Reports

Every now and then local newspapers report incidents of skirmishes between fishermen of South India and Northern Sri Lanka. Most often, these are accompanied…

This may sound strange, but Sri Lanka is the only country in the region with a rising fertility rate. According to the Census on…

Not everyone has the time to catch up with the news throughout the week. We at Roar have decided to make life easier by…

A look at Sri Lanka’s burgeoning urbanization, and what this means for people and the economy   The World Bank recently published a publication highlight…

The new, ostentatious Customs office on Main Street is hard to miss. Walking in, you will immediately be arrested by the sight of not-so-ordinary…

News reports of late have been dominated by the presence of salt water crocodiles spotted in several places offshore, including Dehiwala/Mt Lavinia/Colpetty and more…

Tucked away neatly in the heart of Sri Lanka’s official capital city, Kotte, is a structure made of kabok or laterite stones. This structure…

Women seem to have equal opportunity when it comes to education in Sri Lanka – if you were to look at the numbers of…

The concept of organic farming is becoming quite popular – it seems too good to be true that there is an alternative to using…

The 2015 parliamentary elections came and went. Results were announced, a new prime minister was sworn in, and a national government was formed; and,…

Nearly half of the world’s child marriages occur in South Asia. The good news is that incidences of child marriage are extremely low in…

The year 2014 saw laughter, tears, celebration, devastation and change in Sri Lanka in a monumental fashion.