Saturday 21st August, 2021 The government has bowed to the inevitable after weeks of dillydallying. We are now facing another lockdown, which is a necessary evil....
Friday 20th August, 2021 UNP MP and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have urged the government to take action to stave off possible...
Thursday 19th August, 2021 The government finds itself in a dilemma. To close or not to close is the question that troubles it. The pandemic is...
Wednesday 18th August, 2021 The US had its Saigon moment over the weekend in Kabul. The Americans have left behind another unfinished war. The US and...
Tuesday 17th August, 2021 There has been a mini Cabinet reshuffle. One is at a loss to understand the rationale, if any, behind it. People would...
Monday 16th August, 2021 Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 case-fatality rate (about 5%) has exceeded the global average (1.4%), according to media reports. This rate may look accurate,...
In the context of the prevailing cooking gas shortage which has assumed crisis proportions, the government caved in on Thursday permitting Laugfs Gas a substantial price...
Saturday 14th August, 2021 We invited the Delta variant of coronavirus, and it has come. We are reaping the whirlwind, having sowed the wind. Speculation was...
Friday 13th August, 2021 The government is coming under pressure to close the country again. Lockdowns are a frightening proposition, given the heavy economic costs they...
Thursday 12th August, 2021 Glad tidings are rare in these troubled times, when news is mostly about the pandemic and, therefore, depressing. But some good news...