Space is ours (as is the sky)
Feb 09, 2009 (LBO) - It has been announced that the Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) is going in to the satellite business. First, they will launch one low …
Opinion
In honor of Sri Lanka’s Lasantha Wickrematunge
Jan 12, 2009 (LBO) - “To die for the benefit of the people, is more important than Tai mountain; working for the fascists and dying for those who oppress …
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Authority Law enacted by Gazette?
Oct 31, 2008 (LBO) - Recently, the Environment Ministry introduced general taxation by Gazette: the first Gazette to fund the Ministry was issued during the …
Sri Lanka throwing good money after bad?
Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) - "Mihin Air was started with pure intentions. It was active for 13 months. There were shortcomings in management. The CEO was removed. The …
Should Sri Lanka have lower taxes or more government?
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) - "One out of five people between 18 and 60 works for the government. One out of 20 Sri Lankans works for the government. To serve 20 people …
India Sri Lanka economic links de-railed by protectionism
July 28, 2008 (LBO) - The developing discourse on a trade agreement with India is disturbing. The proponents of the manjokka economy, led by experts on …
SAARC leaders can reduce expensive telecom tariffs in South Asia
July 18, 2008 (LBO) - We have been talking regional cooperation for a long time; SAARC itself is over 20 years old. There must be some real results; …
Sri Lanka among top 20 in failed states ranking
July 3, 2008 (LBO) - In mid 2006, I wrote a column entitled “The Sri Lankan state: Failed, failing or maligned?” It was about a comparative ranking on …
Myanmar’s disaster: SMS or cell broadcasting for early warning?
May 19, 2008 (LBO) - The loss of tens of thousands of lives in Burma (Myanmar) in our region’s largest human disaster since the 2004 tsunami reminds us once …
Sri Lanka’s paper degrees and learning culture
May 08, 2008 (LBO) - As an educator, I have found the economic transaction at the heart of education to be deeply problematic. If I was selling bread, and gave …
What is best for Sri Lanka’s environment: Tax or incentives?
Mar 31, 2008 (LBO) - A Bill will be brought to Parliament within days to give broad-ranging discretion to the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance …
Sri Lanka Galle Literary festival and the exit option
Feb 25, 2008 (LBO) - Reactions to the 2nd Galle Literary Festival that very successfully concluded last month testify to the entrenched strength of statist …
Sri Lanka’s electricity pricing: slab or low-user?
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) - The rather unusual step taken by the CEB to actually follow the law and make available for comment its proposed tariff has stirred up …
Agriculture or services for Sri Lanka’s future?
Jan 28, 2008 (LBO) - At a conference organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing, an interesting question came from the audience: what would be the most …
Sri Lankan or Mihin Lanka?
Dec 24, 2007 (LBO) - The big news is that the CEO of the airline with the highest number of flights out of Colombo and a major investor has been stripped of …
Sri Lanka eco tax could be a first step on a deadly road
Nov 09, 2008 (LBO) – "I, therefore propose to introduce an Environment Conservation Levy Act ensuring environment conservation. Individuals, businesses or …
Cars or buses? Sri Lanka’s supreme attempt to curb pollution in a transport hub
Oct 29, 2007 (LBO) - The Supreme Court is going to do to traffic in Colombo what it did to Year One admissions to popular schools. It has ordered the …
Posts or telecom: Sri Lanka’s dysfunctional communications family
Oct 08, 2007 (LBO) - It’s a strange question. It has always been Posts AND Telecom, even back in the bad old days when it was an inconsequential Ministry …
Taxes in Sri Lanka: limiting damage or doing good?
Sept 10, 2007 (LBO) - Once Parliament figures out what really happened when the taxation provisions were supposedly debated and passed on the 6th of …
Taxing Sri Lanka’s mobile customers: Goose or eggs?
Sept 03, 2007 (LBO) - Taxes are necessary. The consistent theme of the “Choices” columns has been that choices have to be made; that one cannot have …