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Sri Lanka’s digital literacy definition, which is much simpler than that of UNESCO, has led to Sri Lankans being classified as “digitally literate,” even if they possess below-average skills. Accordingly, even five-year-olds are identified as computer-literate if they can play video games. In an attempt to simplify the definition of a “digitally literate person,” the [...]
Chased away
My dear Wanindu and team, I thought of writing to you at a time when you have been knocked out of the T20 World Cup with such certainty when there is still a game to be played. Once again questions are being asked about what is wrong with our cricket. Whose fault is it – [...]
Changes in cricket governance required to restore Sri Lanka’s cricketing glory
Sri Lanka’s failure to enter the Super 8 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will naturally disappoint the country’s cricket fans no end. The why and wherefore of the ignominious exit of the team in the first round of the tournament will no doubt be the subject of discussion and analysis in the days [...]
Election promises: Auctioning of unavailable resources
Once again, in the run-up to the forthcoming elections, we are witnessing political parties making extravagant promises for which the country has no resources. They are also promising to reduce taxes without explaining their proposals to increase revenue. Singapore’s former prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, characterised this feature of Sri Lanka’s politics as an auctioning [...]
A strong-arming president, a hapless attorney general and Sri Lanka’s unfortunate destiny
The proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to grant a six months service extension to Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has put the hapless holder of that office in the centre of a vicious political whirlwind that further damages the already badly battered public reputation of the chief law officer of the land. A red hot political [...]
Sajith in Tamil heartland vows full implementation of 13A
Even before the ink had dried on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1987, a storm of protests had gathered to howl in Lanka’s southern and western skies against its implementation in full as posing a lethal assault on Sinhala supremacy. But apart from setting up the facade of hollow provincial councils in each [...]
Caught and bowled: The president and the prelates
Out there somewhere, the country’s national cricket team has been battered by bouncy and uneven pitches, weather and off-the-field discriminatory conditions that have not applied to some other participating teams, resulting in Sri Lanka being wiped out of the World T20 tournament. That has angered millions of the country’s cricket aficionados, who have again called [...]
President to declare candidacy early next month
He will make two special statements in parliament before that; the first major meeting in Matara on June 30 Social media speculates presidential term extension, citing constitutional loophole, but Supreme Court ruling on Sirisena’s term puts record straight Modi’s upcoming visit to Lanka a major boost for Wickremesinghe; connectivity bridge and major development projects on [...]
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