Pathirana at the party’s parliamentary group meeting on November 22. Senasinghe and Pathirana criticised the party leadership for its actions to sideline the young members in the party, and for taking constructive criticism on a personal level. Interestingly, except for [...]
Tax Exemptions For State Institutions By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The government in its budget proposals for 2011 announced that several state institutions that help increase the country’s tax revenue would be exempted from taxes for a period of five years. Delivering the budget proposals on November 22, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that state institutions like [...]
By Joe Berger As the ‘season’ draws nearer and the invitations increase for dinners, drinks and more dinners, it really is incumbent upon an ‘eating guide’ to point out the obvious and the not so obvious. Humans – even Sri Lankans – were simply not meant to not exercise. However in Sri Lanka, just think: [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara in Kalutara – Photos by Thusitha Kumara Pools of water from the previous night’s heavy rainfall puddle near the OPD doorstep. It is 6 am — visiting hour at the Nagoda Hospital. In Ward 5B, a father from Matugama is anxiously waiting for his son to be released. Lying in a hospital [...]
The pressure for the rupee to appreciate earlier during last week took a downward swing on Friday due to importer pressure, as a result of which the greenback appreciated by 20 Sri Lanka cents instead, to be trading at Rs. 111.50 in spot. However market sources believed that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) [...]
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