Treat this as a humanitarian issue
The SAARC Secretariat should play an active role in the region’s response to COVID-19, along with “someone in-charge”, according to…
Federalism and Post-War Reconciliation
Following his election as president of Sri Lanka in 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken a strong stand against federalism and…
Pandemic is not only a national issue
The former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke to Palki Sharma, on the global leadership series on WION,…
Home Brewing
“DATES, JAGGERY?” asked the grocer, offering the main ingredients for brewing palm wine. His client bought the two, put them…
A century ago…
Exactly a 100 year ago, Sri Lanka had the experience of going through a horrendous pandemic the Spanish flu or…
How to get out of the lockdown?
As the lockdown nears the three-week mark, people want to know when the restrictions will be lifted. But it also…
‘History Repeats Itself’
‘And People Stayed Home’ A Famine Poem by Kathleen O’Meara – 1869. And people stayed home And read books and…
Fighting the Pandemic
Some 10,000 frontline health workers in Sri Lanka are working tirelessly to arrest the spread of COVID-19 that has affected…
COVID is a test of Leadership
“We simply cannot return to where we were just a few months ago”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle…
Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year
May the New Year bring you joy and contentment in these difficult times.