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EDITORIALS

  • Jan- 2022 -
    9 January

    CULTURE OF IMPUNITY

    Sri Lanka is facing an uncertain future in the year ahead. Its foreign reserves have never been so low – in fact, the threat of defaulting

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  • Dec- 2021 -
    30 December

    THE RULE OF LAW

    Mobilising people’s emotions – whether by religion or ethnic nationalism – to gain and retain power is like sowing the wind

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  • 30 December

    THE CREATIVE ECONOMY

    For myriad reasons, 2021 has been far from sunshine and rainbows for Sri Lanka. However, the catchy anthem Manike Mage Hithe is one

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  • 30 December

    OMICRON WARNING

    At the rate that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, one wonders whether the WHO will run out of Greek letters to allocate to the different variants

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  • 30 December

    MISINFORMATION PANDEMIC

    It’s a brand-new year! And here’s hoping that we’ll hear less about the pandemic… and more on economic recoveries, travel, education

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  • 29 December

    THE BIG PICTURE

    Sri Lankans celebrated their newfound freedom (from the clutches of pandemic ridden restrictions on their mobility)

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  • 29 December

    STATE OF THE NATION

    The mystery of exploding gas cylinders kept the authorities at bay, and users at home and in eateries wary, not long ago…regarding

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  • 2 December

    THE BIG PICTURE

    Whether or not one supports or opposes the incumbent government, it is no secret that Sri Lanka is grappling with multiple crises

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  • 2 December

    COVID-19 FALL OUT

    We may well be speaking for most of us by saying we haven’t been feeling like ourselves since the outbreak of COVID-19. A shadow

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  • 2 December

    STATE OF THE NATION

    Aquatrain in Dhammapada characterises our blessed isle’s welfare as being conditional. So when a brace of these crumble

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