Week-14-2025

Doppler radar is vital for cyclone prediction. Despite trying for nearly two decades, Sri Lanka is the only country in the region without it. Met department mismanagement and negligence are the main cause, say audit reports. Ironically, Sri Lanka operated cyclone prediction radar in the 1980s.

The JVP-NPP government enjoys an unprecedented 159-seat supermajority in parliament. But a year after coming into power, sweeping rights-based reforms remain elusive. Will the promised system change truly materialise?

From boardrooms to Pettah there is consensus on the cause for the rupee’s fall: lifting the vehicle import ban. This is partly true. But the rupee’s rise or fall in the long run doesn’t depend on specific goods. It depends on the supply of money, argues Ravi Ratnasabapathy in this op-ed.

Year-end blues straining your relationship? Take your beau to the Goethe for a film this evening.  Watch how the Cubans navigate love and wars of the soul.  Still single? Band your friends together for two