投稿者: Zinara Rathnayake in Colombo
Close to half the crisis-hit country’s under-fives go hungry and one in five suffer from wasting. Mothers tell here of their struggle as Unicef warns of a blighted generation For more than a year now, Anne Roshel has had no milk to give her two childre…
The country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak environmental and economic havocWhen Adnan Sheikh took his family on holiday to Sri Lanka last October, he booked them into a hotel for two weeks in…
Fishing communities fear for future as oil, plastic and toxic chemicals devastate ecosystemUntil last week Lucien Justin, the chair of the Jude Watta fisheries committee in Wattala, near Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, lived a simple life. He and his wif…
In a country where women often still resort to rags as sanitary towels, campaigners are trying to break down a damaging tabooIn a village school near the beach, Koshala Dilrukshi teaches English to students from Uswetakeiyawa, a Sri Lankan fishing vill…
Turmeric is synonymous with Sri Lankan cuisine and an import ban is helping boost production after the ravages of civil warIn Sri Lankan cuisine, a pinch of turmeric brings the gold colour to sodhi, the mildly spiced coconut soup eaten with the island’…