Skandha Gunasekara The transparency and prioritization of the Government’s Covid-19 vaccine inoculation program have been called into question by many quarters, including professional medical bodies and international watchdog organizations, voicing their concerns. The National Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (NACCD), which also acts as the National
Dilhani Thantirimudalige In spite of schools being closed for a long period due to the Corona pandemic, the result of the grade 5 scholarship examination held in October 2020 was delayed compared to other years. Ten students obtained 200 out of 200 which is the full mark. Even with limited access to direct teacher-student meetings […]
Neville Uditha Weerasinghe We can identify three major turning points of racial tensions that arose against Muslim citizens in the recent post-war history of Sri Lanka. The anti-Muslim violence that erupted in Aluthgama on the 15th of June, 2014, the Kandy anti-Muslim riots of 2018, and the anti-Muslim violence that erupted as a result of […]
Udeni Perera There is no doubt that you might have seen countless incidences where some humans thought to themselves that their own race and culture is better or more valuable than that of their neighbour’s. They even go so far as to think that any race other than theirs is inferior. Let us identify this […]
Sampath Deshapriya Thirty two senior Superintendents of police have complained to the Supreme Court against the appointment of Bimshani Jasinghearachchi as the first and the only female DIG in Sri Lanka. They have been arguing that the word ‘women’ is not included in the statement related to the promotion criteria in the service of Sri […]
Bernard Edirisinghe It is important to study what is meant by democracy due to several reasons. Detachment of youth and youngsters from active politics, citizens choosing corrupted and uneducated representatives through elections can bring long-term damages to democracy in a country. Democracy can be identified in two aspects. The most famous aspect is the system […]
Nevil Uditha Weerasinghe Facebook interprets Hate Speech as: “A direct attack on individuals based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious illness or disability. When age is paired with another safety feature, we protect against age-related attacks and also provide some
Bernard Edirisinghe There is a popular belief about the characteristics of a democratic political system. Among them are pluralism, dissent, gender equality, civil society space, media freedom, the rule of law, devolution of power, and the integrity of rulers. The Verities of Democracy 2020 annual report states that these traits are now being eroded from the
Sampath Deshapriya The social discourse on the burial of the bodies of Sri Lankan Muslims who died of Covid 19 has once again sparked a new round of social dialogue. The government took steps to cremate the bodies instead of permitting them to be buried, and a statement made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in […]
