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On The Way Out: Sri Lanka’s Ten Critically Endangered Birds

A number of factors, primarily climate and topographical conditions, have contributed to Sri Lanka being recognised as one of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots. What…

Sri Lanka Is Establishing An Office On Missing Persons – And It’s About Time

In post-war Sri Lanka, the photograph of weeping people – mostly women – holding up pictures of missing relatives, has become the one image…

The North Needs Water – How Are We Supplying It?

The Jaffna region has historically faced issues with regard to accessing potable water, partly because it is a peninsula region, and partly because there…

Sri Lanka’s Extinct Big Cats

Although relatively unknown, there is a very great possibility that our land was once home to big cats aside from the present day leopards…

Tamil Nadu Trawlers And The Troubled Waters Of The North

The European Commission last week finalised the lifting of a ban on Sri Lankan seafood exports to the European Union. The ban, proposed in…

Sri Lanka’s Most Dangerous Snakes

Sri Lanka is home to a number of interesting species of snakes, and while this may bode well for reptile lovers and wildlife enthusiasts,…

Five Times Parliament Was Worse Than Kindergarten

The Parliament of Sri Lanka – where leaders of our nation gather together to debate on national issues, make and pass laws, and rule…

Lessons Learnt: A Six Year Old Boy, AIDs Fears, And The Problem Of Social Stigma

One of the stories that recently took the media by storm, was in relation to a six year old boy who had been forced…

Opinion Poll: Why Occupy The Square?

Independence Square yesterday (March 6) was filled with more than the usual crowd of Sunday visitors, many of them holding placards as part of…

Roar Weekly News Roundup: Week 3, February 2016

This week witnessed protests over destroyed homes, a new low for the stock market, and the landing of Google Loon’s first trial balloon in…

Thalagoya vs. Kabaragoya

The words thalagoya and kabaragoya should sound familiar to anyone who grew up in Sri Lanka. Chances are, many of you may even have…

What’s the Deal with Colombo’s Port City?

Sri Lanka’s current love affair with massive (foreign financed) development projects has been around for longer than the present Government. Of all these projects,…

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