Authors: Directors of Solar Village SDG CIC I.M. Dharmadasa (Emeritus Professor), Nilmini Roelens (Solicitor) and Saroj Pathirana (Journalist) The purpose of this article is to inform the Cabinet ...

As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like an infringement upon one’s personal freedom.

There could not be a worse time to implement a required national service for young people. In a nation that has turned individual freedom into a fetish, such an idea would always be a hard sell. Now, ...