Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Army At the beginning of the pandemic, given the unexpected nature of the outbreak and lack of scientific understanding, many countries including Sri Lanka opted for temporary,…
Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror Today is World Refugee Day People all over the world get displaced from their houses, villagers, countries due to natural disasters, development projects, war, violence, discrimination and other…
Photo courtesy of ICRC Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Almost every conflict around the world from Bosnia to Syria, Myanmar, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka,…
Photo courtesy of Jakarta Globe Both Sinhala nationalists and followers of liberal peace base their analysis of post-war Sri Lanka as a country that has ended a violent phase of its history,…
Photo courtesy of France 24 The beginning of the southwest monsoon season has triggered heavy rains causing flash floods and mud slides across several districts across the country. The risk of increased…
Photo courtesy of Lanka Standard On the May 7, 2014 Sandun Malinga, a 17 year old boy and four others with him were beaten by police officers, arrested and detained at the…
Photo courtesy of Monash University Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zone (FTZ) workers are employed in global factories deeply embedded in global supply chains. Historically, they contribute significantly to Sri Lanka’s export income…
Photo courtesy of IPS Today is the World Day Against Child Labour In the South Asian region, Sri Lanka is a success story when it comes to tackling child labour. The widely…
Photo courtesy of Gizmodo Australia Today is World Oceans Day The incident The container ship, X-Press Pearl, was registered in Singapore and operated by one of the largest feeder ship operators in…
Photo courtesy of New York Post “There will be huge amounts of compensation for the damage caused by the X-Press Pearl vessel in the Sri Lankan waters, this is indeed essential to…
Photo courtesy of The Independent Sri Lanka is currently experiencing the greatest marine disaster in its history caused by the burning and sinking of the MV X-Press Pearl in the shallow waters…
Photos courtesy of threeblindmen Laki Senanayake (1937-2021) Laki is seated on a black, high-backed, padded executive swivel chair. He is bare-bodied, in a bright red sarong, dappled sunlight catching his white beard….
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is the World Environment Day The theme for the World Environment Day 2021 is Ecosystem Restoration. The main aim of the World Environment Day this year…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai One of the issues that demonstrated the approach of the Sri Lankan authorities to the problem of enforced disappearances can be discovered in a study of the…
Photo courtesy of EcoWatch After 12 days, the ship MV X-Press Pearl finally sank about 9.5 nautical miles from the Colombo harbour. It has not sunk fully because it is touching a…
