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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 The Times of India In regional politics yesterday’s adversaries often become today’s strategic partners.

In regional politics yesterday’s adversaries often become today’s strategic partners. History repeatedly shows that geopolitical interests can override past hostilities. This reality now raises a ...

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

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 ...

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

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

In the aftermath of the defeat of the LTTE in Sri Lanka, many expected the government to put forward the promised political solution to the problems of the Tamils which led to the war. Those who ...

From Lareef Zubair, with contributors Shashini Rathnayake, Janan Vishwanathan and Zeenas Yahiya of the Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology As per modern myth, school texts, national ...

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 ...