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Larger lessons for India from the Facebook data scandal

Social media networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp now make it possible to communicate with large numbers of people, individually or in small targeted groups. This can be a big boon for elected and...

2018-04-20 19:30:00
Prorogation and after

The President prorogued Parliament on the eve of Sinhala and Hindu New Year. Perhaps it was a New Year ‘gift’ from the Head of State. Anyway, whatever is said and done, it is a grim reminder to his...

2018-04-20 19:30:00
New realities of unity government

Leading politicians of all hues anointed with the auspicious Avurudu oil are moving to the New Year, taking them to new challenges in national and party politics, and facing the realities of a unity...

2018-04-20 19:30:00
Mokgweetsi Masisi sworn in as Botswana’s fifth President

Botswana has once again, witnessed the compliance of the constitutional requirement of a state President relinquishing power at the end of two consecutive five year terms in office.This was when...

2018-04-19 19:30:00
SAVING SRI LANKAN PUPPETRY

Gamvari Supun Tharanga (26), a Peradeniya University Graduate with a degree in Computation and Management is an unlikely candidate to save the art of puppetry from oblivion and yet, he has stepped up...

2018-04-19 19:30:00
Assault on Dutch tourist, Mirissa

The recent report in the British newspaper The Daily Mirror, ‘Dutch tourist assaulted in Sri Lanka’, brings home to me the reality of living in Sri Lanka.I have lived in Unawatuna for six years,...

2018-04-19 19:30:00
Moves against democracy

The Mahinda group do not abandon their racist political project unless Yahapalanaya campaign it out of politics. At every opportunity, they will use the card of racial violence. It is necessary to...

2018-04-19 19:30:00
Post-confidence priorities

Political analysts have given many reasons for the very poor results obtained at the Local Government elections held on February 10, 2018, by the main coalition partners of the Unity Government – the...

2018-04-19 19:30:00
Glyphosate ban: Has GMOA studied the research?

At a press conference held on April 11, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) stated that fresh laws should be introduced to take “stern action” against people involved in smuggling in...

2018-04-18 19:30:00
Political possibility for Sri Lankan society

The struggle towards Independence in Sri Lanka was a peaceful political movement which aimed at achieving freedom and self-rule for the country from the British Empire. For those pioneers in the...

2018-04-18 19:30:00
No-nonsense plan to curb traffic crimes

There is absolutely no road safety and traffic discipline in Sri Lanka. Politicians are doing very little to improve the traffic and road safety system. I have noticed the following dangerous hazards...

2018-04-18 19:30:00
Taken for a ride

An enforced break because of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has not slowed down intense political manoeuvring both within and without the government in the aftermath of the no-confidence motion...

2018-04-18 19:30:00