In continuing last week’s article on how lies manufactured and manipulated by charismatic leaders and mediocre theorists can distort the perceptions of the masses and lead societies to violence I must make a brief diversion, before I come to the local context – my main purpose -- to focus on how Donald Trump is leaving the White House as the most dangerous President that ever walked out of it. He is...
Government lawmakers were highly critical of SJB Parliamentarian Harin Fernando’s speech in Parliament on Wednesday, January 20 regarding the recent imprisonment of SJB MP Ranjan Ramanayake for Contempt of Court.SLPP Parliamentarian Upul Galappaththi, raising a Point of Order, said that MP Harin Fernando was misleading the House by attempting to imply that Ramanayake was imprisoned by the Government, which...
Misses his maiden ton by eight runs after painfully anchoring the Sri Lanka innings while curtailing his flamboyancy to carry the sideNiroshan Dickwella came tantalizingly close to what would have been a captivating maiden hundred but had to realise that there can be a fine line between victory and defeat as he failed to pocket the century that has eluded him for so long on the second day of the second...
Commission to oversee operations
The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill will be enacted hopefully by the end of next month under which the Colombo Port Commission will be set up to oversee operations, market and position the Port City to be a competitive investment hub in the region, a top official overseeing the operations of the Colombo Port city project told Sunday Observer Business last week.“The legislation for the SEZ has been...