There are thousands of bodies lying in mass graves across Sri Lanka, a legacy of its brutal and bloody past, which could reveal the fate of some of the thousands of missing people from the 26 year ...

Every year, Sri Lanka returns to a moment in its recent history that remains deeply unresolved in its collective consciousness. Around the commemoration of the end of the armed conflict, the country ...

Fatima is a 17 year-old refugee child who has been living in Sri Lanka nearly 14 years. She and her family had arrived in Sri Lanka in 2012 and have been recognised as refugees by the UN High ...

On June 17, 2026 delegates filed into the Galle Face hotel for the Mineral Sands Technical Conference. Inside, the Chamber of Commerce was doing what it does best: opening doors for capital and ...

Proclaimed in June 2022 through UN General Assembly Resolution, the International Day of Women in Diplomacy Day was celebrated on June 24 under the theme Diplomacy for All, calling for inclusive ...

Never in the history of US military adventures in the Middle East has it experienced such an embarrassing setback as against Iran in the aftermath of February 28. In Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan ...

The Meethotamulla garbage dump, which collapsed on April 14, 2017 killing 32 people, looks almost like a forest now. People in the area have even used the hill to build replicas of Mihinthale and ...

Sri Lanka did not enter 2026 through celebration. It crossed the threshold quietly, carrying grief. The final days of 2025 did not offer closure but catastrophe. Cyclone Ditwah, the most devastating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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%, ...

Sri Lanka’s fisheries industry sustains the livelihoods of over two million people and provides a substantial contribution to the country’s GDP. Fifty percent of Sri Lankans consider fish to be their ...