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Women Representation in Sri Lankan Politics and Hate Speech Against Them

Admin December 22, 2020

Keerthika Mahalingam In Sri Lanka, a woman is not rejected from entering politics by her party, but there are various misconceptions in society that women should not be involved in politics. It can be pointed out that the rights of women and women’s political representation in various

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

Admin December 22, 2020

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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After the Mahara Incident: Of Reporting in Defence of the Society

Admin December 21, 2020

Vihanga Perera Almost a week after the event, the 11 inmates who were shot dead during the Mahara Prison incident have been identified by their families. Earlier, special forces had been summoned to the high density prison complex in Mahara to quell a disturbance that had broken out on 30 November after a protest against […]

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A Case for New Media Literacy to be Taught in School

Admin December 21, 2020

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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A Buddhist Analysis of Human Nature and the Use of Social Media

Admin December 21, 2020

I.K. Prabha “Attanan Upamang Kathwa, Nahaneiya Naghathaye”  (අත්තානං උපමං කත්වා, නහනෙයිය නඝාතයේ) A person should refrain from persecuting others by himself It is the doctrine of the world that all human beings are born with cultural traits and behaviours. From the time a child is conceived in the womb until the last moment of their […]

Transparency and corruption in public service

Culture of Independent Commissions in Sri Lanka

Admin December 21, 2020

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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Stories Woven around Women

Admin December 20, 2020

I.K. Prabha Women are less likely to actively use social media than men. They use social media such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, but can identify how anxious they are to reveal their identities. Against this backdrop, especially if a woman in Sri Lankan society makes a mistake, we can see how news is shared […]

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The Lockdown Delivers a Checkmate to Our Economy

Admin December 19, 2020

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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Death Penalty Vs. Right-to-Life

Admin December 19, 2020

Sachini D. Perera Humans created laws to control violent and destructive behaviours with discipline in order to survive as moral beings. But there is a question of whether sentencing a convicted person to death is approaching a degree of morality, or not. There have been many disputes and discourse regarding the morality of implementing the […]

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The Implications of Religion on Covid 19

Admin December 18, 2020

Dilhani Thantirimudalige The most frequently used words of 2020 are Covid, Quarantine, and Lockdown. Due to Covid, the world has been shattered and perplexed with uncertainty. Some have hit rock bottom as regular activities are halted. The natural and most common instinct of people at a time like this is to seek the favour of […]