Cyclone 'Burevi' made landfall in the eastern part of the country on Wednesday night (2 December). Since then, continuous rains have been reported from the Eastern and Northern Provinces.
Pettah has now been under lockdown for almost two months since the second wave of COVID-19 reared its head in October. Even though the quarantine curfew was partially lifted in the Western Province on Monday (30 November), many businesses in Pettah remain shut indefinitely.
On 17 November, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mahinda Rajapaksa walked into the chambers of Sri Lanka’s parliament to deliver the maiden budget of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)-led government.
When Aritha Wickramasinghe, Equality Director of iProbono – a global network of lawyers litigating for people in need – came across an article in a local newspaper about the arrest of “under-aged” couples in Anuradhapura for “improper behaviour,” he felt the same anger he’d felt on hearing of previous such mass arrests.
After almost two months of successfully mitigating the spread of COVID-19, a sudden unexpected surge of new cases has given way to renewed fears of community transmission in the country.
In the eastern province, a herd of wild elephants have picked up a peculiar—and sad—habit: Since of late, these elephants have been seen foraging for food in garbage dumps.
The 23rd of June 2020 saw Acer holding its annual Next@Acer global press conference to showcase a host of new products and developments. This time, however, things were a little different
The first thing that you notice is the odour; a miasma of sea spray, sand, sweat, and sex. Wooden walls, asbestos sheet-roofed homes behind the railway station is where Mary* has lived most her life since she moved to Colombo. And the discoloured mattress in this two-room space she calls home is where she entertains her clients.
Once completed, Port City Colombo will become one of South Asia’s most-distinguished architectural landmarks, not least because it will also be Sri Lanka’s first-ever large scale land reclamation and city expansion project. But for now, perhaps what is even more exciting—at least if you take a keen interest in art and design—is that you can make your own artistic contribution ...
