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Sri Lanka's electricity crisis raises a fundamental question that goes beyond tariffs, fuel imports and the management of the national grid: should citizens be free to generate their own electricity when they...
The findings from the Chemmani excavations have renewed a painful question for families in the North: who are the people buried there, how did they die and why were they buried in...
The Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill gazetted on October 6 proposes a new legal framework to combat organised criminal groups by implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and strengthening law...
Sri Lanka's inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank's 3-7% target band for a third straight month and another push is coming from abroad. Brent crude settled near $107...
Tamil politics needs stronger public accountability. Political parties must answer for their decisions but accountability cannot stop at elections or depend on which party people support. People must be able to shape...
Centuries ago the intervention of a Persian king restored a degree of balance of power in the West Asian region. In 600 BCE, Cyrus the Great of Persia put a stop to...
In writing this article, there are two key aspects I intend to focus on. The first is how a power imbued with violence responds when confronted by another power, particularly when the...
The statement is published here: The Saudi Court of Appeal in the Eastern Region handed down the death sentence to Anojan Sivarasa, 24, on September 17 after two court sessions. An initial...
Tamil Guardian In 2024, the NPP made Sri Lankans a clear promise: its manifesto pledged the abolition of all oppressive acts including the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Voters believed it and...
There is a quiet way for making a government to fail. It involves no scandal or dramatic collapse. Files simply move slowly, projects wait, money lapses and nobody is clearly to blame....
In August 2026, journalist Khalidha Naushad exposed Facebook groups where men were sharing intimate images of women and girls, including family members, without their consent, alongside degrading commentary. Sri Lankan police arrested...
The International Day of the Girl Child is a day to recognise girls' rights, voices and potential and to call attention to the barriers that can prevent girls from growing up safe...
"There is no health without mental health." These words by Dr. Brock Chisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization, are simple but the world is still catching up to them....
Every province in Sri Lanka has a governor. Most citizens know the title yet only a few know what the office entails. Fewer still ask whether it works. The question matters more...
Reverse emigration is not a topic often discussed in Sri Lanka as people are currently more concerned about the loss of so many professionals in the mass emigration from the island in...
A bill intended to strengthen Sri Lanka's anti-corruption efforts has instead raised a broader question about the limits of state power. As parliament considers the Bill on October 8, it will have...
Published below is the full statement. The proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill (PSTB), which will be sent to Parliament on October 6, 2026, includes an overbroad definition of terrorism, inadequate...
Tisaranee Gunasekara, in her article in Groundviews, Land Mining Sri Lanka in Vadunnagala, says that Pallegama Hemarathana Thero, who is accused of child rape and no longer the Atamasthanadhipati, gifted a Sri...
Something was lost in the 20th century and has never been replaced. The Third International was dissolved in 1943, a wartime accommodation to allies who wanted it gone. Whatever its faults, and...
As the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) met in September, the situation in Sri Lanka was on the agenda as the state again tried to fend off concerns about its patchy record....
