The Pearl
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50Sri Lanka’s Unity Government getting back to the business of Governance?
Suddenly it seems to have quit trying to make everyone happy. But can it sustain its momentum or will it just be...
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565LISMUN 2016 – The Journey Beyond Diplomacy
Setting the Context Model UN has seen a rapid growth over the past few years in Sri Lanka, with more students venturing...
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873Sri Lanka’s Medical Education system is failing to keep up with the world
Education should be the right of all humans irrespective of their background, regardless if it's “free” or paid for.
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843Sri Lanka and the 2016 Global Terrorism Index: Too early to celebrate
Sri Lanka improves its rank on the 2016 Global Terrorism Index, but further progress needs to be made.
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786Lessons Learnt & a unique Sri Lankan Transitional Justice mechanism
Lessons learnt from other states must be applied in a unique manner that fits the Sri Lankan context. One size doesn't fit...
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686Does Racism start with seeing some people as “just another”?
When you look at someone and you see not the individual, but their race, there is an issue. The individual is "just...
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650Getting Sri Lanka’s Communalism right is essential to Reconciliation
Sri Lanka's Communalism - pride of one's ethnic/religious community - has been derided, but that carries costs for reconciliation
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760A Sri Lankan Campaign Strategy – the secret behind Trump’s Victory!
This article draws two scary parallels between the recent US elections and two national elections in Sri Lanka.
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1.1KSri Lanka’s legal definition of Rape is too narrow – Here’s a way to fix it
The past few years have proved not just a legal, but also a social necessity to improve the legal definition of rape...
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879#PearlTravelogue: Here’s why you should suggest Sri Lanka instead of Bali
I'll start off saying this article may be slightly biased; because I'm writing this from the balcony of my guesthouse in Mirissa,...
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9073Hillary as President is no breakthrough for female politicians internationally
There are and have been quite a number of powerful female politicians worldwide. She just helps USA catch up with the rest.
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6321#APAN2016 – Day 3 – Missing Women, Glacial Progress & Hesitant Discussions
The APAN forum ended on the 19th of Oct, & a few days really allows one to take stock of the actual...
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5.9K2#APAN2016 – Day 2 – A lost opportunity to discuss damage and losses
The issue of ‘damages and losses’, a concern rarely highlighted when discussing climate change, was put forward early on at the conference....
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7652#APAN2016 – Day 1 – Adaptation & Maladaptation to Climate Change
The opening session on living under 2˚C” was most encouragingly a very frank discussion of the realities of climate change.
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1.8K2Yes, Sri Lanka is hosting a Climate Change Adaptation Forum!
UNEP & GoSL are organising the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo starting today. But most of us didn't...
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837Sri Lanka’s declining Economic Freedom – a flashback to 2014
The 2016 Economic Freedom Report provides a flashback into Sri Lanka's economy in 2014 & a chance to compare it with the...
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626#PearlTravelogue: Galle Fort – Stories From The Road
There's lots to do & see inside the Galle Fort, and I sure hope this post will convince you to add Galle...
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2.0K#LISscandal – Broken Idealism of a School & its Alienated Alumni
Buddhi tries to clear the haze of the social media scandal & analyses the real issues at his Alma mater that has...
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2.9K1Ragging in Lankan Universities: Sub-culture, Politics or Isolated Incident?
Ragging! Is it a subculture? Is it simply a one off event ? Or is it a result of politics? Natasha explores.
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1.4K#SGinSL: Going off-script for his legacy & feeding Sri Lanka’s ‘nationalists’
It's great to see the UN accepting its failures. But when it comes at the expense of the Sri Lankan common man's...
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38.8K1BIA ranked 10th Worst Airport in Asia – Stench of Corruption & Harassment
With tourist arrivals bound to hit 2 million this year and BIA being a growing transit point, this ranking is not good...
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6.4KDoctors & Medicine alone won’t solve Sri Lanka’s Health challenges
Consumer education, electronic fines payment, micro-finance, demographic data, bacterial research are all tools that come in handy. But we've ignored them.
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4.9KSri Lankan Airline’s Drunk Pilots & Witch Hunts of Corruption
Sources have approached our IntCa UNSW team to disclose a perspective that turns the media induced case on its head - a...
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1.4KMedia messes up – Mr. Mano Tittawella is NOT the Secretary of the OMP
National Media reported Mr. Tittawella to be the inaugural Secretary of the OMP citing Minister Rajitha's statement. The SCRM bluntly says NO.
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1.0KOne year on, has the 19th amendment achieved anything?
It has been a symbol of the return of democracy and political freedoms to Sri Lanka. But despite the promises given, its...