Sri Lanka considers ‘failure’ at independence milestone

Sri Lanka considers 'failure' at independence milestone Updated 9 minutes ago Published on 4 February 2023 18:00 Sri Lankan soldiers march with elephants during the celebration of Sri Lanka's 75th Independence Day in Colombo on February 4, 2023. – AFP photo, 4 February 2023. Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of independence today with a solemn military parade. This is because the president of the country urged reflection on past "mistakes and failures" that put the nation at risk. Since the end of British rule in 1948, the island nation has experienced much of its history, including decades of Tamil separatist rebellions that claimed up to 100,000 lives and two deadly communist uprisings. I spent my time at war with my country. Beginning in July 2018, access to the full report will be available by subscription only. Sign up now and enjoy 1 week of free access! Subscribe now! sign up or sign in here comment. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '1675726906063950'); // Insert your pixel ID here. fbq('track', 'PageView'); https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/426630 Sri Lanka considers 'failure' at independence milestone