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  • Cycling to Work
    A proposal by Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera to encourage cycling to offices and workplaces in the City as a means of preventing environmental pollution as well as...
  • Avoid another surge
    The worst fears expressed by medical experts and PHIs are about to be realized with a sudden surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in our midst when it was increasingly felt...
  • Living down the past
    The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is going to great lengths to rebrand itself in a bid to emerge, not as a third force in Sri Lanka’s political scene but as a front line...
  • A welcome relief
    The long suffering senior citizens of this country who saw their interests on bank deposits drastically slashed, no doubt, will have a huge sigh of relief on learning that...
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  • Power crunch and renewables future
    The current energy crisis is more of a crisis in the media than a real crisis, considering that there have been minimal power outages so far. The energy sector shortfall also has to be looked at from...
  • Go Electric - Now
    We have been constantly advocating in these columns that Sri Lanka should swiftly shift over to electric vehicles. It is thus heartening to note that finally, there is a movement in this direction....
  • Speaker throws the book
           Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has lamented the poor reading habits of our MPs and wants them to take to reading in a big way in order to prepare...
  • For a fresh beginning
    President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as widely expected, reiterated his pledge made earlier to deliver on his promises during the next three years of his tenure during his address to the Second Session of...
  • Urgent action needed
    The country is on the cusp of a major power crisis while the Energy Minister and his colleague heading the Power Ministry are engaged in a stalemate over the supply of fuel to activate the thermal...
  • Heed this clarion call
    The plea made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the people to forget the past two years and join with him to develop the country in the remaining three years of his tenure is indeed a reasonable one...
  • Thriving despite COVID
    The way people travel in the backdrop of COVID is now changing with several countries giving the lead in “Living with COVID.” One of these is the United Kingdom (UK) which started the “Living with...
  • Ending the moonshine industry
    The Excise Department has earned a record revenue of nearly Rs.140 billion last year, despite the repeated lockdowns. This is no doubt a massive contribution to the economy under the present dire...
  • A bad example
    The juvenile conduct of school principals opposite the Isurupaya on Wednesday was despicable and harrowing, bordering on lunacy which is unbecoming of individuals entrusted with not only the...
  • Stop this frivolity
    SJB Parliamentarian Patali Chamapika Ranawaka is the latest to add his name to a long list of politicians who mysteriously fell sick and got themselves hospitalized when the long arm of the law was...
  • Riding the fuel crisis
    The economy is today placed in such a perilous position that all efforts should be made to ensure that no precious resource is needlessly squandered away through deliberate waste and carefree...
  • A commendable achievement
    According to former State Pharmaceutical Corporation (CPC) Chairman Consultant Dr. Prasanna Gunasena, Sri Lanka has completed receiving all her vaccine requirements against the Coronavirus and it...
  • It’s not intent, but resolve
    Sri Lanka should be a hub. It should be a regional hub for technology, it should be a hub for aviation, it should be a hub for tourism, it should be a hub for every other thing under the Sun. This...
  • Clear the air on open-air events
    Confusion prevails over the issue of sound permits for outdoor musical shows with the Police and the PHIs at variance on this score. While IGP Chandana Wickramaratne on December 27 had directed all...
  • A brazen snub at the law
    That, as with all State institutions, the Police Service too is under the heavy influence of politicians is all too well known to need elaboration. All Governments used and abused the Police to do...