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Skilled Vs. Unskilled Workers And Sri Lanka’s Migrant Labour Problem

The Government recently passed a regulation further tightening the current selection criteria imposed on women seeking foreign employment. According to the Government, the motive…

The White Man’s Words

There is this hilarious story of an American editor who wanted to come up with a novel way of wording the usual births, marriages,…

Silence In The Courts: Director Vithanage Apprises The Untold

Silence In The Courts (උසාවිය නිහඬයි) is a controversial documentary film co-produced by H.D. Premasiri and Prasanna Vithanage, who is also the film’s director. The…

The Kelani River Is Badly Polluted ‒ But There May Be Hope

Fact: The Kelani River is the most polluted river in the country. To say that the Kelani River is the lifeline of some of…

The Bad Taste In Your Cup Of Tea

In September 2016, export prices for Ceylon Tea peaked, and total exports were 3% higher than the previous September. However, all was not well for…

Reading Sri Lanka

Like any foreigner coming to Sri Lanka, I came harbouring mixed feelings as well as numerous misperceptions. None of what I thought Sri Lanka…

Understanding Depression: The Nuts And Bolts

It is not uncommon to have bad days now and then, when all you want to do is curl up in a corner and…

Traffic Violation Fines And Protesting Vehicle Owners

Commuters across the island were greatly inconvenienced last Friday (December 2) when the All Island Private Bus Owners Federations (AIPOBF), the Lanka Private Bus…

A Brief History Of Modern Transportation In Sri Lanka

Today, when stepping on to Sri Lankan roads, it is pretty clear that we have an overload of vehicles. Since 1997, the number of…

Seven Of Sri Lanka’s Most Fascinating Creepy Crawlies

For every elephant, leopard, and sloth bear photographed in Sri Lanka, a thousand other, smaller animals crawl by unnoticed, but it is these creepy…

Human Trafficking In Sri Lanka Is A Bigger Problem Than We May Realise

Three years ago, Sri Lanka sent a record 293,105 men and women abroad as migrant labour, and the number is bound to have increased…

The Paynter Behind Some Of Sri Lanka’s Finest Art

The chapel at S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia is, without exaggeration, the finest feature of the school premises. Displaying Byzantine (Later Roman) architecture, the…

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