By Sellakapu S. Upasiri de Silva “The government should commit itself to being a best practice client” — Latham, M. When the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) gives contracts to the Chinese without calling for tenders, it goes against the accepted norms of transparency and good governance. By withholding the use of National Procurement Agency [...]
Tunisia is proof that revolutions can happen. Egypt is proof that they can spread. Throughout the Arab world, aging dictatorships are being challenged by young people simply marching in the streets. Shocking to many observers, they seem to be succeeding. The question is how, and why. Demographics It takes young men to fight wars, and [...]
TWO news items last week strongly hint of a rising tide of opposition against the present rugby administration. It’s not that news critical of the Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetilleke administration hasn’t appeared in the media before, but with the incumbents due to seek a second term at next month’s AGM of the SLRFU, last [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly As coconuts retailed at Rs 60, leeks at Rs 150, green chillies Rs. 500, tomatoes Rs 372 – all per kilo — and the Army selling vegetables to stabilise prices, the world’s first stretch Prado limousine arrived in Colombo last Wednesday. On Thursday, a similar super luxury vehicle – a Chevrolet 300c [...]
By T.M.K. Samat SRI Lanka is not among the 24 countries listed as participants of the March 25-27 Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong International Sevens – contrary to SLRFU claims that it had qualified for the popular event. The participants announced by organisers in Hong Kong on Thursday night included five Asian countries: China, Japan, [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Several WikiLeaks defectors including Julian Assange’s right hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg have created a separate website. The new site, called ‘OpenLeaks,’ has been described by its founder Daniel Domscheit-Berg as being a ‘more democratic organisation.’ The new site plans to work with other organisations including the media when publishing documents, as opposed [...]
By Dinouk Colombage The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Media and Communications Manager James Fitzgerald has stated that the cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka are still to be completed. On January 26, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the three-match one day series originally planned to be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium and the Hambantota Cricket [...]
By Hishan Welmilla Minister of Sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage has appointed special 12 member committee to prepare and implement a four year plan to revamp athletics in Sri Lanka. The committee will be headed by the President, Athletic Association of Sri Lanka, Major General Palitha Fernando and comprise of veteran coaches, administrators and elite athletes. Prema [...]
By Dr. Harold Gunatillake – Health Writer Fish, vegetables and fruits are God-given nutritious foods you can bet on for good health, and promote healthy longevity. But, most of us subject those healthy nutritious food to palatable unhealthy cuisine through varied cooking processes. It is seen in most television cookery demonstrations, just for taste and [...]
Not so long ago most young Sri Lankan students wanted to end up in one of three professions – medicine, engineering or law – in that particular order. Then somewhere between J. R. Jayewardene’s open economy and Mahinda Rajapaksa’s open sesame it all changed. Today this country produces more accountants each year than medicine, engineering [...]
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