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EDITORIALS

  • Jun- 2021 -
    3 June

    INDIA’S COVID CRISIS

    It seemed as if India was well in control of the coronavirus outbreak in early March 2021. However, by mid-March the story was

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  • 3 June

    FOREIGN POLICY

    The desire to keep the economy running and boost it seems to have played a role in the government’s decision not to put the

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  • May- 2021 -
    6 May

    THE BIG PICTURE

    It wasn’t long ago – ahead of the Avurudu festivities, to be precise – that Sri Lankans were going about their business and reverting to

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  • 6 May

    STATE OF THE NATION

    May being the month of Vesak is when islanders might miss one of their more illustrious sons the most. It was he, the late Sri

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  • 4 May

    COVID BLUES

    Even with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gaining traction in many countries, the world is being rocked by new strains of the virus and

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  • 2 May

    POLITICAL COOPERATION

    Most of the commentary in Sri Lanka on the issue of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution and the High Commissioner

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  • Apr- 2021 -
    1 April

    THE BIG PICTURE

    People who become champions are those who actually learn from defeat,” Pakistan’s World Cup winning captain turned politician and incumbent prime

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  • 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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