“You are talking about the past. Let’s talk about the future. I am trying to be the president of a future Sri Lanka.“- Gotabaya Rajapaksa“I govern not as a general, but because the nation believes I possess the qualities needed for governing.”- Napoleon BonaparteHe entered the contest as a man with a plan. Smartass detractors were nasty. “He is a man with a plan and a van,” they chuckled. Now, in the...
SLPP Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced tough questions...
The first 20 minutes of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s maiden press conference at the Shangri-La ballroom last Tuesday (15) seemed the most significant.The former Defence Secretary was called upon to deal with questions from a contentious past, including allegations of rights abuses that dogged his tenure as the official in charge of the security...
Sri Lanka’s batting discovery Bhanuka Rajapakse relies on timing of his strokes rather than slogging around the park while using a heavy bat which is his strength that helped him perform very well in the concluded T/20 series against Pakistan this month.It was in this series that most Sri Lankans and even the team Selectors realised there was something special about Rajapakse and why was he left out in the...
Sri Lanka will sponsor a major international travel fair for the first time in history to boost the industry.“We will sponsor the World Travel Mart which will be held in London next month. This is the first time that the country is sponsoring such a mega international event. The country will offer 275,000 Pounds as the sponsorship value,” Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Kishu Gomes said.The...
