EDITORIALS
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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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LEADERSHIP LACUNAE
For the past 10 years, the government has dealt with concerns over political grievances and human rights violations
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SOCIAL MEDIA CONUNDRUM
How long could you survive without complaining or feeling down if you were to embark on a ‘social media fast’? Humans are social
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ANTITERRORISM AGENDAS
Sri Lanka recorded another dark chapter in its history on 21 April when suicide bombers targeted eight locations in the island – and the ensuing days
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THE BIG PICTURE
A highly respected businessman who has made a habit of calling a spade a spade over the decades wrote in a Guest Column in
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COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
The sudden deterioration of Sri Lanka’s security situation has come as a shock to citizens as well as the international community
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TOURISM REVIVAL
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is reeling from the effects of the Easter Sunday attacks, which targeted several places of worship as well as prominent hotels
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FAKING IT ON FACEBOOK
I’ve had it with Facebook! In March, I decided to quit the first social network I joined in July 2007, and my main reasons revolved
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