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How Sri Lanka Post Is Evolving To Keep Up With The Times

The image of neatly dressed postmen on bicycles seems to belong to the past, what with increasing dependence on modern conveniences like email, text…

Five Things Donald Trump Can Learn From Sri Lankan Politicians

We really have the highest praise for our local politicians, and so, we thought to ourselves, that if US Presidential candidate Donald Trump knew…

Sri Lankans Aren’t As Happy As They Seem ‒ And Here’s Why

The World Happiness Report 2016 Update was released shortly before the UN International Day of Happiness on March 20, and provided a breakdown of…

Where Self-Publishing Meets the Literary: Theena Kumaragurunathan’s Debut Novel First Utterance

It’s not often that you find a writer who pays equal attention to the craft of writing and the story itself. Nor is it easy to find a well written book that also has a unique mixed-genre approach. Where Sri Lankan

It’s High Time Sri Lanka Banned Bottom Trawling

For those of you unacquainted with the issue or the concept, bottom trawling is an industrial fishing method whereby fishing nets, with large weights…

CEB Caught Up In Fishy Situation

No, this isn’t about the recent power outages we’ve all been experiencing – apart from dealing with the ensuing fracas related to that, Ceylon…

Kannan Arunasalam’s Jaffna Chronicles

For Sri Lankan born British documentary filmmaker Kannan Arunasalam, filming Jaffna has posed some unique challenges. On one hand, he finds that he has…

Sri Lanka’s “Viral” Culture And Internet Sexism

The concept itself – sexism – is far from new and can probably be dated to the agricultural age (our ancestors from hunter-gatherer tribes…

Colombo in a Global Context: Quality of Living

Quality of Living Rankings by Mercer for 2016 are out: Colombo (the only Sri Lankan city ranked in the survey) is at 132 out…

A Warming Indian Ocean and the Brewing Storm in Sri Lanka

Brace yourselves: we’re in for a rough ride. Despite what climate change nay-sayers may claim, the truth is that the climate is, without any…

To Women: With Love, The President

When Maithripala Sirisena was campaigning for President, his election promises included a ‘New Sri Lanka for Women.’ It has been over a year since…

Edible Birds’ Nest Racket Rears Its Ugly Head Again

The Indian Swiftlet (collocalia unicolor) is only about 12 cm long, and can be found in Sri Lanka and South West India. The nests…

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