The legacy of the civil war still haunts communities across the country. Despite Sri Lanka’s ethnic, religious and cultural diversity, lingering ethnic tensions have deterred investment, hindered ...

Sumitra Peries’s 90th birthday would have been on March 24. When she passed away in January 2023, she had not quite turned 88. By that time she had reached and passed the peak of her career and was ...

Photo courtesy of Blue Lanka Tours Sri Lanka was ranked as the 121st least corrupt nation out of 180 countries according to ...

Photo courtesy of The Island In my tribute to her last week, I noted that Sumitra Peries belonged to a generation which also ...

Photo courtesy of Open Global Rights The UK government has announced sanctions on three top former war time military ...

Photo courtesy of Milinda Wattegedera Sri Lanka’s future is interwoven with the fate of its natural habitats. The country ...

Constitutional reform has been a consistent demand of the citizens of Sri Lanka, most of whom firmly oppose an all-powerful president who is free of the checks and balances imposed by a strong ...

The National People’s Power (NPP) party outlined its vision for strengthening the local dairy industry in its policy statement, A Prosperous Country, A Beautiful Life. However, four months after the ...

Photo courtesy of The Island Professor Gananath Obeyesekere was an excellent teacher, researcher and scholar as well as an ...

Following the parliamentary debates on the Women’s Ministry budget allocation commencing March 8, fears are being raised within Muslim communities that reform of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act ...

Phots courtesy of PRSFG In Dreaming of Candies and Guns, Anupa Perera’s exhibition at the Paradise Road Saskia Fernando Gallery (PRSFG), still life serves as a powerful lens to examine turbulent ...

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Last year, I studied in some depth perceptions of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and the National People’s Power (NPP) after the consequential presidential election ...