![](https://lmd.lk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/weeklydeal150425.gif")
REGIONAL OUTLOOK
South Asia faces a dire economic outlook on account of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; it is expected to experience its worst
EARTH SHUTDOWN
We were warned that an asteroid was heading toward us in April. However, it took a submicroscopic virus to send
LEADERSHIP NARRATIVE
On 14 January 2020, the WHO announced on Twitter that “preliminary investigations conducted by the
STATE OF THE NATION
COVID-19 did not cause every sickness in human society. However, it did expose the underlying rottenness in many a republic. On the one hand, public safety being
THE BIG PICTURE
Our national carrier has done the nation proud during this time of extreme crisis, following the sudden emergence of a virus that took the world we live in by storm – suffice
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
Despite the economic costs, the government made a timely decision to tackle the COVID-19 threat. It sought to restrict the mobility of people and their interactions
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
In this period of continued lockdown across many parts of the world, there’s been a seemingly endless stream of conspiracy theories in relation to the origins of the disease
SPACE EXPLORATION
The moon has been desolate since 1972. A few have tried to revisit it but haven’t succeeded. After all, having conquered and planted
COVID-19 WORLD VIEW
In July 2003, the Beijing Municipal Council announced that the SARS virus had cost Beijing’s tourism industry a mammoth US$ 4.8 billion. At the same time, the WHO declared
THE BIG PICTURE
In what is a highly fluid landscape both here in Sri Lanka and across the seas, against a backdrop of the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have surely done exceptionally well
STATE OF THE NATION
I never thought so many critics of three-cornered democracy would miss the agency of a legislature. But in a crisis of the proportions that the COVID-19 pandemic created, you tend to miss the small
THE MODERN STATESMAN
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has an opportunity to be a leader in the mode of Lee Kuan Yew who was no-nonsense and firm when it came to dealing with political opponents
THE CORONAVIRUS
Paracetamol – a drug that many take for granted as being readily available – counts India as its largest global supplier. And in March amid the coronavirus (COVID-19)
SPACE TALK
Between satellites and drones, there is a wide business gap that’s being filled by balloons. Satellites served as the earliest eyes in the sky – a race that began 
SRI LANKAN IDENTITY
If President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had hoped to develop a united country following the 16 November 2019 presidential election, what he inherited instead was a polarised
THE BIG PICTURE
While the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are leading the way in adopting a string of coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures that have proved to be largely effective at the time of writing
STATE OF THE NATION
April – as the poet notes – is the cruellest month. For one, it breeds lilacs out of the dead land. For another, it mixes memory and desire to disastrous effect. Last but not least, it stirs dull roots with spring rain
THE BIG PICTURE
Recently renamed COVID-19 by the WHO, the coronavirus is causing havoc in most parts of the world. Parts of China and some regions
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
The taped conversations of Ranjan Ramanayake with an assortment of persons have provided the general public with an unexpected
IMPEACHMENT SCANDALS
There were whistleblowers and subpoenas, government leaks and dirty tricks, and an angry president lashing out at his critics. It was
