US president-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the demagogic twins, seem to be on parallel paths with deadly desires to expand the borders of their respective countries. While Trump wants…Journalism for Citizens

Jan 1, 2025 · Fallow is a word often associated with inaction or unproductivity. In Layla Gonaduwa’s latest exhibition at Curado Art Gallery, the term fallow undergoes a nuanced reevaluation shedding light on its purpose as…

Dec 11, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Kumanan The Sri Lanka Barometer (SLB) has published the results of a three year survey on reconciliation examining eight critical dimensions: accountable governance, addressing the past, identity and belonging, trust, justice for all, security and wellbeing, equality and opportunity and active citizenship. The survey provided a comprehensive look at the ongoing reconciliation

Dec 30, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Forbes Jimmy Carter has died, after one hundred years, after healing river blindness, ensuring fair elections, negotiating the release of prisoners, calling out tyranny, assuring that to love your neighbor is the fundamental task of government, this preacher and teacher who taught Sunday School, who gave the sermon, who gathered

Jan 22, 2025 · Photo courtesy of AP I make poems constantly about oddities and offenses in American political practice, how one president sent bombs, jets, and drones for use by a rogue state and its murderous army, while his successor decrees death for crimes including killing a police officer, while pardoning even most violent offenders of the Capitol invasion, that led to various deaths, police officer ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Nikkei Asia The recent electoral victory of the NPP has ushered in a wave of optimism and speculation regarding the country's economic trajectory. Amid a backdrop of economic turbulence, the NPP's promise of transformative change resonates deeply with a population yearning for stability and growth. …

Dec 19, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Reddit A leading human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, and a humanitarian medical organization, MSF, have exposed Israeli’s campaign of total extermination and the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. In a media release on its report, HRW said that Israeli authorities have deliberately inflicted conditions of …

Dec 10, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Kumanan Today is International Human Rights Day Sri Lanka is wrestling with deep-rooted human rights challenges despite pledges for reform. Accountability, civil liberties and governance issues remain stubbornly unresolved, casting a long shadow over the nation’s future. The ripple effects of the country’s 2022 economic meltdown, fuelled by governance failures and ...

Jan 4, 2025 · Photo courtesy of Foreign Policy Sri Lanka enters year 2025 with a new leader and a new political regime. The landslide victory the National Peoples Power (NPP) obtained in the general elections demonstrated the extent of mass resentment against establishment politicians and political parties. With the formation of the new government, it can be said

Jun 30, 2021 · Crucifixion of two men, but not to exact a torturous death. The assailants in Balagalla, Kandy, last Friday, wanted a bestial vengeance solely by inflicting the intense pain of actual to a…