Choices: Calls or gold?
March 08, 2007 (LBO) – Indonesia, like Sri Lanka, sends its women to foreign lands to work as housemaids. The numbers may be larger, though the …
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Choices: Rule of law or rule of men?
January 29, 2007 (LBO) — What shall we make of the new 52-member, multi-party Cabinet (depicted in Figure 1) sworn in on January 28th, 2007? Source: …
Choices: Airline or airport?
January 4, 2007 (LBO) – It appears that the government of Sri Lanka is getting back into the airline business that it exited in 1998. According to the …
Choices: “Rusiyavata vadiya lokuyi irisiyava”
December 3, 2006 (LBO) – Recently, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission issued an order setting the maximum price that could be charged for an SMS at …
Choices: Going North or Going South?
November 22, 2006 (LBO) – The Colombo-Habarana Road is a military supply route. Those driving on it are likely to come across slow moving convoys of army …
Choices: Half full or half empty?
November 15, 2006 (LBO) – At a recent discussion on comparative rankings of economic performance, an esteemed economist decried the tendency of Sri …
Choices: Essential or luxury?
October 23, 2006 (LBO) – Recently the government imposed tougher import conditions on non-essential items: …
Choices: Geography or ideology?
October 16, 2006 (LBO) – “While the JVP supports a vibrant free market economy to generate growth, we are completely against an unbridled, …
Choices: Trade agreements or tired tirades?
August 28, 2006 (LBO) – In a discussion of two pieces of trade-related legislation now before Parliament, a JVP MP stated that they served the interests of …
Choices: Brand or generic?
August 7, 2006 (LBO) – Generic is cheap and utilitarian. Brand is expensive and status conferring. That’s the common wisdom. But those in the new, hot …
Choices: Work with the Disaster Act or fix its flaws?
July 25, 2006 (LBO) – The 2004 tsunami was a shock. One out of 500 Sri Lankans died in the short space of three and a half hours when walls of water hit …
Sri Lanka seeks help for tens of thousands in Lebanon
July 24, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to evacuate workers trapped in Lebanon, despite the vast majority of its estimated 80,000 …
Sri Lanka’s rights watch dog slammed for dropping investigations
July 18, 2006 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan watchdog has halted its probes into the disappearance of thousands of people so that the government can avoid paying …
Five killed after tsunami hits Indonesia
JAKARTA, July 17, 2006 (AFP) – Five people were killed when waves hit buildings on the south coast of Indonesia’s Java island Monday after a strong …
Choices: Kiri or kekiri?
July 11, 2006 (LBO) – Do infrastructure reforms increase disparities between the wealthy areas around Colombo and the rest of the country? Do they yield …
Sri Lanka bipartisan peace bid fails, opposition says
July 7, 2006 (AFP) – A fresh attempt to hammer out a bipartisan approach to Sri Lanka’s drawn out Tamil separatist conflict ended abruptly with the …
Sri Lanka to study foreign devolution models to end fighting
July 5, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will study devolution models across the world before developing a power-sharing mechanism with Tamil Tiger rebels to end …
Choices: To appoint or advertise?
July 3, 2006 (LBO) – The Information and Communication Technology Act, No 27 of 2003, was a watershed for a number of reasons. It created a fully …
Sri Lankan president postpones visit to Bangladesh
DHAKA, July 3, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has postponed a visit to Bangladesh next week due to a full schedule at home, the …
Sri Lankan president to visit Bangladesh
DHAKA, June 23, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will visit Bangladesh next month, the foreign ministry said Friday. Rajapakse would …