Week-13-2026

Some Malaiyaha Tamils displaced by Cyclone Ditwah wait for transitional shelters in tents. Many need permanent housing. Their wait, prolonged by bureaucratic bottlenecks and plantation companies’ reluctance to let go of profitable land, exposes how disasters disproportionately harm minority groups.

If scheduled fuel shipments and expected rains don’t materialise, power cuts are likely over the coming months. Even if fuel and rains arrive on time, electricity prices are still set to rise.

Welcome the Avurudhu sale: Aluwihare heritage centre’s for our supporters, BMICH’s for our subscribers. Tumble into the trance this weekend. Psychethaalam at candiroom and at the Lotus Tower, desperately trying to redeem itself,