Ashcharya Peiris Jayakody, Sri Lanka’s first visually-impaired fashion designer and founder of fashion brand Christiana Glory, made great strides on the global stage when she was included in the BBC 100 Women list for 2019. She was the only Sri Lankan to be included in the list which celebrates inspiring women from across the globe.
Last year, Roar celebrated International Women's Day by bringing to attention some significant issues women in our country continue to face. Despite sustained efforts by lobbyists and activists, Sri Lankan women continue to endure power imbalances, discrimination, and marginalisation across communities and industries.
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) celebrated its 70th anniversary with a spectacular air show that commenced on Wednesday (3 March) at the Galle Face Green in Colombo.
The ongoing pandemic has redirected global attention, action and resources largely towards the SARS-CoV-2 virus, resulting in service disruptions in other health services.
Prostitution is technically not legal in Sri Lanka, and so every once in a while, local newspapers will carry a news item that resembles the following:
The arrival and rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the first COVID–19 vaccine procured by Sri Lanka, is a small but optimistic step towards protecting the local population against the disease, and minimising the spread of the virus.
Oftentimes, children are the most vulnerable among us. This is true anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, this means that they are often either neglected or exposed to violence in various forms.
“Even in the ICU, when I said I was in pain, all the doctors said was ‘marenna ne haduwe, oka poddak daragena inna’ (‘You wanted to die, didn’t you? You can bear a little pain’),” Farizul Faraj (30) said, recounting his experience at a hospital after an attempt to take his own life.
Over the years, plastic pollution has transcended beyond green circles to the public eye because of its visible impacts. Yet, what if the most alarming threats are caused by plastics that are not often visible?
Search and rescue teams are on alert and stocks of relief supplies are being pre-positioned especially in the north and east as disaster management authorities brace for the second, and more intense, cyclone season, and subsequent north-east monsoon.
On August 20, at the first sitting of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered the ‘government policy speech’, which sets out the government’s plans for its term.
No one knew how old Lawrence was when he passed away. He died at the bus stop he took shelter at, amid rain or the unbearable noon heat. The bus stop in front of the construction site with the massive white Buddha statue next to it became his haven—where no one bothered him or asked him to leave.
For someone who has led so many lives—as a graphic designer, painter, photographer and dramatist, working in cinema, television, broadcasting, and journalism—even the word “artist” hardly captures his versatility.