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My dear Kane and the New Zealand cricket team, It is not often that we talk about you and it is even less often that we write to you but this week we feel we must, after the stunning World Cup final which you supposedly lost last week. History was made in many ways that [...]
Britain, Sri Lankan troops in joint operation to learn from each other
Sri Lankan troops will join their British counterparts in ‘Operation Spear’, a joint military exercise from October 27 to November 4. For Britain, it will come as a trial exercise should any terrorism-related incidents warrant the evacuation of its nationals. For the Sri Lankan troops, it will be more learning on providing humanitarian assistance, disaster [...]
Nation desperately in search of presidential candidates
The ship of Lanka’s state has been cast adrift. It’s rudderless, it’s leaderless. And it’s clueless as to where it’s heading. From the captain’s high table to the lowly galley of the commonest tar aboard, it’s all at sea. Even though, even now, it raises, from its prized celebratory quarterdeck of command, the national flag [...]
All the president’s men and more
Okay, so the words in that leaked confidential diplomatic dispatch to London by the British ambassador in Washington pointed to the chaotic functioning of the Trump administration. But if you did not know where it came from, who authored it, what it refers to but had read a part of its content you might be [...]
Prospect of higher balance of payments surplus this year despite slow growth
There is a prospect of a significant decrease in the trade deficit this year owing to a continued growth in exports and a reduction in import expenditure. The reduced trade deficit could result in a higher balance of payments surplus that would strengthen foreign reserves and reduce the country’s external financial vulnerability somewhat. Expectation This [...]
The Trinco students killings – is this justice?
Let us not dissemble about the fact that the killing of five students of Tamil ethnicity in January 2006 was a cold blooded murder of innocents. The dead victims had been awaiting university entrance when they were mowed down. Bright, eager students, these were the best that Sri Lanka promised. No connection to ‘terrorist activities’ [...]
Easter Sunday: CID also knew of culprits but dragged its feet
The Sunday Times investigation reveals disturbing aspects of catastrophe where 268 were killed and about 500 injured Lack of co-ordination between CID and the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Concerns over CID’s efficiency as probe passes three months after Easter Sunday massacres It is three months today after Sri Lanka made bad news the world [...]
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