The government has indicated its intention to amend the retirement age of judges including judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. This has been causing to a significant debate among ...

In June 2026, Keir Starmer announced that he would resign as UK prime minister, promising to “Do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power.” Less than two years earlier, he had led the ...

As a country seeking to address the legacy of its past war and armed conflicts, Sri Lanka must roll back the overbroad and dangerous laws that have been repeatedly abused to the detriment of its ...

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%, ...

It has been 36 years since the murder of Richard de Zoysa, an internationally known journalist, artist, political and cultural critic and human rights activist. In the early hours of February 18, 1990 ...

Arugam Bay, once an idyllic and peaceful coastal town in the southeast, is facing growing tensions as the number of Israeli tourists, particularly those with military connections, continues to rise.

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past two years, Sri Lanka’s legislative landscape has become a testing ground for the future of free expression. Freedom of expression has always been a fragile promise in Sri Lanka’s ...

The year 2024 was a watershed for Sri Lanka with two national elections held in quick succession: a presidential poll in September and parliamentary elections in November. These were the first ...

The arrest of singer 24 year-old rap artist Sangeethsan Ganeshkumar under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), followed by the withdrawal of PTA-related allegations and the decision to proceed under ...