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 [...]
Almost every part of Sri Lanka has seen some form of flooding in the last one year. While there is absolutely no argument about the unprecedented quantum of rain that has fallen on the island during this time period, it can certainly be argued the damage that was caused could have been mitigated had the [...]
When it comes to political promises, Sri Lankans are born suckers. From S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike’s ‘Sinhala Only’ Utopia to his wife Sirimavo’s ‘Rice from the Moon’ to J.R. Jayewardene’s ‘Dharmishta Society’ to Chandrika Kumaratunga’s ‘Eradication of Dooshanaya and Beeshanaya’ to maestro Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ‘Miracle of Asia,’ Sri Lankans from all walks of life – rich and [...]
Last week this column lamented that there was hardly any coverage of the crime wave sweeping the north in the English and Sinhala media. Lo and behold, beginning the very next day, Monday and continuing through Friday as this piece was written the mainstream media and parliament have been dealing with the issue exhaustively. What [...]
In a rare case of efficiency the police has managed to round up the mastermind and most of his accomplices in the biggest robbery in Sri Lanka’s history, the Rs 70 million ATM cash heist a few months ago in Kelaniya. However one startling fact the investigating cops discovered was that there was a police [...]
It has been just two weeks since the final budget vote was taken and already the entire exercise is a distant memory in the collective Sri Lankan psyche. Such is the importance we accord to issues that affect us directly, the stomach to be precise, so less said the better of things that do not [...]
It is the first week of December and what has been quite an eventful year is coming to a close. As such, a little reminiscing of the year that was, is in order. Kicking off the year 2010 was the acrimonious presidential election, which was held on January 26. Mahinda Rajapaksa comfortably won that election [...]
He came, he conquered and he has now settled down to rule happily ever after. By all accounts, the President is a happy man with at least six years to go without a care in the world. With the opposition decimated, there is nothing to stop him from doing as he pleases with a two-thirds [...]
The Finance Minister according to recent reports is not happy with the performance of the Board of Investment (BOI) and is even contemplating scrapping the institution all-together come the next budget which is due to be presented tomorrow (22). The Finance Minister’s ire is due to the lackluster performance of the BOI in the post [...]
For one week starting tomorrow, Sri Lankans morning, noon and night will be force-fed a diet of how great their leader is. Hosannas will be sung praising him to high heaven, military parades will be held reminding one and all as to who won the war, coinciding with it, the first ship will be arriving [...]
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