Photo courtesy of GWP When the immediate devastation of Cyclone Ditwah began to fade from headlines, the story of the disaster seemed to conclude in familiar terms: damaged infrastructure, destroyed ...

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

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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… ...

In late 2025, as economic anxieties deepened and global climate warnings grew louder, a tropical storm formed over the Bay of Bengal and intensified into what would be known as Cyclone Ditwah….

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

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

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 Industriall On March 8, 1908 about 15,000 working women gathered in New York demanding shorter working hours (less than a 12 hour workday), better pay and the right to vote. The ...

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 ...