Economic inclusion is crucial. Studies consistently show that the poverty rate in Sri Lanka has more than doubled since 2022, ...

The Black July pogrom carried out by Sinhala goons with official connivance marked the transition of Tamil minority’s ...

The release of this documentary comes at a critical juncture in Sri Lanka’s political history. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) hold an extraordinary ...

Sri Lanka is a lower-middle-income island nation in South Asia with a mixed economy traditionally based on agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Strategically located along major shipping routes, ...

Sri Lanka had been a beneficiary of the waves of globalisation that had struck it for thousands of years. It had been open to trade, investment, transfer of knowledge, and factor mobility without ...

Scratching the Surface or Radically Overhauling? Reflections on Sri Lanka’s Education Reforms and the Discourse Around Them Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, as Minister of Education, has introduced a set of ...

One may question if this is an instance of a covert, deliberate policy or a reflection of passive complicity. The government’s indifference amid growing criticism and protest against welcoming ...

Until the 1980s, the traditional clothing of Sri Lankan Moors—commonly referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims—was a vibrant and visible expression of their cultural identity. Men often wore sarongs, long ...

I use the term ‘struggle’ in the title of this article to mean ‘work,’ and not ‘fight.’ The advocacy for peace in the world is old as the history of war and violence. But that has failed so far at ...

In Europe, countries like Spain and Cyprus have faced similar challenges, where atrocities occurred more than fifty to ninety years ago and where only those beyond middle age have any direct memory of ...

The current Constitution grants the President broad executive powers and privileges. Although freedom of religion is a protected right under Article 9 of the Constitution, Buddhism is given the ...

Sri Lanka’s public debt crisis has attracted intense attention since the country’s historic default in 2022. Academics, policymakers, and international lenders have rightly focused on (a) fiscal ...