The filling of the basin of the controversial Hambantota Harbour with seawater began on 12 July with a simple ceremony attended by Ports and Shipping…
Free education has ended, let’s regularise it
Posted on 0 commentLast week a discussion on a Sinhala radio channel brought up interesting facts about current yet little-known education practices in Sri Lanka. The discussion’s participants…
Self-sufficiency in energy
Posted on 0 commentMinister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka in presenting ‘Sri Lanka Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge-based Economy, 2015-2025’ informed the public of…
Need for 21st Amendment to the Constitution
Posted on 0 commentAfter a long struggle with the fellow law-makers, new President Maithripala Sirisena succeeded in introducing the much-discussed 19th Amendment to the Constitution and is expecting…
Ending Port City issue with an extended Galle Face Green
Posted on 0 commentThe Chinese investor’s Port City Project, costing $ 1.5 billion, the largest private investment ever, was inaugurated by the Chinese President Xi Jinping on 17…
Settling Colombo Port City impasse
Posted on 0 commentDuring the pre-election period, serious allegations were made against the Government for excessive costs and massive corruption in the awarding of large public projects. It…
Learning from the Indian Constitution
Posted on 0 commentThe Government of Maithripala Sirisena is contemplating amendments to the Constitution and the public is eagerly awaiting details. Meanwhile, developments in the Eastern Provincial Council…
Technical evaluation of public projects
Posted on 0 commentWith the forthcoming presidential elections, a large number of speakers pointed to the excessive costs of past public projects, especially road projects. Speakers charge that…
Skills shortage and political bungling
Posted on 0 commentThe President as Minister of Finance, presenting the 2015 Budget, informed the House that during the period 2004-2013, unemployment among youth 18-30 dropped from 15.8%…
Garbage transformation: from liability to an asset
Posted on 0 commentRecently, the Sri Lankan Government announced that the Cabinet has approved an environmentally-acceptable and economically-feasible solid waste management project to dispose of the solid waste…