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Fantasy Island
Traders at Hikkaduwa protest the 100-metre buffer zone that is preventing them from rebuilding their damaged shops. The entire Hikkaduwa town is within the 100 metre zone. – AFP Sri Lankans are adept at reading the future – they see what’s coming, but sadly, being stuck on an island, have little room to run. Traders […]
Cyanide Capsule
Moves by the Sri Lankan government to slip in a law to mandate a pay hike among private businesses, has irked top trade chambers and the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon.Moves by the Sri Lankan government to slip in a law to mandate a pay hike among private businesses, has irked top trade chambers and the […]
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Easy Justice
Mobile legal clinics will travel out to tsunami ravaged areas, dishing out free legal advice for all families who lost vital personal papers in the floods. Mobile legal clinics will travel out to tsunami ravaged areas, dishing out free legal advice for all families who lost vital personal papers in the floods. The clinics will […]
Will It Happen This Time?
Corporate lawyers are hoping a draft Company Law abandoned a few years ago will be enacted this year. Corporate lawyers are hoping a draft Company Law abandoned a few years ago will be enacted this year. The law, modeled on the New Zealand Companies Act incorporating international law principles was abandoned as some experts thought […]
Les Mesrables
People affected by the tsunami are still living in tents even after two and a half months after the deadly waves hit the coastline. People affected by the tsunami are still living in tents even after two and a half months after the deadly waves hit the coastline. If authorities don’t put in place a […]
Sleep Walking
Illegal drug flows into Sri Lanka, as a transit point and as a destination, is on the rise, says the international drug watchdog.Illegal drug flows into Sri Lanka, as a transit point and as a destination, is on the rise, says the international drug watchdog. “The flow of heroin from Afghanistan, the world’s largest illicit […]
Highway Robbery?
Guest Columnist Harsha de Silva PhD debunks Treasury Secretary’s recent remarks to put the breaks on policy interest rates at the expense of short changing poor savers. Guest Columnist Harsha de Silva PhD debunks Treasury Secretary’s recent remarks to put the breaks on policy interest rates at the expense of short changing poor savers. How […]
Current Crisis
Electricity prices could go up further if the CEB is unbundled and an independent regulator takes over pricing. Electricity prices could go up further if the CEB is unbundled and an independent regulator takes over pricing. But experts say there is little choice but to bite the bullet as the CEB, being used to channel […]
Quick Thinking
Market player N M Tony Perera compounded his case with the securities watchdog for an allegedly creating a false market by paying up a Rs. 50,000 fine, the regulator said Friday. Market player N M Tony Perera compounded his case with the securities watchdog for an allegedly creating a false market by paying up a […]
Work Worries
The United Nations warns that more women going abroad to work is leading to more human trafficking. The United Nations warns that more women going abroad to work is leading to more human trafficking. A UN report on migration shows that increasing female migration is also leading to more human trafficking. Women now account for […]
Naughty Boy
Sri Lanka police Wednesday arrested a senior civil servant on a charge of siphoning off tsunami aid meant for thousands of survivors in the island’s devastated north-east, police said.Sri Lanka police Wednesday arrested a senior civil servant on a charge of siphoning off tsunami aid meant for thousands of survivors in the island’s devastated north-east, […]