August 29, 2005
Respecting Copyrights - The Sri Lankan Way.
We all know that Sri Lankan newspapers are made by gutless editors and journalists. We also know that they pay lip services to copyrights and intellectual property but think nothing of grabbing articles off the web and publishing them as...
Posted by raditha at 5:44 AM
August 28, 2005
Late is the hour....
The president's term ends in December. And just after the announcement of the supreme court decision has been made the president heads off to China. This can only mean one thing. Coal Power. The move to be build Coal Power...
Posted by raditha at 6:08 AM
August 27, 2005
Slap in the face for CBK (and the UNP)
The president's clumsy attempt to do away with democracy in Sri Lanka has finally been struck a body blow from which there is little hope of recovery. The supreme court showed once and for all why it's called the supreme...
Posted by raditha at 3:11 AM
August 26, 2005
Wimpering about Sethusamudran
What do Policemen, Enviorementalists, newspapers and politians in Sri Lanka have in common? They can all be bought. Often for a nominal fee. That would explain why we have not seen so much as a whimper against the sethusamudran project....
Posted by raditha at 2:09 AM
August 23, 2005
Prime Indian Oil
It is said that according to the Sri Lankan constitution the Prime Minister is nothing more than the President's Peon. The late president Premadasa while prime minister certainly acted the part. And when premadasa became president his own prime minister...
Posted by raditha at 2:55 AM
August 18, 2005
While you were distracted
While the newspapers and the media were preoccupied with the killing of the foreign minister lot's of other important developments have happened. They have largely been ignored by a media that has published nothing more than glowing eulogies to the...
Posted by raditha at 3:23 AM
August 15, 2005
Lakshman Kadirgamir - The Reactions
The reaction by various people and organizations to the death of Lakshman Kadirgarmar at the hands of the LTTE is very curious. The IGP for example was quick to lay the blame at the door of the LTTE (even before...
Posted by raditha at 3:59 PM
August 12, 2005
Thondaman Where are you now?
The Ceylon Workers Congress, the party headed by Thondaman insisted that not going ahead with the upper kothmale project is a precondition for extending their support to the government. The government's coalition partner and former terrorist organization JVP has already...
Posted by raditha at 3:45 AM
August 10, 2005
Bus Strike saves foreign exchange
The bus strike has unfortunately ended with the government bowing before the bus owners (again). That's just too bad. Had the strike continued the country might have made giant leap forward but that is not to be. Productivity in Sri...
Posted by raditha at 8:14 AM
August 9, 2005
Go On Strike Everyday
Private bus operators are on strike. Hopefully the government will not give into their demands, resulting in the bus strike will continuing indefinitely. Driving in Colombo during the daytime today was a pleasent experience for a change thanks to the...
Posted by raditha at 7:54 AM
August 5, 2005
The Colombo Joke Exchange
A more apt name for the Colombo Stock Exchange would be the Colombo Jokes exchange. If you click the link above and the page actually opens you are lukcy. It's a rare enough occurance particularly during trading hours. Since the...
Posted by raditha at 2:12 AM
August 1, 2005
The tragedy of the Sri Lanka Police Force
According to the editor of the Sunday Leader the tragedy of the Sri Lanka police force is to have a police chief who cannot stand up for his men. To be fair by the police chief he had a tough...
Posted by raditha at 5:38 AM
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