By Lynn Ockersz Ignoring aching hearts and limbs, And unmindful of days passing, The men slumped in their Tuk-Tuks, Continue their lonesome vigil, In queues snaking into the distance, For those never-coming cans of fuel, Promised by smooth-talking Sires, That could help fetch a few more coppers, And delay the onset of starvation, But thanks […]
House watchdog committees ascertain culpability of FM, Monetary Board By Shamindra Ferdinando The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), inquiring into financial meltdown recently, called several former and serving officials to ascertain their culpability as well as that of the institutions they served for the developing crisis. Among them were former Governors of the Central Bank […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) recently dealt with the relevance of political stability for national security. Dr. Prathibha Mahanamahewa, and Director/CEO Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Training Institute Malinda Seneviratne, a former colleague of ours at The Island editorial, addressed the issues at hand. Acting Director General of the INSS Rear Admiral […]
… calls for interim set-up before presidential and general elections By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Manusha Nanayakkara says the main Opposition party wouldn’t, under any circumstances, accept the so-called SLPP dissident group’s proposal to form an interim administration. The SJB parliamentary group comprises 54 members, though one of its National List nominees Diana […]
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