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Why A Leaked Counterterrorism Policy Has Civil Society Spooked

“It’s not something one easily forgets,” says Ruki Fernando, as he recalls his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), in…

Doom ‒ The Original Shoot ’Em Up

First, let’s get your nostalgia feels going… Twenty-five years ago, Doom was released by id…

Beyond Ella: Two Of Sri Lanka’s Greatest Railway Marvels

Ella was once a quiet village in the Uva Province. In recent times however, the town has transformed into one of the island’s upcountry…

How Ayubowan Became ආයුබෝවන්

Throw it back a couple of decades and the word මචං would probably have appeared…

A Marxist Inquiry Into Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet

Upon further scrutiny of Romeo and Juliet, instead of the superficial perspective the commercial world has chosen to capitalise on, it can be seen…

What The Murder Of One Maldivian Blogger Means To Another In Exile

On Saturday, April 22, Maldivian social media activist and blogger Yameen Rasheed was writing a recommendation letter to help old friend and self-exiled activist,…

The Science Behind The Meethotamulla Disaster

Despite all the updates, backstories, and analyses, there is still no clear understanding of what happened in Meethotamulla on April 14. Was it an…

Roar Startup Bundle ‒ April 2017

Following a relatively quiet March, April witnessed a few interesting startups emerge, and with a…

The Roads That Led To Esplorio

All of Tim Fernando’s life’s journeys brought him to Esplorio. The travel app works in the background,…

A Dengue Vaccine Exists, But Sri Lanka Has Yet To Approve It

Sri Lanka has seen an unprecedented outbreak of dengue this year, overwhelming hospitals throughout the country. Since January 2017, the Epidemiology Unit of the…

Political Kunu Harupa: Badly Used ‘Bad’ Words

In Sri Lanka, even the best-laid arguments can be overturned by a single word or phrase: ‘imperialist conspiracy’, ‘NGO karayas’ and ‘diaspora’s haunt our…

A Brief History Of The Meethotamulla Garbage Dump

Every day the Meethotamulla statistics are being laboriously revised, a backhoe scoop at a time, but now the horror and nausea of the news…

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