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In the backdrop of the ACSA, already signed and a SOFA deal pending, security companies in the US are looking for personnel in Sri Lanka. Sallyport, a US firm offers a comprehensive range of global protective, security and mission support solutions to the US Government, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of private and [...]
Life hangs in the balance
My dear Hangman, I thought of writing to you because the entire country is suddenly talking about you, and becoming worried that we will soon start executing people, just because Aiyo Sirisena wants to do so. I am told that you have already been recruited, trained, and it is only a matter of time before [...]
Reflections on the economy’s long term growth and development
Reflecting on the long-run economic development of the country is hardly appropriate in the current state of the economy when a recovery or a moderate growth is all that can be expected. Nevertheless, achieving a higher sustained economic growth is what the nation has failed to achieve but must aspire to attain. The preconditions required [...]
Dayasiri hangs the first precept on his new ‘doctrine of necessity’
The grim reaper’s shadow envelops the land and shrouds it in morbid darkness. The hangman’s noose throttles all conversation and strangulates all positive thought. The subject today is death by hanging. When the national debate and discussion at this hour should be focused on how to regenerate the economy; when the nation’s spirit should be [...]
The strange case of an IGP and a Defence secretary
There is palpable confusion in the air. Is Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujitha Jayasundara, arrested this week along with former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on a range of offences under the Penal Code, including murder and causing death by negligence, still holding the position of head of the police force, albeit being [...]
Saying no to a ‘vassal’ state
So Washington’s envoy here thinks the media is faking news. The other day Ambassador Alaina Teplitz did an imitation of her president, the irascible Donald Trump who thinks media commentaries that trash him constitute “fake news” and only he is capable of truth. If Trump’s ambassador to Colombo is intent on following in her president’s [...]
Inside story of how Sri Lanka fell into the ACSA-SOFA trap
Amid mounting opposition, President should appoint expert probe team to identify weakness in the national security system Despite denials and clarifications by the US, the two deals give America a major footprint in Sri Lanka With little or no prospect of contesting presidential election, Sirisena may settle for a portfolio close to his heart Opposition [...]
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