Wednesday, April 09, 2008
 
Are the numbers cooked up?

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also the Finance Minister, apparently inquiring about statistics in the Central Bank’s 2007 Annual Report, launched yesterday, from Governor Nivard Cabraal while Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera (left) looks on. The duo has been singled out by the Opposition for the weak state of the economy and highest ever cost of living in the country’s history through poor policies. However, the annual report reveals a more positive picture of the economy including sound macro economic and monetary policies pursued by the Treasury and Central Bank. Pic by Nissanka Wijeratne.


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• Firebrand Wimal breaks down in Parliament; Says he was discarded like used toothpick
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The JVP yesterday faced a day of reckoning after ex-JVP strongman Wimal Weerawansa admitting in Parliament that he had been expelled from the party and a group of 11 JVP rebels supporting the ousted MP’s cause found a mole in their midst slap bang in the middle of a press conference in Colombo.

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