Tuesday 1st March, 2022 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has become an orphan; everybody denies having fathered it. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to take responsibility for it, according to a report published in this newspaper yesterday. He says neither he nor his government should be held responsible for the economic mess the country finds itself […]
Monday 28th February, 2022 More than 4,000 Ukrainian tourists have been stranded here due to the raging war in their country. They obviously did not bargain for a full-blown military conflict at home when they came here. Now, they are up a creek with their funds running out; they have no way of receiving money […]
Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday told Parliament that the Opposition was bandying about figures as regards the third phase of the Central Expressway construction even through the tender process had not yet been concluded. Responding to a question raised by Galle District SJB MP Gayantha Karunatilake, Minister Fernando said: “The Opposition members […]
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Premadasa: SJB has never betrayed the country By Saman Indrajith Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara called on the SJB in parliament yesterday not to undermine national interest for petty political gains. Responding to a question raised by SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said that the recent attack on the house of […]