During his official visit to Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomed proposed legislation to decriminalise same-sex relations. ..

The Sri Lanka Medical Council, as the sole regulator of medical professionals in Sri Lanka, has played a vital role in shaping the nature, quality, and character of medical professionals and the ...

A troubling trend with global echoes and local implications By Dr Isuru U. Kariyawasam Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, ...

The Port of Colombo boasts a remarkable two-millennia legacy, evolving from the ancient Kolomthota trading harbour to a ...

The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

For those who knew him or have read his work, the late S.B.D. de Silva could be considered one of the greatest political ...

India has been a key economic and infrastructure partner of the Maldives. It has been supporting the Greater Male ...

India has strategic compulsions, historical contexts, and regional realities that the West—especially its media and ...

When New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was recently criticised online for eating with his hands, the backlash ...

How many countries is it still illegal to be gay in 2025? More than you’d think, probably. Since we last updated this list, Mali has criminalised LGBTQ+ activity and Trinidad and Tobago have ...

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People’s Power (NPP) Government of President Anura Kumara Disanayake created ...

Rupert Parker explores Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula by bicycle Jaffa is still not on most traveller’s itineraries, perhaps because the region is still relatively underdeveloped. The surrounding ...