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EDITORIALS

  • Apr- 2021 -
    1 April

    STATE OF THE NATION

    It’s a bird… it’s a plane – it’s a regional power beating up the sky over a small southerly neighbour. Of course, it was the 70th anniversary of the

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  • 1 April

    MYANMAR COUP

    On 1 February, much of the world woke up to the news that a military coup had taken place in Myanmar in the early hours of the morning. State Counsellor…

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  • 1 April

    JUDICIAL SYSTEM

    There was perhaps a miscalculation of Western countries’ waning power in the face of China’s rise, which the outcome of UN Human Rights Council

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  • Mar- 2021 -
    4 March

    THE BIG PICTURE

    In a recent interview published in the Sunday Times, the Country Representative of the WHO Dr. Razia Pendse explained that while

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  • 4 March

    STATE OF THE NATION

    It’s the silly season all over again. Not ‘Christmas’ when sales and spirits hamstring common sense or even the second wave of

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  • 4 March

    SINO-US RELATIONS

    While President Joe Biden is battling the COVID-19 crisis, domestic terrorism and a divided people at home, his actions overseas

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  • 4 March

    NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

    When the government declared its intention to withdraw from Sri Lanka’s co-sponsorship of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution

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  • Feb- 2021 -
    3 February

    STATE OF THE NATION

    The newly independent former crown colony of Ceylon got off to a sterling start 73 years ago. Despite being plundered

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  • 3 February

    FOREIGN POLICY

    With challenges mounting by the day, the government needs to move in the direction of more inclusivity in both domestic and foreign policy.

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  • 1 February

    THE BIG PICTURE

    The widely quoted tweet by global financier Nathaniel Rothschild who visited Sri Lanka in January may be what the doctor ordered

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