As climate shocks intensify and global investors look to water as the next frontier, Sri Lanka faces a defining choice: defend its rivers and aquifers as a public trust or let scarcity turn a basic ...

“There will no longer be a majority and minority; we will all be Sri Lankans.” President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made this declaration during his visit to Mannar in April 2025, presenting a common ...

The Supreme Court determined that the proposed 22nd Amendment does not require a referendum and can be passed by parliament with a special majority. This article examines the major legal arguments ...

I have had two abortions. Both took place after the birth of my son during a period when my first marriage had ended and I was in another relationship. I was 29 or 30 years old. I was already a single ...

Some political remarks vanish with the news cycle. Others refuse to disappear because they reveal a question larger than the speaker may have intended. Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Dr.

The Bill to amend the Constitution for the 22nd time, together with the proposed amendment to the Judicature Act, is currently under consideration by the Supreme Court. The immediate constitutional ...

As the NPP government completes two years in office, the question before Sri Lanka is not merely whether it has governed differently from previous regimes but whether it has changed the deeper ...

Pallegama Hemaratana Thero is no longer the Atamasthanadhipati. Accused of child rape, he was officially removed from that august position in May 2026 by the chief prelates of his nikaya. Yet there he ...

“[…] It is the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters living in rural Sri Lanka that built this government. Though some individuals from higher classes had doubts ...

At a school on the outskirts of Colombo, the heat is changing how children experience a school day. For those preparing for their crucial examinations amid many socio-economic hardships, mornings ...

Parami, 12, manages most days with the help of classroom fans but not always. “Even with the fans on, some days it is still hard to keep up with the lessons,” she said. She has felt tiredness and ...

In the early hours of September 27, over 20 Sri Lankan police officers, including Jaffna’s Officer in Charge, arrived at the Nallur memorial to Lt. Col. Thileepan and swiftly removed the statue. The ...