Week-04-2026

Education reforms are underway — the most significant in the recent past. But can they reform history textbooks, which despite incremental improvements remain nostalgic, nationalist, and sometimes straight-up racist?

The attorney-general is caught in a social media storm criticising his choices in longstanding high-profile investigations. He defends his decisions to The Examiner. Meanwhile, the justice ministry awaits comments on the draft bill for a new independent public prosecutor’s office.

This evening: stomp-stomp revolution, a ‘matri-anarchy’ rave at the Rio. In English, Colomboscope’s closing party.  But before they sail back to Java (passing the Colombo boat show), get your steps in at their curated