Battle Lines in New Cold War Drawn-Up
A new Cold War is taking shape in the international political order but ideology would not be playing a dominant…
Category: OPINIONS
Caliphate and Tawhid: Understanding the Main Two Pillars of ISIS’ Ideology
By Punsara Amarasinghe and Eshan Jayawardane The brutal attacks carried out by an Islamist group in Sri Lanka on…
CEB Workers Get Salary Shock
By Kshama Ranawana Nearly 12,000 employees of the Ceylon Electricity board are up in arms over their salaries…
Autonomizing Education
By H G S Prematunge In the last issue of Counterpoint, we discussed the vital role economics plays in deciding access…
Political Pugilism: Feints and Uppercuts
By Vishvanath Both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe went overseas the other day, leaving a mega political…
Lurking in the Shadows: A Closer Look at Multidimensional Poverty in Sri Lanka
By Wimal Nanayakkara Sunil is a labourer who lives in a small hut with his wife, and their two…
How Facebook fights false news
By Ankhi Das, Head of Public Policy – South Asia, Facebook Facebook was built to connect people and…
NEW FAKE NEWS/HATE SPEECH LAWS: ARE THEY REALLY NECESSARY?
By Himal Kotelawala Earlier this week, the Government announced fresh moves to curtail the spread of fake news. The…
Vedanta Resources – Sinned Or Sinned Against ?
By N.S.Venkataraman Vedanta Resources is a large conglomerate, operating in the field of copper, zinc, aluminium, iron ore, oil…
Sri Lanka Perspectives May 2019: After The Easter Day Attacks
By Col R Hariharan The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) investigations into Easter Day blasts…