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Name Boards: The Fate of the Tamil Language!

Admin December 27, 2020 1012

Keerthika Mahalingam The usage of language is at the forefront of escalating racist issues in Sri Lankan society. In 1956, the ‘Sinhala Only’ Act was introduced by the late Mr S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, who laid the foundation for the Sinhala-Tamil ethnic issue and later evolved into a three-decade

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The Future of Sri Lankan Cinema in the COVID-19 Era

Admin December 25, 2020 820

Keerthika Mahalingam “Cinema is the dream that thousands of people gazing at once” – Bertolucci, Italian film director and screenwriter If there is one medium that is more powerful than social media today, it is the cinematic medium. Even the daily lives of people in Asian countries can be seen through cinema today. Against this […]

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The Deplorable Situation in Sri Lanka’s Vegetable Trade

Admin December 23, 2020 1214

Keerthika Mahalingam “It is unfortunate that no matter how many attempts are made to bring vegetables to the market and sell them, the public is not inclined to buy them. We can’t see the vegetables rot. So we offer a lower price in bulk”, said Sagarika. Sagarika runs a small vegetable business in the Wellampitiya […]

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Social Media Testing of Rapid Antigen Test Kits

Admin December 22, 2020 748

Written by – I. K. Prabha Except to the currently launched PCR tests used to diagnose Covid-19 virus, the Rapid Antigen Test Kit also can be used to quickly detect the virus. Despite the WHO agreeing to provide 500,000 test kits to Sri Lanka, the news which reports importing of test kits by a private […]

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Covid-19: Will the decisions of the Ministry of Education be successful?

Admin December 22, 2020 553

Keerthika Mahalingam The spread of the Covid-19 virus has made the education sector one of the most affected in the world. The inability of any student to engage from pre-school to higher education has posed a great threat. Countries across the world are implementing various troubleshooting mechanisms to protect society from this sudden disaster. Following […]

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A Case for New Media Literacy to be Taught in School

Admin December 21, 2020 554

Vihanga Perera A little over fifteen years ago, as a young student of Journalism, I was taught the a-b-cs of good news reporting: the familiar formula of the 5Ws, the H and the B (What, Where, When, Who, Why + How + Background) which, we were told, made the basics of good reporting. Conducted by […]

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Culture of Independent Commissions in Sri Lanka

Admin December 21, 2020 549

Dhanushka Silva The role of any person serving as the president of the Republic is to act as an agent of state power under the second republican Constitution of Sri Lanka. Why do we then have presidents who like to act like as the kingpins of power? In fact, the executive president is constitutionally empowered […]

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The Lockdown Delivers a Checkmate to Our Economy

Admin December 19, 2020 541

Sachini D. Perera Sri Lanka is currently encountering the second wave of Covid-19. Since mid-March 2020, the Sri Lankan government had to impose an islandwide lockdown for nearly two months during the first wave to maintain social distance and eliminate further community spread. The curfew policy was something people experienced commonly. It was a responsible […]

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Who is irresponsible?

Admin December 14, 2020 647

Keerthika Mahalingam Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who contested the Presidential Election representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, became the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka on November 18th 2019 with a voting majority of 52.25%. A year has passed since the new government came to power. The present government has introduced a new program to fulfil its […]

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When will threats against journalists be resolved?

Admin December 10, 2020 628

Keerthika Mahalingam The recent attack on two local journalists in Mullaitivu was controversial not only regionally but also locally. Based on this incident, many people started questioning the freedom of the media in Sri Lanka. Illegal sand smuggling and illegal timber smuggling in the Mullaitivu area has been going on for a long time. Shanmugam […]