Author: Arvin Jayasuriya
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A Rs 50 Million Gesture – and the Questions It Can’t Silence
The Sri Lanka Police’s donation of Rs 50 million — equivalent to one day’s pay — to the Rebuilding Sri Lanka fund following Cyclone Ditwah has been widely praised as an act of institutional solidarity. Symbolically, it matters. Practically, it raises harder questions. There is no disputing the human cost of the cyclone. Relief funding is essential.