Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008	Mahinda's biggest lie?
For the past few years, despite high inflation, despite the war, there's one statistic that the government had been harping about -- Sri Lanka's GDP growth has managed to hover at around 7%. Writing in her regular column for the DM Financial Times , Anila Dias Bandaranaike, the former Asst....... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	Eelam declared
Well, at least that's what this should amount to. The government has made it a requirement for 'people of the north' to get special permission from the police to go to any place in the 'south'. Here's a Sunday Times report , Civilians in the north will be required to obtain...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 11, 2008	Terrorists and Government win in the rigged Eastern Polls
It seems the Pillayan group(TMVP) a break away (still-armed) group of the Karuna faction a break away faction of the LTTE , who contested under the government's election symbol and patronage seems to have won the elections in the Eastern province after reports of ballot stuffing, voter...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  May 4, 2008	Mihin Air
.. Has been grounded until further notice . Now, His Excellency is trying to fly on his own. Budget-airline no.... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Apr 17, 2008	Our Socialist Ways
Today the Sri Lankan government announced price controls on rice. From the Daily Mirror : The government in a move to control the escalating prices of locally produced rice imposed maximum wholesale and retail prices from midnight yesterday. A gazette notification to this effect was issued...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Feb 19, 2008	Inflation and Booze
This is what a Sri Lankan Government official had to say about not including alcohol and tobacco from the new consumer price index: Sri Lanka's statistics officials said alcohol and tobacco had been dropped from the index because of a government policy against the use of intoxicants known as...... [view]