Image courtesy Sooke News Mirror Editor’s note: The following two short stories were sent in by Tara Kumarasinghe. She is “writing on behalf of the…
Image courtesy Newswire.lk Two significant incidents took place on 26 March 2020. Sri Lanka recorded 102 confirmed Covid-19 patients; and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa granted a…
Image courtesy Envato Elements ‘What physicians say about consumptive illness is applicable here: that at the beginning, such an illness is easy to cure but…
26th March 2020 To: H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Hon. Jayantha Jayasuriya, Chairman of the Judicial Services Commission,…
Photo: AFP, Ishara S. Kodiikara via Asia Times Nominations for the parliamentary elections of 2020 closed late last week and barely an hour after the…
Image courtesy AFP/Times of India They were arrested for drinking at public places, driving on roads, keeping restaurants open, for unruly behaviour after drinking…
Image courtesy LMD There have been no deaths due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sri Lanka. The number of confirmed cases per day went down the…
Image courtesy WHO “Epidemic diseases are not random events that affect societies capriciously and without warning. On the contrary, every society produces its specific vulnerabilities.…
Image Samya Arif/Medium “To discuss the knowledge and status of women today, it is important to know what they have gained and how,” [Kumari Jayawardena]…
Image from Flickr “Try again; fail again. Fail better. “- Samuel Beckett Last year at Easter, sudden acts of violence spread immense fear, injury and…
Image courtesy Saman Wagaarachchi/Facebook Comrade Saman Wagaarachchi had joined the JVP in early 1977 while we were still being held incarcerated for our role in…
Image courtesy The Economist Shashika Bandara is an Associate in Research at the Duke Global Health Institute. He tweets at @shashikaLB. As unprecedented events unfold…
Image courtesy NewsIn.Asia Editor’s Note: A version of this article appears in DailyFT. “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering…
5th of March 2018 marked the beginning of a series of violent mob attacks against the Muslims in the central parts of the country, perpetrated…
Photo from Wikimedia A UN resolution is in danger of leading peace advocates down the wrong path When a peace deal is struck between warring…
Image courtesy Twitter/Ishara Danasekara The appearance of a sign designating an area near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo as an “Agitation Site” has had a…
Building on the critically acclaimed Corridors of Power project, Frames of Power is a pioneering & unique web platform for citizens to visually model &…
Photo courtesy Voice of America When talking about conflicts around land in eastern Sri Lanka, explanations based on ethnic identity spring to mind. Sri Lanka’s ethnic…
Image via TRT World “Let me bow before you my country, where It is ordained that none will walk the streets with his head held…
I am not surprised by the new leadership’s decision to ban the playing of the anthem in Tamil at Independence Day celebrations. Key members of…
Although the war ended a decade ago, the ethno-political and social fractures from violent conflict endure. On no other day are they more apparent than…
Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP via The Independent Today, 10th January 2020, is 10 years since the disappearance of journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda. It also…
With Freedom (Independence) Day in sight we should be reflecting on how best our freedom gained, is to be consolidated and what new freedoms are…
Photo courtesy South China Morning Post Killing elephants with shotguns is very inefficient. The clusters of tiny, iron pellets rarely kill such large animals instantly.…
Photo courtesy Wikipedia The current constitution of Sri Lanka is commonly referred to as the “JR Constitution” due to the nature of its inception. Its…
23rd December 2019 Colombo, Sri Lanka TO: His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat, Galle Face Colombo…
Photo by AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena via Yahoo! News “If we lift the hideous rags of History, we find this: hierarchy versus equality and order versus…
Photo courtesy Amantha Perera A not-so-young man walked into the room of Lasantha Wickrematunge two decades ago. The man had nothing but a recommendation from…
Although the war ended a decade ago, the ethno-political and social fractures from conflict endure. On no other day are they more apparent than on…
Photo courtesy William Peace University Justice Prasanna Jayawardene is no more. The immediate expressions of shock, grief and a deep sense of loss by those who…