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EDITORIALS

  • Dec- 2020 -
    30 December

    COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

    In times of crisis and economic scarcity, it’s easy to scapegoat and target minorities, which can turn into violence.

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  • Nov- 2020 -
    26 November

    THE BIG PICTURE

    A recent edition of The Economist notes that the “promise of the new COVID-19 vaccine is immense,” while cautioning: “But don’t underestimate

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  • 26 November

    STATE OF THE NATION

    The outcome of the US presidential election revealed the land of the free and home of the brave to be a deeply divided polity. The

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  • 26 November

    PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

    You would have heard of the ‘plandemic’ theory. It’s a belief based on a conspiracy theory, which suggested that the novel coronavirus

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  • 26 November

    THE ‘INFODEMIC’

    The lack of infrastructure governments had at their disposal to control the subsequent ‘infodemic’ regarding the coronavirus

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  • 26 November

    NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

    The unexpectedly forthright critique of the 20th Amendment (20A) to the constitution by high-ranking religious clergy and the likes of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka

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  • 26 November

    REGIONAL AGENDA 

    INDIAN OCEAN IN THE SPOTLIGHT Zulfath Saheed highlights the developing tensions between two global superpowers In the days leading up to the US presidential election and even as there was…

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  • Oct- 2020 -
    29 October

    THE BIG PICTURE

    In the wake of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka, primarily attributable to a record cluster emanating from an apparel factory

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  • 29 October

    STATE OF THE NATION

    Recent weeks proved that Sri Lanka is far from being dead in the water. As a democratic republic sailing in the stormy seas of pressure on key

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  • 29 October

    NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

    In plural, multiethnic and multi-religious societies such as Sri Lanka, political problems must be settled through constructive dialogue

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