by Jayantha Perera I joined the ADB in Manila in November 2002. The highlight of the new job as a social safeguard specialist was the opportunity...
(Excerpted from Simply Nahil: Maverick with the Midas touch, biography of Nahil Wijesuriya) It was on July 29, 2002. Nahil received a call from Mahen Thambiah...
“The Prime Minister felt betrayed. She was embarrassed, bitter and angry. She was sensitive to Mrs. Gandhi’s feelings” Excerpted from the autobiography of MDD Peiris, Secretary...
Dudley Senanayake in the short Parliament of March to July 1960 (Excerpted from Rendering Unto Caesar by Bradman Weerakoon) Family and background had been central in...
(Excerpted from Life is a Frolic by Goolbai Gunasekara) The one phrase calculated to galvanize any young person into flying out of bed is that magic...
by Vijaya Kumar It is now six months since Ranil Wickramasinghe announced at the Kotagala May Day Rally of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress that the daily...
by C. Narayanasuwami (A member of the former Ceylon Civil Service and Retired Senior Professional of the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines) The unparalleled victory of...
“It is not possible to develop a country without the moral development of man. Let us develop the country along with moral development (of man)” So...
by ACB Pethiyagoda To celebrate its Silver Jubilee, the Plastics and Rubber Institute (Sri Lanka) was privileged to have with it recently (this article was written...
Part 27 PASSIONS OF A GLOBAL HOTELIER Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality...