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EDITORIALS

  • Jul- 2026 -
    30 July

    STATE OF THE NATION

    Sri Lanka today stands suspended between two competing narratives

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  • 30 July

    THE WATER FOOTPRINT

    AI has sparked a global race to build faster chips, larger data centres

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  • 30 July

    THE BIG PICTURE

    The front pages of newspapers circulating around our paradise nearly lost tell a story of a nation in distress, battling multiple stressors

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  • 29 July

    ENERGY OUTLOOK 

    Every time oil prices surge, the consequences travel beyond petrol stations. They are felt on factory floors in Vietnam, in tea estates in Sri Lanka

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  • 29 July

    THE LEARNING CURVE

    Considered to have been the defining personality trait of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, intuition has been historically known as a divine gift

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  • Jun- 2026 -
    24 June

    THE BIG PICTURE

    AI BOOM OR BUST? When the leader of the catholic world – 1.4 billion people or 17% of the global population

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  • 24 June

    STATE OF THE NATION

    Sri Lanka’s national pastime – besides cricket, complaining bitterly and queuing for fuel – is recovering from one national disaster after another

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  • 24 June

    ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

    Sri Lanka’s economic recovery may look reasonably good on paper but the reality on the ground is stark, with inflation appearing to have been only temporarily contained

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  • 23 June

    FINANCIAL FRAUD

    NO LONGER BANKING ON TRUST?  Fazmina Imamudeen dissects the incidence of financial scams at home and away Across the world, financial scams have undergone a major transformation. It’s no longer…

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  • 22 June

    THE LEARNING CURVE

    EDUCATION GOES BEYOND AGE  Ruwandi Perera explains why gaining knowledge is an ageless process today As an educator among other things, I’ve met two sets of students: those who say…

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