“The moment would come when both the economic and political systems were threatened by complete paralysis. Fear would grip the people and leadership would be thrust upon those who offered an easy way out at whatever ultimate price. The time was ripe for the fascist solution.” - The Great Transformation by Karl Polyani P236.We are in the year of elections. It is the season of political name calling....
Several senior police and law enforcement officers went into panic on the night of last Thursday January 17, as word began spreading that the head of the FCID, Senior DIG Ravindra Waidyalankara, had allegedly taken copies of highly sensitive investigative material to travel to Singapore on a personal visit.IGP Pujith Jayasundera confirmed the rumours to Sunday Observer. He said that Waidyalankara had...
Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain turned Cabinet Minister Arjuna Ranatunga was the first ever to win the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the year title twice.Having won the mega title in 1980 after Ranjan Madugalle in the previous year, Ranatunga once again became the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer in 1982. Ranatunga feels that winning the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year remains the most...
‘International investors show keen interest’
Many investors across the globe have shown a keen interest in bidding and investing in the Colombo Port City on which land reclamation work was completed last week and is about to commence work on its next stage shortly, a senior official of the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development told Business Observer.He said there was tremendous interest shown by individuals and multinational corporates across...
