Category: Opinion
The Sri Lankan state: Failed, failing or maligned?
May 12, 2006 (LBO) – The May/June 2006 issue of the international affairs monthly, Foreign Policy, carries an article entitled “The Failed States Index” (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3420). It made the news in several countries and even prompted a senior US trade official to refute the classification of Pakistan as the most endangered South Asian state on the […]
Choices: The money of politics or the politics of money?
May 01, 2006 (LBO) – It appears that lordships have been sold in the UK, again. Tony Blair, who criticized the Tories for selling honors, is on the back foot, trying to explain away the correlation between those who loaned large sums to the Labor Party and those who were appointed to the House of […]
Sri Lanka refugees rise to 21,000: UN
Apr.30 (AFP) – Up to 21,000 people have fled their homes following the latest spike in violence in Sri Lanka’s northeastern district of Trincomalee, the United Nations said Sunday. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy abilify with best prices today in the USA buy chloroquine online https://qpharmacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/png/chloroquine.html […]
Five headless bodies found in Sri Lanka
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Five headless corpses were found in central Sri Lanka but police said Thursday the incident was not linked to the island’s conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy metformin with best prices today in the USA buy keflex online […]
Sri Lanka: Ethnic melting pot on the boil
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatist conflict is rooted in the nation’s history, but the past three decades have been the bloodiest on an island colonised by Europeans and invaded by Indians. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the […]
Infrastructure: Back to basics?
Apr.13 (LBO) – In the famous five classes that the JVP used for recruitment in the years before the first insurrection of 1971, a story was told about tea. It was mostly false, but it was a simple, good and persuasive story. The story was that the imperialists forcibly displaced upcountry Sinhala villagers to make […]
Infrastructure: Back to basics?
Apr.13 (LBO) – In the famous five classes that the JVP used for recruitment in the years before the first insurrection of 1971, a story was told about tea. It was mostly false, but it was a simple, good and persuasive story. The story was that the imperialists forcibly displaced upcountry Sinhala villagers to make […]
Choices: BPO or KPO?
Mar. 28 (LBO) – I was at a meeting in Delhi in early March when I first heard the acronym KPO, of course without being spelled out. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA From the context, I figured it meant knowledge process outsourcing and started using it immediately. One cannot […]
Normal or peculiar standard time?
Mar. 16 (LBO) — The President has announced that Sri Lanka’s clocks are to follow Indian Standard Time (IST) with effect from April 13th, 2006. This means that Sri Lanka will henceforth be at Coordinated Universal Time +5:30 or UTC+5:30, instead of UTC+6 as we are now. UTC is the officially accepted term for what […]
Normal or peculiar standard time?
Mar. 16 (LBO) — The President has announced that Sri Lanka’s clocks are to follow Indian Standard Time (IST) with effect from April 13th, 2006. This means that Sri Lanka will henceforth be at Coordinated Universal Time +5:30 or UTC+5:30, instead of UTC+6 as we are now. UTC is the officially accepted term for what […]
Vote: With the ballot or with your feet?
Feb 21, 2006 (LBO) — In some discussions in 2002-04 when the government was interested in a bridge cum utility conduit over the Palk Strait (the now forgotten “Hanuman Bridge”), someone expressed concern that it would make illegal immigration to Sri Lanka easier. My reaction was that I wished that were true. In the 1960s, […]
‘s telecom sector goes through another growth spurt.
Every time the telecom sector goes through a growth spurt in Sri Lanka, congestion becomes a topic of conversation. People begin to grouse that the companies are cheating the customers by giving them telephones but not the ability to make calls. Every time the telecom sector goes through a growth spurt in Sri Lanka, congestion […]