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EDITORIALS

  • Jun- 2019 -
    1 June

    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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  • 1 June

    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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  • 1 June

    STATE OF THE NATION

    If June would be the ‘month of brides,’ 2019 was supposed to be one long honeymoon for Sri Lanka. Named Lonely Planet’s place to be this year

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  • 1 June

    CYBER CRUSADERS

    Thirty years ago, China witnessed one of its darkest hours in history – the ‘June 4th Incident’ – when over 10,000 civilians are believed to have met their deaths at…

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  • May- 2019 -
    1 May

    THE BIG PICTURE

    Conspiracy theories have spread like wildfire in the aftermath of the cowardly acts of 21 April when terrorists who can best be described

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  • 1 May

    EASTER SUNDAY AFTERMATH

    A nation at peace. Its people on holiday. The security establishment in slumber land

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  • 1 May

    THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

    A year’s worth of trash that fits in a single Mason jar… this seems to be the promise that popular international advocates of the

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  • 1 May

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

    It seems that there’s an app for everything and every form of paranoia. With the lines blurring between

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  • 1 May

    THE UN RESOLUTION

    The latest UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka (40/1 of March 2019) was a rollover of 30/1 of 2015. This extension contains an appreciation

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  • 1 May

    DIGITALISATION DILEMMA

    MAYDAY CALL FOR LABOUR? Ruwandi Perera explores how humans can thrive even in the age of robots! Red flags, banners and endless parades celebrating the joys of employment above all…

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