2025 - Groundviews
6 days ago · In mid-November last year the National People’s Power (NPP) centre left coalition won a landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election after its leader Anura Kumara …
The JVP and Ethnic Relations: Walking a Tightrope to 2024 (Part 3)
Sep 18, 2024 · Photo courtesy of JVP. As Sri Lanka approaches the 2024 presidential election, the NPP is positioning itself as a major contender. In the previous articles (part 1 and part 2), …
SL Barometer Explores Reconciliation Trends and Challenges
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: …
Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka Seek a Permanent Solution to …
Nov 20, 2024 · Photo courtesy of UNHCR. Hundreds of thousands of terrified Rohingya refugees flooded onto the beaches and paddy fields of southern Bangladesh in August 2017.When the …
SL Faces International Pressure to Set its Human Rights Record …
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, …
NPP Government and Palestine Day - Groundviews
Nov 29, 2024 · Photo courtesy of HRW. Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People “Global Palestine” has brought together once again numerous segments of …
The Burden of Expectations - Groundviews
Dec 11, 2024 · Photo courtesy of France 24 Compared to the excesses of the good governance regime and the Gotabaya Rajapaksa raj that followed it, the omissions of this government …
Men Cry Too - Groundviews
Nov 27, 2024 · Photo courtesy of IPS What is patriarchy? According to Wikipedia “Patriarchy is a social system in which men typically hold authority and responsibility. In anthropology, it refers …
11/25/2024 - Groundviews
Nov 25, 2024 · After Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza since October 7, 2023, which has killed nearly 44,000 “human animals” and “cockroaches” in the words of Benjamin Netanyahu and …
12/13/2024 - Groundviews
Dec 13, 2024 · According to the Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) SLOTS polling conducted in November, 25% of Sri Lankan adults believed the country was heading in the right direction …