Opinion
Moving forward from Ditwah: Understanding the scale, impact and road to recovery
By Hirun Matheesha Rajapaksha The most devastating natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka in decades, Cyclone Ditwah, has forced the country into its...
Ranwala crash: Govt. lays bare its true face
by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The NPP government is apparently sinking into a pit dug by one of its members, ‘Dr’ Asoka Ranwala; perhaps...
University autonomy under siege: Sri Lanka’s dangerous drift toward politicised higher education
By Dr Mahim Mendis “A university ceases to be a university the moment it loses the freedom to govern itself.” – Professor Clark...
Laws must anticipate abuse, not intentions
By Jehan Perera A prominent feature of the first year of the NPP government is that it has not engaged in the institutional...
The Protection of the State From Terrorism Act (PSTA): Has The NPP Lost Its Way?
By Lionel Bopage Repressive government actions that restrict citizen behaviour undermine political legitimacy and fuel anti-government sentiment, as history has repeatedly demonstrated, the...
Disasters do not destroy nations, the refusal to change does
By Darshika Thejani Bulathwatta Sri Lanka has endured both kinds of catastrophe that a nation can face, those caused by nature and those...
Rebuilding housing post-Ditwah: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s tsunami experience
By Nisha Arunatilake The Ditwah Cyclone ranks second only to the December 2004 Tsunami in terms of damage to housing in Sri Lanka’s...
Where would “Cyclone Ditwah” leave children?
By Kusal Perera “Women and Child Affairs Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj yesterday said 275,000 children have been displaced by the landslides and floods...
