How the budget proposals are executed
The Minister of Finance is charged with the
raising of revenue and collection of other government monies as well
as with the general oversight of all the financial operations of
government. He (or the Treasury on his behalf) therefore, lays down
the broad framework within which departmental financial transactions
of all kinds may be undertaken. It is the duty of the Minister of
Finance to account to Parliament for all receipts and payments
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BBC/VoA and manipulation of, by and for Sarath Fonseka
I have long had a soft corner for Charles
Havilland, the local BBC Correspondent. Indeed, as Marlow said of
Lord Jim, have I not stood up for him, when Sri Lankans to whom one
white reporter is just like another thought the BBC and Channel 4
were identical? I have argued, quite often recently, that the BBC
(though not its rather strange Sinhala Service, with its
conglomeration of old fashioned leftists) tries to be objective in
its coverage of Sri Lanka, without succumbing to the temptation to
stereotype.
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Ranil’s survival games
Since the Local Government elections, the
reformist group within the UNP has gone into a shell. The reason for
this being that the party under Ranil’s leadership is thought to
have retained the Colombo CMC while the provinces, including those
headed by the reformists, made a poor show at the LG elections. Thus
Ranil and his loyalist have interpreted the results to be a
vindication of Ranil’s leadership while the reformists, despite all
their rebel rousing, are said to be ‘poor vote getters’.
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Great Guru of 'English With a Smile'
A colossus in the sphere of education in Sri
Lanka William Henry Samaranayake created a great legacy through his
contributions as an English language educationist in Sri Lanka. Born
in 1906 in Narammala, November 22 of this year marks the 105th
anniversary of this doyen amongst English educators who began his
career at the age of 18 in 1924, entered the Teacher Training
College in Gampaha and passed out in 1930 as a trained teacher
carrying the prestigious Trained Teacher Bilingual Certificate from
the Department of Education.
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