Photo courtesy of Quartz Sri Lanka has suffered five decades of violent conflict, a tsunami, Covid-19 and an economic crisis, ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Four years after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, Hindu temples are being destroyed in the North, Muslim retail stores are being attacked in the South and Sinhala Buddhist extremism has become ...

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 ...

Before we discuss what Theravada Buddhism says about homosexuality, it is important to understand that in Buddhism people are encouraged to look inwardly when seeking guidance or a solution to a ...