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EDITORIALS

  • Aug- 2017 -
    1 August

    THE BIG PICTURE

    Media coverage of the recently concluded annual general meeting of the Sri Lanka Tea Board offered a glimpse of where a famous cuppa is heading – into the

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  • 1 August

    LAW AND ORDER

    In recent months, there have been several violent attacks targeting the Muslim community in Sri Lanka with Muslim-owned

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  • 1 August

    HACKERS’ WORLD

    My wife sent me a warning message recently, saying not to open a video titled ‘Dancing with Hillary.’ “It is a virus that

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  • 1 August

    DIGITAL SERVICES

    Imagine going out to a restaurant, and being greeted by a robot and taken to your table on a conveyor belt… and then pressing a button on the table to

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  • Jul- 2017 -
    1 July

    STATE OF THE NATION

    First, the ‘strategic reassignment’ of cabinet portfolios was hardly a shuffle. The usual suspects retained their usually suspect

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  • 1 July

    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka to participate in celebrations marking the International Day of

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  • 1 July

    ONE BELT ONE ROAD

    China’s growing global influence was demonstrated in May when leaders from across the world assembled at the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Summit held

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  • 1 July

    UNFRIENDLY SKIES

    I bet that at some point you’ve flown ‘cattle class’ – that distinguished seating area into which most of us are herded. Some of us have a few scars to…

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  • Jun- 2017 -
    1 June

    THE BIG PICTURE

    The 17th of May was a red-letter day not only for France but also for people in other parts of the world who are jaded by the political establishment and

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  • 1 June

    THE APPRENTICE

    Back in the day when Twitter was not a loudspeaker for angry old men, there were unwritten rules of engagement to which

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