Floods in Sri Lanka: how to help

Over the last ten days Sri Lanka has been hit by severe flooding and subsequent landslides. According to the World Health Organisation 290,000 people have been affected across 22 districts in Sri Lanka, with 190,000 temporarily displaced, 109 missing and 92 confirmed...

Colombo Port City: White Elephant? Affront to human rights?

Just five months after taking office, President Sirisena’s government may backtrack on one of its key pre-election promises – to scrap the controversial $1.5 Billion Colombo Port City Project (CPC). The project, which was officially inaugurated in September 2014 by...