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What's up with WhatsApp?

By Druvinka Samuel If you are a frequent Whatsapp user, you may have noticed the pop up alert that appeared or has been appearing each time you opened up the application. The words ‘Terms & ...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

By Tyron Devotta In this relentless battle against COVID-19, there are two types of fighters; one that is waiting for the vaccine and the other that is looking for indigenous cures. This division is ...

The Reset Button: Attitude change the key for remote learning

With online learning now becoming not just an option but a must do, many education institutes are going through the learning curve of moving to the web. This means some are at the startup stages in ...

Taxing Digital Services - are we late as usual?

by Druvinka Samuel With the digital economy taking center stage under lockdown and social distancing conditions, it is becoming ever so important to draw the digital economy into the mainstream. ...

Can clusters help our battle against C-19?

Normative controls might be the ...

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Sahana Nandakumar writes from Sydney “There needs to be more consideration for international students who have contributed a significant amount to the Australian economy. We live, work, study, and ...

Blackballing Suppliers will be the Trend for Consumers in the future

Though Sri Lanka’s Consumer protection laws might be well established, the average Sri Lankan is not much inclined to take on a fight when dealt with a poor bargain. Us islanders may even be ...

What's up with WhatsApp?

By Druvinka Samuel If you are a frequent Whatsapp user, you may have noticed the pop up alert that appeared or has been appearing each time you opened up the application. The words ‘Terms & ...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

The Reset Button: Attitude change the key for remote learning

Taxing Digital Services - are we late as usual?

by Druvinka Samuel With the digital economy taking center stage under lockdown and social distancing conditions, it is becoming ever so important to draw the digital economy into the mainstream. ...

Can clusters help our battle against C-19?

Normative controls might be the ...

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Blackballing Suppliers will be the Trend for Consumers in the future

Though Sri Lanka’s Consumer protection laws might be well established, the average Sri Lankan is not much inclined to take on a fight when dealt with a poor bargain. Us islanders may even be ...

Stable technology is mandatory for App based delivery - PickMe

One thing that has become a great convenience to many during the COVID-19 lockdown, are the home deliveries. However, while this works like clockwork for some, it still is a problem in some ...

Colombo’s Urban buyer settles for Home Deliveries

What was initially a panic buy from supermarkets to survive the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombo, has now changed into a fairly streamlined purchase pattern for households, with online delivery taking ...

Hambantota Port asks importers to clear vehicles without delay

April 25, 2020: Hambantota International Port (HIP) is ready to move over five thousand vehicles out of the port in the next few days, following a directive by the government that the port should ...

The lockdown battle: Grandparents are not a statistic in Sri Lanka

If the curfew is lifted on Monday, 27th as indicated by the government, the question on all our minds (and I direct this article to only those who read it), would be - whether to go out or stay ...

Covid-19

Ayurvedic therapy in the age of COVID-19

By Druvinka Samuel The acute awareness of global imbalances that has closely trailed behind the outbreak of COVID-19 has deconstructed any semblance of...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

By Tyron Devotta In this relentless battle against COVID-19, there are two types of fighters; one that is waiting for the vaccine and the other that is...

Can clusters help our battle against C-19?

Normative controls might be the answer

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Sahana Nandakumar writes from Sydney “There needs to be more consideration for international students who have contributed a significant amount to the...

Tamil Baila reaches out to vulnerable communities in lockdown

Dunstan Mani has a reason for choosing to communicate the all-important message of staying safe from the coronavirus through Baïla. This song is...

'Every Praise to our God’ in the new normal

Evangelical church congregations are usually very robust, buoyant, and physical in their worship. Raising hands, shaking hands, kissing and hugging...

Education

New frontiers in education: A student’s perspective

By Druvinka Samuel Uncertainty has been an overriding theme of this year, disrupting major plans be it personal, professional, educational or...

A new look at Freshers' Orientation at SLIIT this year

With online education becoming a world phenomenon post the COVID-19 outbreak, higher education institutions around the world are concentrating on...

The Reset Button: Attitude change the key for remote learning

With online learning now becoming not just an option but a must do, many education institutes are going through the learning curve of moving to the...

The Art of Living Dangerously

“If you teach a child art properly, you are teaching the child to get out of the box, to move out of its set parameters, and to live dangerously.” She...

SLIIT was prepared from April last year

SLIIT has been planning their online lecture platform since 21 April 2019. Vice Chancellor of SLIIT, Prof. Lalith Gamage said the Easter attack got...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by St. Peter's College

by Nadeesha Perera (scroll down to view the video) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat” directed by Jehan...

Value Chain

4IR

The reset button: COVID-19 versus the Fourth Industrial Revolution

There seems to be a connection between the current pandemic and the 4th Industrial Revolution. According to the World Economic Forum, 4IR represents a...