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Cinnamon, The Mysterious Island Spice

Sri Lanka’s most romantic export commodity is probably cinnamon – that is, “true” cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), earlier known as Ceylon cinnamon, (Cinnamomum zeylanicum). Mentioned…

The Story Behind Ceylon’s Arrack

The etymology of the word ‘arrack’ has always left room for some doubt ‒ partly because it has been around for a very long…

Is The New Constitution A New Con?

The Government has pledged us a new constitution, an inclusive constitution, an openly drafted constitution, a referendum approved constitution. Last year, the whole Government seemed…

Assassinations That Shocked Sri Lanka

The answer to the question “how many prominent Sri Lankans have been assassinated?” should always be “too many,” but there have been a handful…

Combating Global Warming: A Citizens’ Guide

Anthropogenic global warming is an unfortunate reality. We have scientific facts, up-to-date trends of increasing temperatures, and even the most skeptical can feel a…

Sri Lanka’s Elusive Tree Dweller: The Slender Loris

Bug-eyed, slow, but somehow still elusive, the slender loris is perhaps Sri Lanka’s most peculiar wild inhabitant. But despite this, and despite the island’s…

From Elding To LKR

Although we use money practically every day of our lives, our currency itself isn’t something we give much of a thought to (unless, of…

Police Net Dolphin Killers

In Post-war Sri Lanka, Returning IDPs Face Fresh Challenges

Reporting from Keppapulavu, Mullaitivu Displaced since the last stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, returnees from the northeastern village of Pilakudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu are…

SLAF’s Costly Procurement Plans Hit More Turbulence

President Maithripala Sirisena was among the many visitors who thronged the Ratmalana Air Force Base for a special exhibition to mark the 66th anniversary…

Military Returns Lands

Sri Lankan Women Writing In English

“Women,” award-winning author Carl Muller once remarked, “have become the standard bearers of Sri Lankan writing in English in the past 50 years”. That…

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