Power Play
The power game is far from over and will continue to play itself out after Fridays general election, say political analysts. rnrnAfter months of uncertainly …
Third Umpire
Come Friday over 4,000 monitors and 20 international observers will take up positions all islandwide to take note of another Sri Lanka election at the cost of …
Revised Edition
A new constitution for Sri Lanka through lquote extra legal measures is the answer, says the UPFA endash but political analysts look at it as lquote out of the …
Decisive Bunch
rnrnHNB rnStockbrokers Head of Research Hasitha Premaratna arrives at his conclusion on rnthree scenarios based on the districts bagged by each party.rn …
Two-Year Disinflation
Seasonal consumer price inflation in March fell by 0.8 per cent in March after falling by 0. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA 7 …
Pen Sketches
President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Tamil Tiger guerrilla leader Velupillai Prabhakaran are not candidates in the poll, but their reputations and political …
Tight Finish
Sri Lanka votes Friday in an election that was meant to end a power struggle but is now widely expected to return a hung parliament that could further …
Steady Flow
Trade deficit for January grew US$ 4 mn to US$ 152 mn in 2004, as foreign inflows from tourism, ports, private transfers and net inflows of portfolio …
Saffron Revolution
Cultural pollution such as Coca-Cola and McDonalds will be spurned if the monks campaigning for this weeks elections in Sri Lanka have their way. buy symbicort …
In A Spot
Sri Lankans are still keen to keep the peace process intact, though the rising cost of living still troubles the voting public, as the country heads for a snap …
Cry For Peace
His conflict with the president may have pushed Sri Lanka into early elections on April, 2, but Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he would rather talk …
Waiting Game
The Banks country director, Peter Harrold, said the relatively peaceful run-up to the April 2 vote had been a blessing, but an outbreak of post-election …
Taming The Tiger
Sri Lankas political groups enter next weeks elections vowing to bring the Tamil Tigers back to the table, but the parties are poles apart on how to end …
Victim Of Peace
The man who is seeking re-election as Sri Lankas prime minister at April 2 polls halted an ethnic war raging for decades, but his handling of the peace process …
Crouching Tiger
Sri Lankas elusive Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is not a candidate at next weeks elections, but he could end up calling the shots in …
Saving A Dynasty
For Sri Lankas President Chandrika Kumaratunga running the country is like a family business, but she is taking a gamble at next weeks snap election that could …
Animal Instinct
Sri Lankas political stage is a muddle of fish, eagles, trishaws, trees, mammoties, electric bulbs, coconuts and many more, all convinced they could do a …
Splitting Hairs
Despite a slew of recent opinion polls showing a significant lack of confidence in the UNF running of the economy, the party believes a societal shift in voter …
Sugar Free
The UNF threatened to reduce import duties on commodities, starting with sugar, if local traders start hoarding goods to increase prices.rnThe import duty on …
Seeing Red
The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is marrying its past with the present, to give the party its first significant political victory next …