Author: Rohan Samarajiva

Oct 17, 2011 (LBO) – For the longest time, the provinces fell out in the following pattern: the Western Province in the lead; the Central, North Western and Southern Provinces in the middle; and the North Central, Sabaragamuva, Uva, Eastern and Northern Provinces as the laggards. The 2009-10 Household Income and Expenditure Survey tells a […]

Oct 10, 2011 (LBO) – I was asked by a major charitable organization to help set the stage for their thinking on strategic direction. Mine is just a minor contribution, but more organizations, including of course government, should engage in these kinds of exercises. Understanding that my audience would be interested in alleviating poverty, I […]

Sept 12, 2011 (LBO) – Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable, are known as software. Software is complex. One set of instructions can contradict another, and cause the whole thing to freeze, or work differently from what was intended. These bad outcomes are said to be caused by “bugs.” Debugging is a major part of software […]

Aug 08, 2011 (LBO) – It is said that inland reservoirs cover one tenth of Sri Lanka’s land area. Sri Lanka may possibly be the country with the greatest density of artificial reservoirs. It sure seems so from Google Earth, or from looking down from the Delhi flight on a clear day. I just got […]

July 18, 2011 (LBO) – There is a reason for applying expertise to major infrastructure projects. The costs of ill-planned actions are very high; and the costs of fixing problems even higher. The costs of bad planning for Sri Lanka’s first expressway will take two forms: congestion at the exit or entry points (where the […]

July 06, 2011 (LBO) – I moderated a session on IT and BPO industries at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit. buy levofloxacin online https://yourolddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/png/levofloxacin.html no prescription pharmacy True moderation is not time keeping and turn management. It requires preparation. I prepared. I was bothered by a figure that was presented by the government spokesperson, the […]

July 4, 2011 (LBO) – In post-war Sri Lanka the hopes placed on IT enabled services (made up of software exports and business process outsourcing (BPO) are second only to those placed on tourism. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA buy rotacaps online https://www.indcheminternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/rotacaps.html no prescription pharmacy Not only are […]

June 17, 2011 (LBO) – I felt like writing a column on a subject that would surprise everyone. online pharmacy buy cipro with best prices today in the USA Ice hockey. But not only ice hockey . . . I used to live in Canada, long ago. In Vancouver, on the west coast. Quite far […]

June 13, 2011 (LBO) – I was asked to comment on a paper that looks at the potential of India as a source of tourists. Here are the key points. The key to changing behavior is empathy: putting oneself in the shoes of the other and looking at the world from that perspective. This is […]

Apr 18, 2011 (LBO) – The cruel paradox of disaster risk reduction is that the more lives you save, the more people with destroyed livelihoods there will be. This month, April of 2011, marks the 25th anniversary of the Kantale dam disaster. In the early hours of the 20th of April 1986 a villager knocked […]

Mar 17, 2011 (LBO) – Recently, a student at a Sri Lankan university died. According to reports, he had gone to the third floor of a university residence hall in Belihuloya to make a call on his mobile. I was asked by the media for a comment on the contribution made by the mobile phone […]

Feb 21, 2010 (LBO) – I am often asked about how Sri Lanka is doing after the war. How much investment has come in, now that the LTTE monkey is off our backs. I tell them about the USD 500m from Shangri La. The other 500m investment by the Chinese aerospace conglomerate CATIC. Billion in […]