EDITORIALS
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Jul- 2020 -2 July
THE GENERAL ELECTION
As was the case in the run-up to the November 2019 presidential election and earlier, there is a discernible rise in nationalist sentiment. The general election
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2 July
FOOD SECURITY
When islandwide curfews came into effect in Sri Lanka earlier this year amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, perhaps the main
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2 July
COVID-19 CLIFFHANGER
Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time compresses several billion years of the universe’s existence into about 200 pages. What we are collectively
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2 July
WORKING FROM HOME
In 1964, Sir Arthur C. Clarke addressed developments that he believed would comprise the ‘day after tomorrow’
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Jun- 2020 -29 June
STATE OF THE NATION
June was once the month of bridals. Under pandemic conditions, it was hardly a time for sealing lasting relationships. However, romantic notions
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29 June
THE BIG PICTURE
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deshamanya Prof. W. D. Lakshman says in this edition’s Cover Story that “COVID-19 could be effectively used as a turning
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1 June
4/21 POSTMORTEM
Over a year has passed since the Easter Sunday bombings that stunned the nation and
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1 June
REGIONAL OUTLOOK
South Asia faces a dire economic outlook on account of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; it is expected to experience its worst
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1 June
EARTH SHUTDOWN
We were warned that an asteroid was heading toward us in April. However, it took a submicroscopic virus to send
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1 June
LEADERSHIP NARRATIVE
On 14 January 2020, the WHO announced on Twitter that “preliminary investigations conducted by the
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