Author – Mahinda Jayaweera
An author publication
The ‘crunch years’ for Sri Lanka came in the mid-seventies. Observers cannot be accused of overstating the case when they say that the relaxing of economic controls in those years by an ultra-rightist government opened the floodgates to a multiplicity of social and economic ills. These evils have been weighing Sri Lanka down to date but a searching look at the 50s and 60s decades reveals a comparatively pleasant and peaceful Sri Lanka. To be sure, those decades had their blemishes but worse was to follow and the latter phase is a harrowing story to relate, as is known.
Posted on January 20th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS
The military relationship between Sri Lanka and USA is continuing. Sri Lanka Air Force Airmen and Pacific Air Forces Airmen participated in the first virtual and fourth annual Airmen-to-Airmen Talk, known as A2AT, hosted from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on December 2020.
The Talk included subject matter experts from each country in
logistics, flight safety, risk management, crisis response, cyber security and
medical procedures in response to chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear emergencies. The effort is designed to help the Department of Defence
work toward a free and open Indo-Pacific region. We’ve been especially