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Protesters carrying the Sri Lanka flag march in the Galle Face Green area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 17, 2022.

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: The Marginalization of War-Torn Tamils

Sri Lanka’s economic turbulence has pushed the country into complete political turmoil and precipitated a humanitarian emergency.

Mahrukh Chaudhry December 16, 2022

Photo of man holding the Sri Lankan flag above his head. Image credit: Kris Thomas

Sri Lankans: Surviving with kindness and community in crisis

The community often steps in where governments fail. Volunteers in Sri Lanka have done just that as the nation faces its worst crisis in recent history.

Paramie Jayakody November 24, 2022

An image of the noose used to hang criminals in carrying out the death penalty

Lifting the Moratorium on the Death Penalty: A Sri Lankan Perspective

Lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Sri Lanka has been influenced by the increasing crime rates in the country. Nevertheless, research demonstrates that the imposition of the death penalty is not an effective deterrent in reducing crime rates.

Ameerah Salie June 30, 2021

Typical Sri Lankans Reminds Us Who We Really Are

A little over a month ago, I noticed a blimp of love while scrolling though my typically gloom and doom social media profile. This blimp was made of tiny digital pixels that amounted into a heartwarming true story shared by the Typical Sri Lankans initiative. This true story was one that gives you renewed hope…

Yasonil Piyatissa June 28, 2021

From a Small Screen to Lighting Up Sri Lanka

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite the darkness. Hope is the unlimited potential of fighting back when a storm of devastation wrecks through humanity, and hope is what kept every Sri Lankan alive during the very recent Easter-Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. The end of April 2019 was a devastating…

Balkis Chaabane July 31, 2019

Executive Staff Spotlight: Pasindu Liyanage

Introducing IVolunteer‘s Sri Lanka Country Representative, Pasindu Liyanage. Who is Pasindu? Pasindu is an Electrical and Electronics Sri Lankan Graduate, and an avid volunteer. At only the age of 24, he secured a job as a Research and Development Engineer at one of the biggest Technology companies in Sri Lanka. An intellectually gifted Engineer and…

Balkis Chaabane May 27, 2019

Ports, Reefs, and the Chinese: Sri Lanka’s Call for Justice

Ashanee Kottage is a freshman at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, who was born and raised in Sri Lanka. The current ministerial crisis in Sri Lanka is a surprise to many, but not to the 600,000 people in the fishing trade, or to the environmentalists across the island. The inconsistency of election promises was…

Ashanee Kottage December 5, 2018

Sri Lanka to Host The 14th United Nations Day of Vesak

The 14th United Nations Day of Vesak will be hosted in Sri Lanka for the first time from 12th – 14th of May, 2017. According to Daily News, the Buddhasasana Minister has informed that the inauguration of the 14th UN Vesak day will take place at the BMICH with President Maithripala Sirisena, Indian President Narendra…

May 6, 2017

A Sri Lankan Childhood: Cricket Minus the War – Part 1

There is a small island south of India which played some cricket for a while and won the international cricket status in 1982. Beating India! Yes, that is how the story started as they went on to comprehensively beat India in the 1979 World Cup as a non-test playing nation. The 5th of May 1993:…

April 6, 2016