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The clouds of Easter Sunday’s tragedy, heavy with the blood of the innocents, haven’t still drifted away. And even as tears continue to fall to soak the ground with exquisite sorrow and make the Moss Rose bloom in the memory of the dead, the outpouring of mass national grief has also served to sprout the [...]
More baloney right from the top
If this column returns to the subject of the dastardly terrorist bombings on Easter Sunday, it is not without cause. The security forces, now acting with extra powers under their belt, continue to scour the country for members and supporters of the jihadi organisation that unleashed the terror killing innocent people. They are also searching [...]
Wellampitiya terror factory: Police to question ex-sleuth
Did a onetime intelligence operative, forced to leave the service due to allegations of corruption, bring pressure on the Wellampitiya Police to “play down” investigations into the nine suspects linked to the pro-IS terror group’s bombings in Sri Lanka? The Police Special Investigations Unit (SIU), now probing the background to why the Police did not [...]
All guns blazing, but what’s the use?
My dear Field Marshall, I thought I must write to you after listening to you speak in Parliament the other day, giving us your thoughts about what has happened to our Paradise after the Easter attacks, and what you thought should be done about it – and also about how you are prevented from doing [...]
International financial assistance needed to overcome economic consequences of terrorist attacks
The internationally planned and executed country-wide terrorist attacks and the resultant insecurity in the country would weaken the balance of payments, erode foreign reserves, increase fiscal slippage and slowdown economic growth. The most serious consequence, the deterioration in the balance of payments, would weaken the country’s external finances and increase the nation’s external financial vulnerability. [...]
A government’s ‘games’ and the peoples’ fear
With the shadow of tragedy looming over a still stunned nation in the wake of the Easter Sunday atrocities, there is a curiously stark contrast at play in Sri Lanka. Even as politicians shriek, lie and pontificate for partisan advantage, the triumph of the human spirit soars above this ugly cacaphony. Buddhist priests in vivid [...]
The birth, growth and spread of IS terrorism in SL
President Sirisena leaves for China tomorrow Zahran prepared for a second wave of attacks Former US Ambassador Blake plays role of peace broker Speaker reveals plot to attack parliament on April 21 At least a section of the government – those with the Presidency – appear to believe that the worst is over after [...]
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