The last week has seen the public launching of two presidential campaigns. At each of these widely publicized and well-orchestrated meetings, the two potential candidates presented their manifestos.One candidate, with the benefit of a teleprompter, read out a lengthy document which sounded much like a Speech from the Throne at an Opening of Parliament.The other candidate, in more strident tones, promised...
Days after the announcement of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidential candidacy, a quick voice-of-the-people survey conducted on the streets of Colombo by the Sunday Observer exposed how much minority voters fear a return of a Rajapaksa ruler. They echoed concerns of ‘violence against Tamils’, the white van culture, and a military rule.Many Tamil people living in the capital expressed frustration about the...
Former Sri Lanka captain and current Sri Lanka Under-19 head coach Hashan Tillekaratne was optimistic about the future of Sri Lanka cricket, when he said that there is plenty of young talent which should be carefully groomed to fill the future vacancies in the national pool.After being the batting coach of the Sri Lanka team, Tillekaratne now plays an all-important role as the Under-19 head coach for the...
Diploma holders and students who have passed the Advanced Level are good enough to be recruited to the software development sector to fill the workforce gap in the IT-BPM sector, said an industry expert in response to the shortage of employees in the sector highlighted in the ‘IT-BPM Workforce survey 2019’ launched by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) recently.Former...
