Rethinking Tourism promotion in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is an island nation surround by sea & beaches. That is not all, Sri Lanka is also home to a written history over 2600 years with heritage & cultures that are key...
Monthly Archive: February 2020
Can Sri Lanka’s Government give STATE LAND DEEDS to only SOME CITIZENS
Sri Lanka is an island nation. The land denotes Sri Lanka’s sovereign territory. Sri Lanka’s constitution is clear that sovereignty is inalienable & in the People. It is the people whose powers are delegated...
MCC Review Committee CANNOT be above the Law or the Judiciary
There are 3 pillars of governance in Sri Lanka while the constitution is very clear that the sovereignty is inalienable from the People of the Country. Therefore, the President, Parliament & Judiciary all...
Sri Lanka’s Education: Changing the System by whom, for whom & why!
There is much talk of late about Sri Lanka’s education system. It is definitely a prudent subject as the country’s assets are its citizens and it is the citizens that must protect and...
Foreign Governments disclose ALL TAMIL refugees & asylum seekers to conclude ‘Missing’ ‘Disappeared’ in Sri Lanka
We need a closure. We know how many Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel died or were injured during the final phase of the conflict but the problem lies in determining the dead LTTE and...
Sri Lanka as US military logistics hub combining SOFA-ACSA-MCC & Peace Corps
MCC is one of the 3 pillars of US National Security Strategy initially rolled out in 2002 (Defense, Development & Diplomacy) ACSA and SOFA are clear US strategic military arrangements while MCC falls into...
Sri Lanka’s Dead: Are LTTE dead in LLRC report also featured in OMP list?
The Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission Report of November 2011 declared 22,247 LTTE dead of which 11,812 had been identified by name. However, 10,435 LTTE dead had not been identified by the time...
Balkanizing India: National Security dimensions for India & Sri Lanka
Indo-Sri Lanka relations have never been what either country would have liked it to be. What both countries should realize is that small as Sri Lanka may be, India cannot afford to bully...
Sri Lanka’s LLRC report claims 22,247 LTTE dead – who are they?
The Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission in their November 2011 report gave some important numbers sourced from the Ministry of Defense. Poignant is the numbers of dead, injured and missing following the...
What happens if State Land is Privatized & Farmers are given title deed ownership
Interlinked to the MCC US Government grant of $480m are some crucial topics that the ruling government, the judiciary and citizens cannot ignore. 84% of Sri Lanka’s land belongs to the state. What happens...
