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Photo courtesy of Quartz Sri Lanka has suffered five decades of violent conflict, a tsunami, Covid-19 and an economic crisis, ...

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Beyond governance failures, the economic picture remained deeply troubling as 2025 drew to a close.

Walking into Before Barrelism Tracing the Origins of a Practice feels less like entering an exhibition and more like stepping ...

“Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that never marked the end of a nation. But when a natin has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end ...

Each year on independence day, Sri Lanka celebrates political freedom and national sovereignty. Yet independence also invites a deeper question: what kind of independence did the country achieve if ...

Photo courtesy of Crisis Group Academic and linguist Noam Chomsky once wrote: “if we adopt the principle of universality: if ...

Academic and linguist Noam Chomsky once wrote: “if we adopt the principle of universality: if an action is right (or wrong) ...

Gammaduwa is among the most beautiful and remote villages I have visited. Its very soil has provided for the cultivation of tea, cinnamon, cardamon and pepper. The fresh air we breathed, the fresh ...

A report prepared by the Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka reveals that 44 journalists and media workers have been killed or forcibly disappeared by state forces and various armed groups over the ...

A new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka found that sexual violence targeting Tamils, both men ...