That the image of the Police Department, one of the main instruments that extend the Government's writ countrywide, had hit a new low was cause for serious public concern this week.
Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “are we among the happiest people in the world?”
“Why do you say that, Bindu?” Bindu’s father Percy wanted to know.
“”Why, thaaththa,” Bindu said, “they say we are the happiest people in Asia and among the happiest people in the world...”
An 18 percent decline in export earnings in the first half of the year is indeed a matter of serious concern to an export dependent economy such as ours.
Trying to decide whether the Government or the Opposition takes parliamentary business more seriously is a difficult one but going by the happenings in the legislature last week, it is clear both sides are equally slack when it comes to discharging their responsibilities as elected representatives of the people.
Where exactly does one begin to express one's outrage regarding the state of policing in Sri Lanka? One incident after another has captured the headlines these past weeks.
