Apr 1 (TM) The month of April is traditionally heralded by the persistent, rhythmic call of the Koha bird and the vibrant crimson of the Erabadu flowers. As the sun enters Aries, marking the Aluth Avurudu, it is a time for renewal, for the settling of old scores, and for the gathering of kin. Yet, as we approach the dawn of Avurudu in 2026, the festive atmosphere feels strangely stifled. The Koha still sings, but the families listening are preoccupied with a much harsher melody: more..

Apr 1 (SO) In a landmark judgment that cuts to the core of governance in Sri Lanka’s health sector, the Supreme Court has delivered a powerful rebuke to the arbitrary exercise of public power, ruling that a controversial pharmaceutical procurement process violated the fundamental rights of citizens. The decision, delivered on March 27, 2026, in SC/FR 65/2023, is more than a legal verdict. It is a stark indictment of how more..

Apr 1 (GV) As some the scars inflicted by the decades long civil war slowly begin to heal in the Northern Province, two communities – Muslims returnees and Malaiyaha Tamils – are facing many challenges fitting in. For both groups, the major concern is land; they also lack proper housing, infrastructure facilities and livelihood opportunities, and face ongoing discrimination and maginalisation. In Oct 1990 some 75,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Northern Province, about 5% of province’s more..

Apr 1 (CT) On a busy street in Colombo, the signs of a distant war rarely announce themselves directly. There are no sirens, no air raids, no missile trails overhead. But the effects arrive anyway, often invisibly at first, then all at once: a rise in fuel costs, a jump in transport fares, dearer food, tighter household budgets and that familiar, sinking feeling that another external shock is about to squeeze a country already stretched thin. That is how wars work for small economies like SL. more..

Apr 1 (SO) For thousands of families across SL, the pain of enforced disappearance is not a chapter of the past but a continuing reality, stretching across decades of political violence and civil conflict since the 1970s. In the absence of consistent State-led truth-seeking, it is often individuals and civil society organisations that have carried the burden of demanding answers, keeping alive the voices of those who vanished more..

Apr 1 (Island) This Article is formed from listening to university students from across the country for two research initiatives, one on academic freedom and another on higher education policy. In speaking with students, the fears they carry could not be ignored. Students navigate university education, with anxieties about their future and fears that they and their university education are inadequate, all while managing their families’ daily struggles. I explore students’ anxieties and more..

Apr 1 (DM) Unlike so many other allegations leveled by the Opposition against the govt, the allegation of corruption by the CIABOC against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody was no doubt a slap in the face of the ruling NPP. The CIABOC which filed charges against him, has alleged that in 2016, while serving as the Manager of the Procurement and Import Division of the Ceylon Fertiliser Company, Jayakody committed an act of corruption, causing a loss of Rs. 8,859,708 to the state by influencing more..