EDITORIALS
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CYBER CLASSROOMS
Regardless of whether it will see the light of day, Sri Lanka is supposedly striving to become an education hub for the region. Its drive towards digitalisation
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STATE OF THE NATION
I may be wrong about the response of many to the recent nomination of former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa as presidential candidate
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THE BIG PICTURE
It won’t be long before we’re asked to vote for a new president and thereafter, a prime minister together with a government
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STATE OF THE NATION
History is a funny thing, which we learned to our chagrin in school. Its chimerical shape changes depending on who’s essaying it
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THE NEED OF THE HOUR
In the months following the deadly bomb blasts that claimed over 250 lives, polarisation between the country’s ethnic
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GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS
Sri Lanka’s geographic location is an oft cited fact of its strategic importance to the world. Much has been said about the role of
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ONLINE SAFETY
The school holidays have kicked in (again), which means that parents have to find ways to keep their children entertained, engaged and enthused – without breaking the bank or losing…
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GAME MECHANICS
Denials and scripted lies are the stock-in-trade of those who engage in stonewalling. The verb ‘stonewall’ came into currency with politics, referring to actions
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THE BIG PICTURE
This isn’t the first time in Sri Lanka’s chequered post-independence history that its globally acclaimed tourism industry has had to rely on local leisure seekers
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STATE OF THE NATION
There’s something about Fridays and executive actions. It spans the gamut from arrogantly sacking parliament to arrogating the state printer
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