Photo courtesy of BBC Today is World Food Day A food shortage brewing for several weeks, coupled with a stagnant economy and indecision, has pushed…
Photos courtesy of Paradise Road When Ajantha Ranaweera was ten years old, his brother who was in the army went missing in action. Several years later,…
Photo courtesy of The Straits Times The introduction of the Emergency (Provision of Essential Food) Regulation No. 1 of 2021 by the extraordinary gazette No.2243/3…
Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera The proposed Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979…
Photo courtesy of Ada Derana The Sri Lankan government has pledged to scale back its violations of the human rights in order to protect a…
Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror Today is International Day of the Girl Child While the lives of young girls in most countries around the world…
Photo Courtesy: AP News Today is the World Day Against the Death Penalty Today, when globally the call for the abolition of the death penalty…
Photo courtesy of CNN Today is World Mental Health Day Fear, isolation, depression, anxiety, financial worries and domestic tension due to the Covid-19 pandemic are…
Illustration for the Memorial by Thilini Perera The numbers have always been names. It proves a firm reminder of the magnitude of loss and it…
Photo courtesy of BBC Once again, the country is in a state of emergency. This time, the President has proclaimed emergency ostensibly to ensure the…
Photo courtesy of Ada Derana A monk and a poet were born in a country Where only one of them was free. Is it the…
Photo courtesy of Newsin.Asia Today is International Day of Older Persons The world is ageing fast. Today there are 703 million people aged 65 or…
Photo courtesy of The Focus India We mourn the loss of Kamla Bhasin, feminist activist, writer, poet, mentor and friend who left us on September…
Photo courtesy of Read Photos There are photographs being shared on social media of charitable visits that are being made to elders’ homes. Some of…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Brief Mr. Nadesu Kuganathan surrendered to the army in the last phase of the war in 2009 and released after…
Photo courtesy of Scroll.in Sri Lanka is emerging from another wave of COVID-19 and there is a sense of uncertainty that surrounds us. While Sri…
Photo courtesy of AP “There has been enough death.” Colm Tóbín (House of Names) Hours after losing the presidency, Mahinda Rajapaksa climbed on to a windowsill…
Photo courtesy of Rukshan Kuru-Utumpala Today is World Rivers Day “Rivers are the arteries of our planet: they are lifelines in the truest sense.” Mark…
Photo courtesy of The Hindu Before the current lockdown, the Sri Lankan government asked its employees to come back to work in early August but…
Photo courtesy of SBS Currently as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) sessions proceed in New York, the real action is at the UN Human Rights…