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Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Short Sighted Policies Destroying Sri Lanka’s Wildlife

In February 2023, the prestigious Forbes magazine proclaimed Sri Lanka as having the Top Wildlife Safaris Outside of Africa for the year 2023. “The nation has one of the planet’s densest populations…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 03/03/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

Trade with Asia is a Pathway for Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka

South Asia and East Asia trade is growing amid global uncertainty. Alongside an IMF program, Sri Lanka should adopt pro-trade reforms to tap into this source of dynamism to tackle its terrible…

Ganeshan Wignaraja Ganeshan Wignaraja on 02/13/2023
75 Years of Independence, Colombo, Development, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Sri Lanka at 75: Whose Motherland, What Freedoms?

Sri Lanka’s national anthem presents a vision of the country as a motherland to many, life giving and filled with nature’s abundance and beauty, a place of truth seeking and wisdom. It…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 02/04/202302/04/2023
75 Years of Independence, Development, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Identity, Politics and Governance

The Demands of the Adivasi Community at Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day

Despite the unprecedented socio-economic and political setbacks Sri Lanka is currently facing, the Government is making preparations to celebrate the country’s 75th Independence Day in grand style. Within this climate, however, there…

Thusitha Siriwardana Thusitha Siriwardana on 01/28/202302/01/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Politics and Governance

Conservation: Reaching a Point of No Return

Last year, Covid dominated all conversations and contributed to the further exacerbation of a multitude of existing man-made environmental and conservation disasters. “Sadly, conservation management decisions seem now to be made at…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 01/25/202301/25/2023
Colombo, Development, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Villagers Fight to Regain Their Land in Panama

Panama is a remote village at the southern end of the eastern province in the Ampara district. The slogan often used in land struggles, land is life, is true for most people…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 01/20/202301/30/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Development, Disaster Management, Economy, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Politics and Governance

2022: A Year Like No Other

2022 was one of the most momentous years in Sri Lanka’s recent history. An unprecedented people’s movement drove out an elected president and prime minister and forced the resignation of the entire…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/31/202201/02/2023
Colombo, Development, Economy, Environment, Farming & Agriculture, Politics and Governance

Vital Northern Mangroves Need Uncompromising Protection

Tashiya de Mel On the northern coast of Sri Lanka in the Mannar District is a place of extraordinary importance to conservation and to the economic wellbeing of the human populations who…

Rohan Wijesinha Rohan Wijesinha on 12/22/202212/22/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Delivering Economic Recovery with Humane and Equitable Development

Sri Lanka plunged into a dystopian economic reality in 2022. Even in the present global downturn few countries match it in the stunning speed and severity of its collapse. The economy has…

Sonali Deraniyagala Sonali Deraniyagala on 12/15/202212/15/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Long Journey To an United and Democratic Sri Lanka

As the world marks another Human Rights Day, Sri Lanka is sinking deeper and deeper into an authoritarian regime where human rights are routinely flouted and international criticism is regularly ignored. The…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 12/10/202212/12/2022
Colombo, Corruption, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

In a Bankrupt Sri Lanka, Corruption is the Root of All Evil

When I joined the public service 50 years ago, we spoke of governance. When I left the service, the talk was of good governance. That was what Sri Lanka achieved during the…

Chandrasena Maliyadde Chandrasena Maliyadde on 12/09/202212/10/2022
Development, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Vavuniya

Bogaswewa: The Story of a Sorry Settlement

“This is the most shameless and ill thought out settlement of people in the history of this country,” says Anura Chandrasekara. He is a farmer, originally from Anuradhapura. He now speaks to…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 12/08/202201/16/2023
Colombo, Development, Environment, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

Critical Zone: In Search of New Aesthetics

We are living in a critical zone. Have you ever thought of the critical nature of the zone that we live? Probably not; we take the earth that we live on for…

Godwin Constantine Godwin Constantine on 12/08/202212/09/2022
Development, Economy, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Poverty, Vavuniya

Abandoned to Their Fate, Northern Villagers Battle to Survive

They are a small, tight knit community held together by their shared suffering and insurmountable difficulties. Ever since the start of the 1983 civil war, their lives have been marked by tragedy…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 11/29/202211/29/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Poverty

2023 Budget: False Promises at the Expense of Women and Working People

The government’s budget presented on November 14 is incredibly callous. It fails to acknowledge the suffering Sri Lankans are enduring due to the economic crisis. The budget speech refers to rapid economic…

Feminist Collective For Economic Justice Feminist Collective For Economic Justice on 11/16/202211/16/2022

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