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By Rajpal Abeynayake
The people are feeling the sting of the adjustments made to the economy on the heels of the economic collapse of 2022. People who are barely eking out an existence cannot be bamboozled with statistics, theories or talk. They feel the pinch in terms of the money they can spend on education, on health, and on bare essentials.
In the melee, they face even more depressing...
When new trains — say bullet trains that seem to levitate over the tracks and not merely speed away to the ends of the earth — were built, did the idea come from engineers? Did it come from policymakers, with the engineers making good on its architecture subsequently?
Everything that’s amazing in the 21st century including modern digitall technology that makes apps do...
This is not a cricket article. It’s not about cricket but about a franchise. The Indian Premier League has added Indian rupees 11.5 billion to the Indian economy.
The league has made cricket the great entertainer that catalyses economic growth and creates jobs. The value of cricket as show-business began with Kerry Packer, the Australian who did the unthinkable at that...
Are the young people of Sri Lanka any less technically savvy than their counterparts in other parts of the world? During the meltdown of 2022, at the height of the power cuts, the major complaint on the streets was that people didn’t have access to internet. There must be footage of these interview snippets somewhere, in archival material.
Of course those interviewed were...
The big debate on labour law reform is not over yet. It’s probably not that big of a debate too, but it’s not over yet. The JVP for instance has been making some obligatory sounding noises about the unfair nature of contemplated reform of existing labour legislation.
Are they obligatory noises or real laments about an overhaul of laws that have stood the test of time? Are...
By Rajpal Abeynayake
It’s sad to lose a unionist, especially at this time — but that’s another story. Workers are having the toughest of times after...
It’s entirely predictable that Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake’s pardon by the President in late March has provoked shrill protests...
It is peacetime, but the armed forces have had to recover from a fight in which this country was divided against itself. In the...