Monday 4th October, 2021 Beggars who pester pedestrians and motorists are wary of venturing out, these days, as they run the risk of being packed off...
While the relaxing, not lifting, of the quarantine curfew which ran for an extended period of six weeks was compelled by socio-economic rather than preventive imperatives,...
Saturday 2nd October, 2021 The government has finally bitten the bullet and issued a new Gazette cancelling the previous one which stipulated maximum retail prices (MRPs)...
Friday 1st October, 2021 The 40-day lockdown, which was not a lockdown, paradoxical as it may sound, has been officially lifted. Surprisingly, there have been significant...
Thursday 30th September, 2021 It looks as if a cartel of rice millers were running the country. The government has withdrawn the Gazette that stipulated the...
Wednesday 29th September, 2021 Former UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake once sought to ridicule the Army, in a parliamentary speech, at the height of war, by claiming...
Tuesday 28th September, 2021 Several persons including a trader have been arrested and remanded over the Sathosa garlic racket. Media pressure seems to have jolted the...
Monday 27th September, 2021 Chain snatchers swallow the necklaces they are making off with when they fail to outrun their pursuers, who however beat them black...
The hottest potato now on the lap of the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is an unsolicited proposal from a giant U.S. corporation, New Fortress Energy...
Saturday 25th September, 2021 Sri Lankans, troubled by lockdown blues and thirsting for entertainment, must be thrilled to watch, on television, some government politicians, engaged in...