Up until a few weeks ago, I thought that #MeToo as a movement had not yet happened in Sri Lanka. A colleague then pointed me in the direction of the failed #MeToo movement that began in this country ...

The country does not merely need better government. It needs a state that protects its citizens, commands public trust and unites a diverse people through equal citizenship. Sri Lanka has changed ...

Contemporary nation-states face an unprecedented challenge: maintaining social cohesion when ethnic and religious identities assert themselves with renewed vigor. Sri Lanka, a nation of 22 million ...

On the night of February 11, 2026 Bangladesh experienced a remarkable shift in mood. As the eve of a pivotal general election arrived, what is usually a tense political night began to resemble the ...

The trial has begun in the case presently termed as the main case into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks at a High Court Trial at Bar in Colombo. Several victims testified to the attack and about loss of ...

The prosecution of war crimes has increasingly transcended national borders, reflecting a growing interplay between domestic legal systems and international accountability mechanisms. Where states are ...

Sri Lanka’s attempts to build an inclusive society through legislative moves that could result in greater equality for the minority LGBTIQ community have been met with opposition by the country’s ...

The principal problem faced by people due to the economic crisis is of rising prices while incomes for many remain unchanged. As a result, the poverty rate has doubled from 2021 from 13% to 25%, ...

Editor’s note: Forty years ago today, the deaths of 13 soldiers in an ambush in Jaffna triggered an orgy of violence against the Tamil community that started in Colombo and quickly spread to other ...

In the Preface to her “The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and ‘Annihilation of Caste’. The Debate between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi” Arundhati Roy states that it was originally written as an ...

The anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian sentiments in Sri Lanka have found a new outlet and refuge in the newly discovered word – antisemitism. This article addresses allegations of antisemitism in Sri ...

They moved with grace initially with hands placed in positions that perfectly captured the essence of classical South Indian Bharatanatyam dance. Their movements told stories that couldn’t be ...