Opinion
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...
Sri Lanka’s latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations – here’s what needs to change
Ravindra Jayaratne When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history....
Massive humanitarian crisis looming in the wake of Ditwah cyclone disaster in Sri Lanka
By Wasantha Rupasinghe In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which has now veered toward India, Sri Lanka is in the grip of a...
