Mannar residents say they’re paying the price for Sri Lanka's turn to wind energy. Adani has left, but local players have come in, raising old fears. Residents are protesting, having faced severe flooding in recent years.

Presidents and prime ministers can make, or break, a nation. In this two-part series, we ask who led Sri Lanka best, and who led us worst.

This evening, see Chalith Kalupahana’s surrealism at the Wendt. Kolam Jaffna’s exhibition also opens today at Barefoot.  On Saturday, take your kids for storytelling at the British Council. Then contort yourself into a

Before Jerome Fernando became a controversial preacher, he was a disciplined cricketer and smooth-talking corporate executive. Today, operating a web of international companies, chairing several businesses, and drawing billions of rupees, he has come under fire — and scrutiny.

Following further amendments to the law, long-awaited CEB reforms are underway. Implementation hiccups resulted in threats of a strike - unions are currently on a go-slow. What went wrong and what does it mean for power prices?

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," Bilbo warned. This weekend, it's worth the peril - if only for tonight’s LOTR quiz.  Saturday is packed.

For Chamari, a lottery booth doubles as a changing room. Like her, thousands of women powering Colombo’s economy struggle for dignity in a city that forgets a basic need: toilets.

Shipping lines are moving their cargo elsewhere. Earlier this year, Colombo lost the Himalaya service. That loop accounted for about six percent of its volume, and is operated by the world’s number one line, MSC. Colombo’s loss was India’s gain. Himalaya now docks at Kerala’s new deep-water port.