The colourful S.B. Dissanayake, now the Minister of Higher Education, can be counted upon to come up with a few home truths every now and then. Last Monday speaking at an official function he bemoaned the fact that Sri Lankan university students were not keen on taking up part time employment so as to be [...]
It was not long ago that cabinet appointed a special committee to organise the next Independence Day celebrations on a ‘grand scale’ complete with what is now the standard military parade. But whatever this committee may come up with is not going to be a patch on what Sri Lankans will be witnessing in exactly [...]
Mahinda Rajapaksa may well hate the sight of his predecessor, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and by all indications he certainly does, but it seems that the former president’s mother and Rajapaksa’s political mentor, Sirimavo Bandaranaike has left an indelible mark on the current President’s political style. There is no escaping this conclusion when one compares what [...]
We are living in truly grand times. The regime of the day has been in party mode from the day the war ended and the party is still going on as if there’s no tomorrow. We have gone from one parade to another and from one tamasha to another, celebrating the end of the war [...]
The beleaguered Leader of the Opposition and UNP, Ranil Wickremesinghe will come under serious pressure if plans being made by grassroots party cadres to descend on Sirikotha, the party headquarters demanding that Wickremesinghe steps down from the position of party leader, go ahead. It is reliably understood that plans are being made to stage a [...]
The approach is simply breathtaking. And the place itself, picture perfect. But all this beauty hides the harsh reality that Arugam Bay really isn’t what it should be. Located on the long forgotten east coast of the island, Arugam Bay is world famous as a surfers paradise and with the end of the war, tourists [...]
The events of last week confirmed the one thing we did not want to know; Sri Lanka’s degeneration is happening at a rapid pace. In which country today will one find a government minister tying a public official to a tree while a contingent of policemen nonchalantly looked the other way? In which country will [...]
It has been in the news all week, but it has been a case of stating the obvious as to why Rienzie Algama decided to immolate himself in front of Sirikotha, the UNP headquarters in Kotte. Various opinions have been offered as to the reason why Algama did what he did and not a ‘WW’ [...]
He came, he conquered and yes, he retired. Quite not in keeping with what is now the national tradition of hanging on when the going is good or by marketing past performance. For this reason in particular and his stupendous achievements in general Muttiah Muralitharan will be long remembered as the Sri Lankan who was [...]
Sri Lanka is supposed to have a high literacy rate — in the 90s at the last count. Yet the so-called educated people keep getting suckered by politicians’ day in and day out and things don’t look like they are about to change any time soon. And the media has much to do with this. [...]
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