Brecht’s Life of Galileo: By Laleen Jayamanne Andrea: Unhappy the land hat breeds no hero. Galileo: No! Unhappy the land that needs a hero. Brecht in Sri Lanka It is interesting that while three of Brecht’s plays were translated into Sinhala and successfully performed, The Life of Galileo (as far as I know), has not […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) and Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) recently declared corruption as the root cause of Sri Lanka’s current political and economic crisis. The declaration was made in a statement titled, “SLID and TISL launch ‘Business Against Corruption’ Initiative” issued to the media after the two organisations […]
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage and State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy & Egg Related Industries D.B. Herath to immediately increase the price paid to dairy farmers for milk supplied by improving productivity at Milco. The President made these remarks while inspecting the Milco Factory at Narahenpita yesterday […]
Dereliction of duty in public sector: Auditor General suggests remedial measures to punish culprits By Shamindra Ferdinando Auditor General W. P. C. Wickramaratne says the National Audit Act and the Standing Orders 120 and 121 of the Parliament should be amended to curb waste, corruption and irregularities in the public sector. Wickramaratne emphasised the urgent […]
Around 400 inter-provincial buses could not operate yesterday due to the current diesel shortage, Inter- Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) President Sarath Vijitha Kumara said. He said that if the shortages continued, inter-provincial buses would have to stop operating over the weekend. “Some filling stations ration diesel. I understand why they are doing so, but […]