World heart day 2021: Using the heart to connect
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including heart diseases and strokes, are accountable for nearly half of all deaths related to non-communicable diseases. Claiming around 18.6 million lives each year, i Read More » Shielding our whistle-blowers
At a moment when the country is trying its hardest to deal with the scarcity of several essential food items and fight arbitrary price increases by businessmen, a large-scale irregularity at the state Read More »
Booster shot mania: A sign of ego boost policy failure
Both the Army Commander and State Minister Channa Jayasumana have said that Sri Lanka will administer vaccine booster shots – a third dose – in the near future. The story of this booster fancying is n Read More » A matter of appeasement
To put it mildly, the metamorphosis from the sublime to the ridiculous in the all-important matter of governance in the past couple of years has been nothing short of spectacular. It has now come to a Read More »
Government tightens screws on private sector; reveals trillions in economic damage
Shunning West and IMF, Govt. banks on import bans and Cabraal for recoveryBasil expects repatriation of $ 500 m under new financial secrecy law
Hopes that with 10 m vaccinated, the Covid demon can be Read More »
A nation like no other
The further tightening of import restrictions last week, covering 623 item categories, seems like a precursor to an impending economic crisis notwithstanding the stoic denials of such an eventuality b Read More »
Fall of Kabul: Challenges to International Law
The Law Faculty of the University of Colombo (UoC) organised a webinar on the “Fall of Kabul (Afghanistan’s Capital): Challenges to International Law” on 18 August 2021. United Nations (UN) University Read More »