Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai The Sri Lankan government’s failure to respect human rights, democracy and accountability have caused alarm at home and abroad and…
Photo courtesy of France 24 The beginning of the southwest monsoon season has triggered heavy rains causing flash floods and mud slides across several districts…
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…
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…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity Sri Lankans live in a biodiversity hotspot. We may take our lush…
Photo courtesy of Forbes What are the constitutional and legal implications of the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission? I take the view that in…
Trapped between unscrupulous microfinance companies and duplicitous governments, Sri Lanka’s rural women farmers are drowning in debt. Over 200 have committed suicide, some with their…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is World Water Day World Water Day 2021, at the start of a critical decade for climate action and…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “This country can never be developed as long as there are environmentalists.” “Can we eat oxygen?” “Those who come to our…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum The theme of International Women’s Day 2021 is “Choose to Challenge” In the past several years, we…
Photo courtesy of Mongabay Whenever President Gotabaya Rajapaksa embarks on a “discussion with the villagers” visit, Sri Lanka’s environmental defenders shudder in anticipation of yet…
Photo courtesy of Newsin.Asia If colonization is the exercise of hegemony, administrative control and the fundamental subjugation of one group of peoples to another, then…
Photo courtesy of The Guardian Using the policy tool of a dedicated special economic zone for services, the Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka aspires…
Photo courtesy of Dinarzarde Raheem Circular MWFC/1/20201 issued on 4 November by the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation has caused widespread concern and consternation.…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Foundation “Ever since we arrived on this planet as a species, we’ve cut them down, dug them up, burnt them…
Photo courtesy of Rainforest Protectors Trust Environmentalists are up in arms once again as the government withdrew two circulars that protected 700,000 hectares of forests,…
Photo courtesy of ORF The primary objective of Secretary Pompeo’s visit to South and South East Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Vietnam) was…
Photo courtesy of ShareAmerica In 2020, the United Nations completes seven and half decades since its inauguration and since its Charter came into operation on…
Photo courtesy of Wikiwand In a rare victory for Sri Lanka’s environmental defenders, the government has decided to cancel the gazette issuing legal documents to…
Photo courtesy of LMD The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, drew the attention of the world to the situation in Sri…
Photo courtesy of Lankaweb As the country hurtles along the path of development at any cost, its environmental defenders are facing a host of challenges…
Photo Courtesy of The Daily Mirror The elephant is a symbol of pride, and of cultural and religious significance to Sri Lankans. They have been…
Photo courtesy of unicef.org/srilanka/ According to the latest estimates by the United Nations, in 2019, 1.2 billion of the world’s population were between the ages…
Photo courtesy of Tashiya de Mel This is a callout to Sri Lankans who have enjoyed our forests. If you have ever spread your picnic…
In an on-going series of podcasts with individuals in Sri Lanka, I caught up with economist Anushka Wijesinha to talk about the impact of the…
Photo via Le Mepris The creation of elitism, patronage and postcolonial governance Sri Lanka’s idle paradise had operated, since the end of British colonialism, within…
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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…
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