Photo courtesy of Vikalpa By the end of February, the window for public comments on Sri Lanka’s draft Protection of the State ...

By the end of February, the window for public comments on Sri Lanka’s draft Protection of the State from Terrorism Act of 2026 (PSTA) was officially closed. This draft law intends to… ...

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Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror For most of the year, Kachchathivu is little more than a windswept patch of coral rock in the ...

Photo courtesy of Adaderana A year after Victor Ivan's passing, the contradictions that defined him still feel alive. He was one of the prominent individuals who braved all odds, including a lifelong ...

Before the Muslims in the North were expelled by the LTTE in 1990, they lived in harmony and coexistence with the Tamil community. An exhibition testifying to this co-existence was held recently with ...

Photo courtesy of The National News In late 2025, as economic anxieties deepened and global climate warnings grew louder, a ...

Photo courtesy of Vox Today is International Women’s Day Three hundred years ago, a highly placed public person made an ...

Photo courtesy of Ceylon Today Sri Lanka is facing a structural brain drain crisis of unprecedented proportions. A recent ...

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera If you woke up tomorrow to the following headline, “Missile strike by the US kills 160 schoolgirls at an elementary school in Colombo” and then heard the US defending the ...

Photo courtesy of Meth Mansala Sri Lanka is witnessing a demographic shift with a population that is ageing faster than most Asian countries. Projections suggest that more than 25% of the population ...

Photo courtesy of UNFPA With over 18% already aged 60 and above and one in four projected to be 60 or older by 2041, the Sri Lankan population is rapidly ageing. If harnessed effectively, the elderly ...