Author: Rohan Samarajiva

In the aftermath of an election that saw the naked abuse of the government-owned media, the question of reform has risen in the agenda. But it is unfortunate to see the substantive discussion get side-tracked by emotional debates about the disqualifications of the various new appointees to head these malfunctioning organizations. buy oseltamivir online https://yourolddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/png/oseltamivir.html […]

We’ve had too many disasters in recent years. The tsunami, the LTTE, floods, Nandikadal, floods. And now Koslanda. After the tsunami we asked what could be done to avoid a repeat. We found answers. Ten years later we can be confident that it will not be that bad, the next time (http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/news/what-have-we-learned-since-the-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami/756626867). But landslides are […]

Every few years, someone pens a lament about Sri Lanka’s lack of manufacturing. Economic growth through services is not real, they argue. In the most recent iteration, services are equated with illegal and immoral: casinos, prostitution, drug dealing. We have to get away from services and put our shoulders to the wheel to make Sri […]

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Sept 01, 2014 (LBO) I was among the throngs at the launch of a book by Minister Patali Ranawaka few weeks back. The auditorium was packed. There were pyrotechnics, metaphorical and otherwise, on stage. Buying a book required skills in the avoidance of pushing and shoving. Having barely sold 500 copies of a book in […]

Aug 04, 2014 (LBO) I agree with the Minister of Technology and Research that we need a lot more discussion about economic strategy. I’ve been pleading for this for several years: in English, in this column, since at least 2006. An example: Choices: Geography or ideology? But one could say these things should be discussed […]

June 16, 2014 (LBO) – It has been almost ten years since one in 600 Sri Lankans died, unwarned of a tsunami that took 90 minutes to get to our shores and even longer to wrap around the island and hit the southern, western and northern coasts. buy metformin online https://qpharmacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/png/metformin.html no prescription pharmacy It […]

June 9, 2014 (LBO) Government-owned monopoly telephone companies did not connect 100 percent of households anywhere in the world. But in Sri Lanka, the government-owned monopoly electricity companies are approaching that threshold. But Sri Lankan citizens pay among the highest prices for electricity in the region.diflucan The reason is that they live in a country […]