The Colombo Port City project was promoted as the largest foreign investment initiative in Sri Lanka’s history. It promised to transform the nation’s economy by attracting $15 billion in foreign ...

Sri Lanka is undergoing one of the most significant demographic transitions in its modern history. According to the 2024 Census conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics, women now make up ...

For the first time, a Sri Lankan play was presented at the prestigious international theatre festival, Theater der Welt 2026, in Chemnitz in Germany, its first performance in Europe after being shown ...

We are living through an unprecedented technological leap in human history. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data are constantly portrayed as magic wands capable of solving all the world’s ...

The targeting of medical infrastructure has become a documented feature of multiple modern conflicts. It is not a coincidence but a strategy. In Syria, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) documented ...

Sri Lanka is witnessing a demographic shift with a population that is ageing faster than most Asian countries. Projections suggest that more than 25% of the population will be over the age of 60 by ...

On 20 December 2009, we mark the 15th death anniversary of Professor Cyril Ponnamperuma, one of the best known scientists produced by Sri Lanka during the Twentieth Century. He was both an ...

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has attracted global attention and national fury. The irresponsible decisions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – cutting taxes, banning fertiliser and continuing with ...

* Please note we use the nomenclature Ceylon to refer to pre-independent Sri Lanka as well as when referring to Sri Lanka prior to the time its name was officially changed in 1972. Similarly, we refer ...

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 ...

One of the most damaging features of the collapse of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was the speed at which its own ranks fragmented under pressure. As corruption scandals mounted and electoral defeats ...

Think about a closed community with high security where management is obsessed with the conduct of people who live there. They have a system where they hire security teams to monitor the streets, ...