For the past year and more, the consumers had to undergo severe hardship due to the price increase of coconut, an essential item in daily…
Seychelles and cinnamon – business opportunity
Posted on 0 commentOn the invitation of an old friend, I had the opportunity of visiting Seychelles. My friend, a senior officer in the Government Service, has received…
The Living Will
Posted on 0 commentSome may still remember an incident that made news in September 2015; a popular private hospital in Colombo agreed to undertake a heart by-pass operation…
CEB Engineers and power generation proposals
Posted on 0 commentFuture electricity supply to the country is sitting on a time bomb. Since the latter part of 2016, expected rainfall failed to arrive and the…
Lower Malwathu Oya project – A series of misconception errors
Posted on 0 commentDuring the end of July, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Palitha Range Bandara inaugurated the first phase of the Lower Malwathu Oya Project…
Kandy Expressway – A series of political blunders
Posted on 0 commentThe Kandy Expressway, also known as the Northern Expressway and the Central Expressway (name keeps on changing), was first proposed in the early 1990s, taking…
Failures in education drag the country down
Posted on 0 commentPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke at ‘Roadmap to Improve the Investment Climate,’ setting a target to leapfrog 40 places in World Bank’s Doing Business Index. …
Eastern University and GMOA’s double standards
Posted on 0 commentOver the past years, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has declared war against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) and demanded…
Recent disasters expose Government’s true capabilities
Posted on 0 commentDuring 2016 farmers encountered a series of rain failures; last Maha rains expected in late September arrived in November/December in a milder form, delaying Maha…
Can Meethotamulla garbage mountain direct Sri Lanka towards a green country?
Posted on 0 commentFor many families living near the Meethotamulla garbage dump, what should have been a joyous celebration of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year became a…