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Category: OPINIONS

Sonia Gandhi at India Today Conclave 2018:  RTI was brought in to enhance transparency and fight corruption. Today that law is in cold storage.
OPINIONS

Sonia Gandhi at India Today Conclave 2018: RTI was brought in to enhance transparency and fight corruption. Today that law is in cold storage.

Some weeks ago, I took a step back from duties of almost two decades as president of the Congress party.…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/05/201805/05/2018
Rupee’s Sad Destiny Of One-Way Journey To Depreciation
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Rupee’s Sad Destiny Of One-Way Journey To Depreciation

By W A Wijewardena The recent media reports have been abuzz with a sudden fall in the value of the…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/05/201805/05/2018
WILL ANYONE GUESS WHAT THIS IS !
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WILL ANYONE GUESS WHAT THIS IS !

Leaked by a Whistle Blower “a page from the charges A/c salaries of Contract employees” Could it be a list…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/2018
CMC POST ELECTION ERA
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CMC POST ELECTION ERA

The Colombo Municipality has entered a new lease of life following the last election.  The city was under the administrative…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/201828/04/2018
Facebook Released Its Content Moderation Rules. Now What?
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Facebook Released Its Content Moderation Rules. Now What?

Tuesday was a huge day for online speech. Facebook finally released the internal rules that its moderators use to decide…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/2018
The influence of social media in the notion of “ART”
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The influence of social media in the notion of “ART”

By Venuri Gangodawila The concepts of ART and SOCIAL MEDIA can be at first seen as two fields which are very…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/2018
Sri Lanka: May Day and workers’ rights
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Sri Lanka: May Day and workers’ rights

By Lionel Bopage Day was declared a holiday in Sri Lanka in 1956 for the Government sector, bank and mercantile…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/2018
Investigating Disappearances: Sri Lanka’s New Office On Missing Persons
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Investigating Disappearances: Sri Lanka’s New Office On Missing Persons

By Aisha Nazim Nearly 10 years have passed since the end of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict—but the whereabouts of thousands…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/04/2018
An Open Letter of Significant Importance Addressed to the President and Prime Minister
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An Open Letter of Significant Importance Addressed to the President and Prime Minister

Dear Mr. President and Mr. Prime Minister, A Core Value Commitment in Upholding Good Governance ; to be Agreed at…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/04/201821/04/2018
Has the ‘colonial diarchy’ come to Sri Lanka again?
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Has the ‘colonial diarchy’ come to Sri Lanka again?

By Laksiri Fernando For the last three four months, Sri Lanka has not been moving forward as it should have…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/04/2018

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