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…
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…
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 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…
Photo courtesy Australian Institute of International Affairs A tumultuous year has ended, and an uncertain future lies ahead. Democratic space is already closing around us,…
Photo courtesy Tamil Guardian ‘This is how we felt after the tsunami, stunned, bewildered.’ So many friends in Sri Lanka said this to me in…
Photo courtesy South Asian Voices The last year of this decade, 2019 is possibly a turning point in Sri Lankan history. When looking back on…
Featured images by Amalini de Sayrah The focus of 2019’s International Human Rights Day is on a celebration of “the courage, clarity, and principle of…
Photo courtesy Tribune.lk In the aftermath of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election victory, a number of competing narratives have emerged offering differing explanations of how we arrived…
Photo courtesy Towards Data Science This month Institute of Economics and Peace released the 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). The report measures the direct and indirect impact of…
Photo courtesy Lesley Barnes On the day that marks a week since a new era of Sri Lankan politics dawned, the country that voted for…
Photo courtesy Foreign Policy In the aftermath of the 2019 Presidential Elections which concluded another era of the Sri Lankan political journey, it is necessary to…
Photo courtesy The Statesman Editors note: The following was sent to Groundviews by a regular contributor, who wished to remain anonymous. It was written by…