Kris Thomas

Protesting monks, investigations into a kidney transplant racket, and Zika virus threats ‒ here’s this week in news: Local Tension Following Gnanasara Thera’s Arrest…

This week in news witnessed Sri Lanka attend the World Economic Forum, President Maithripala Sirisena meet with the BBS, and Sri Lanka Cricket Captain…

A Peacock Mansion, school principals, and court cases took centre stage in local news this week ‒ in what turned out to be a…

In 2012, we became unwilling witnesses to a series of murders and rapes, in the misty villages of Kotakethana and Kahawatte, in the district…

The year 2016 is up and running with a bang, as countries around the world tense up over protests, oil and H-bombs. Things seem…

On January 8, 2015, Sri Lanka voted President Maithripala Sirisena into power. When he first announced his Common Candidacy towards the end of 2014,…

Although events on social media may suggest otherwise, Sri Lanka ushered in the New Year with relatively less drama and  tension than we did…

It’s finally Christmas! And in another five days, it will be the dawn of the New Year. Despite the festive mood, as it so…

From serial killers to alleged assassination attempts to loin-cloth clad protesters, this week in news was filled with some strange twists and turns through…

December’s second week is already over, and the end of 2015 is just around the corner – yet the news never sleeps. It’s been…

Earlier this year, the populace of this country was unintentionally introduced to the company known as Avant Garde, after one of its many floating…

December’s first week began with a bang both locally and internationally. Locally, we saw the passing of the budget while on the international front…