Emerging Sri Lanka and role of private sector

“The private sector has been a long standing partner of Sri Lanka’s development even through tough times and deserves a pat in the back for engaging with the government from the colonial times, through independence, a three decade long conflict, financial crisis and now in the process of moving into a middle income country.

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On keeping things in the neighbourhood in South Asia

Nirupama Rao, India’s soon-to-retire Foreign Secretary, when asked about the Channel 4 video purporting to comment on the last days of the LTTE’s military, is reported to have said that Sri Lanka should look at the video carefully. Well, that’s already been done. Channel 4’s mal-intent, unprofessionalism and scandalous lack of integrity have been adequately exposed. The good lady probably knows this.

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Freedom in the North

Mahattaya alias Mahendrarajah was the second in command of the LTTE in the past. He was a relative of Prabhakaran. He was second to none but only to Prabhakaran. It was this ‘Mahattaya’ who was the leader of the LTTE delegation that held talks with President Premadasa.

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