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 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 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 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…
Photo courtesy of MENAFN As it looks towards a post COVID-19 world, Sri Lanka, with its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, faces the stark policy choice of either tilting towards China…
Photo courtesy of IFEX A public conversation on criminalising disinformation has re-emerged in Sri Lanka. The government recently announced that it was considering new proposals for a law to curb false and…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka – WordPress By Ermiza Tegal and Amra Ismail Does the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) keep us safe? How often is it misused? Does it cause unjust…
Photo courtesy of Newss4u Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases with the number of daily cases over 3,000, a weekly increase of over 50 percent from last week…
Photo courtesy of Bluefield Daily Telegraph “…a merciless woodcutter whose heart is never touched by the lament of a falling tree, the breaking of its branches, and the scattering of its fruits.” Nelson…
Photo courtesy of The Star Sri Lanka’s admired initial coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic is now a distant memory. The second wave that multiplied from the Brandix factory in Minuwangoda should…
