Is FUTA’s demand of 6% of the GDP on education reasonable?

The above graphs clearly indicate that, in spite of the gradual reduction of the size of the Government as a component of the economy, successive governments of Sri Lanka have improved the percentage spent on education from its total expenditure, from around six percent in the late 1970s to nearly 10 percent 30 years later,

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The role of the military in today’s context

The progress that Sri Lanka has made over the past few years from being a nation fighting terrorism to one of the most peaceful and stable countries in the world is remarkable. This progress was made possible by the Government’s sincere and committed efforts to defeat the terrorist LTTE,

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An open letter to M.A. Sumanthiran, TNA, MP:

Is the Tamil leadership preparing for another war?

You act as if you both are still tied to Prabhakaran's tight leash, making you bark according to his commands. It is pathetic to see two lawyers acting as lap dogs of the most vile Tamil tyrant who violated every decent law under the sun to brutalise the Tamil people - particularly the children - and keep them under his jackboots so that he could cool off and play with his family in the Vanni swimming pool while he dragged forcibly the children of other Tamil parents to a frontline that collapsed almost overnight.

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