EDITORIALS
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Oct- 2021 -28 October
THE BIG PICTURE
One doesn’t have to be famous to live the red carpet moment – not here in Sri Lanka, which has one for the infamous too! In early September, the powers
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28 October
THE PANDORA PAPERS
Pandora in Greek mythology had a box that once opened, and unleashed all manner of misery and evil known to humankind. The ancient myth has yet again
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28 October
STATE OF THE NATION
Sri Lanka stares into the bankruptcy abyss whilst battling economic and sociopolitical fires, and whether it’ll survive is a matter of conjecture. Let the monetary
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28 October
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
The significance of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s speech at the UN General Assembly in New York City was his use of the allocated time to outline the
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25 October
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Nothing could have prepared the world for the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the WHO on 11 March last year. It literally brought the world to a stop as countries
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Sep- 2021 -30 September
THE BIG PICTURE
The headline news in the mainstream media in these crisis ridden times not only reflects an economy off the rails but the
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30 September
STATE OF THE NATION
A country on the brink of disaster cannot afford the luxury of reflection. Or so its citizens and governors may feel or think. Yet
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30 September
TALIBAN TAKEOVER
The Afghan crisis briefly displaced COVID-19 in the minds of many; they watched in horror as heartrending images of events at Kabul’s
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30 September
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
When he was elected president, there was anticipation that Gotabaya Rajapaksa would govern with a firm hand. Those at the extreme
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2 September
THE BIG PICTURE
Be it in social circles or on social media, the raging debate in recent weeks has been about whether or not to lockdown – and when
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