Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman scholar and statesman, said “A budget should be balance, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered ...

There is an insightful saying with a touch of sarcasm and humour from ancient Tamil literature: “It is as though one listened to the entire Ramayana and then asked what the relationship between Rama ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his National Peoples Power (NPP) ministerial team are a mixed group of different shades of leftists. But AKD is the most experienced of them in ...

The recent assassination of contract killer Ganemulla Sanjeewa by another contract killer, identified as Samindu Dilshan Piyamanga Kahadanaarachchi, has once again exposed critical vulnerabilities in ...

If the establishment media’s longstanding coverage of Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) hasn’t already revealed his alignment with establishment interests, the analysis of his proposed budget should make ...

The technical breakthroughs of the last few decades have immensely contributed to society, shrinking the communication gap and connecting us in ways once unimaginable. On the surface, this seems true, ...

ඕනෑම රටක නීතියට ඒ රටේ පුරවැසියෝ ගරු කරනවා කියලා කියන්නේ ඒ රට බොහොම සාමකාමී නීතිගරුක රටක්. ලංකාවේ ...

US President Donald Trump, elected by America’s Christian right, shut down the best of the US Government – especially USAID. A short reprieve has come from federal courts. The stay was ordered mainly ...

This year’s budget is crucial. By adjusting the budget or preparing the budget the government can manage economic stability, control inflation, reduce unemployment, ensure debt sustainability and ...

The virtually overnight suspension of the U.S. government’s multibillion dollar foreign aid programme channeled through USAID has been headline news in the U.S. and in other parts of the world where ...

අතීතය ආවර්ජනය කිරීම බොහෝ විට කල් පවත්නා බලපෑමක් ඇති කරන ලද විශිෂ්ට පුද්ගලයින් පිළිබඳ මතකයන් යලි ...

Prior to the Presidential Election I was at a seminar and I was questioned about what will happen after the elections. I said if Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) wins he will continue with the IMF ...