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EDITORIALS

  • Feb- 2022 -
    1 February

    STATE OF THE NATION

    As Sri Lanka celebrates 74 independent years, several challenges cause citizens concern while governors forge ahead with

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  • 1 February

    BOOSTER HESITANCY

    Smallpox is a lethal disease that’s estimated to have claimed over 500 million lives in the last 100 years of its existence with a fatality

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  • 1 February

    CELEBRITY WOES

    The new year has barely got off to a solid start and yet, here we are witnessing the humiliation of three powerful – and some may say

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  • 1 February

    VALENTINE’S DAY HACKS

    This may be the year to flip Valentine’s Day on its head. Instead of giving gifts only to that special someone, why not also do

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  • Jan- 2022 -
    31 January

    THE BIG PICTURE

    The private sector has woken up! And it is speaking out like never before! Meanwhile, the jury is out on whether the likes of the Employers

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  • 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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