Inside the Blood Bank on World Blood Donor Day
June 14 marks World Blood Donor Day. takes a look inside Sri Lanka’s National Blood Transfusion Service, to better understand the process of blood donation – and how it showcases the best…
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Reflections on Ramadan
June 6 marked the beginning of the month of Ramadan, a significant time for Muslims. spoke to people about their beliefs and practises during this month. View the full story, compiled using Adobe Spark,…
Speech by Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on his retirement from Colombo University
Vice-Chancellor and Colleagues, I want to begin by thanking all of you for being present today. You all have also endured bad weather. I feel delighted to see so many friends from…
Demystifying Debt
Revisiting ties with China, a bailout deal from the IMF, and increases in VAT have been making headlines recently. What does this all mean from an economic standpoint, and is Sri Lanka…
Panama Papers: List of individuals, intermediaries and addresses connected to Sri Lanka
A large tranche of documents was released on 9 May 2016 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) around “Panama Papers”, a fraction from a trove of more than 11.5 million leaked…
Towards True Freedom of Expression
Former editor in chief of the Nation in Thailand, Kavi Chongkittavorn received an unexpected scoop when visiting Sri Lanka in the 1990s. The source – Minister of Foreign Affairs Lakshman Kadirgamar, who…
Independent report on the proposed 65,000 houses by ArcelorMittal in the North and East
The Government’s controversial 65,000 housing project in the North and East continues to come under heavy criticism with the latest call for review of the entire project by the Tamil National Alliance….
LAUNCH: The new Groundviews
Since its launch in 2006, has consistently set the bar for the design and functionality of news websites in Sri Lanka. After launching the country’s first iOS news app as far back as 2011, we…
Interview: Prospects for Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka
An interview with Howard Varney a few weeks ago held in Colombo attempted to demystify transitional justice and map out the challenges around reconciliation in Sri Lanka. As noted on the website…
SAMPUR: Documentary trailer
Thousands of individuals from across Sri Lanka have been displaced for years, some multiple times. For over a decade, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (the institutional home of ) has documented issues…
Screening of ‘Our Brand is Crisis’
The film ‘Our Brand is Crisis‘ is deeply resonant in Sri Lanka. How it deals with the party political fabric and culture, electioneering, the propaganda campaigns of candidates and their respective parties,…
Voiceless: Stories of the Displaced
On Friday, posted a map to the displaced and marginalised, marking the International for the Right to Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, which falls on…
A Meaningful Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination: Recognising Sexual and Gender Identities
Image from 30 Years Ago In response to the call by the Public Representations Committee (PRC) for public submissions relating to proposed constitutional reforms, the following submission was made to the PRC…
Right to Truth Day
Today, March 24th, is International Day for the Right to Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. It’s an opportune moment to recall an exhibition from 2015,…
Bridging The Racial Divide
Featured image courtesy the Music Project It can hardly be denied that divisions based on race has proved a major issue for Sri Lanka in the past. Racial discrimination propelled by the…