In-depth investigations
Long-form, fully-sourced accountability reports on contested people, institutions, and events. Every claim is attributed; allegations are clearly labelled; subjects are offered a right of reply.
Coalgate: How Substandard Coal Burned Sri Lanka's Power Sector
A special audit, a sealed headquarters, and a Supreme Court-led commission expose systemic failures in Lakvijaya's coal procurement
Blood in Port City: How Sri Lanka's Special Economic Zone Became a Structural Gateway for Transnational Cyber-Fraud
A murder, 1,000-plus arrests, and a visa-abuse scandal expose the regulatory gaps at the heart of Colombo's flagship development project.
A Decade Without a Vote: How Sri Lanka Suspended Devolved Government and Who Bears Responsibility
Nine provincial councils have sat empty for nearly ten years — and every government has found a reason not to fill them.
Declarations on Paper, Impunity in Practice: How Sri Lanka Fails to Enforce Its Own Asset-Disclosure Laws
Fifty years of asset-declaration law, near-zero politician convictions, and a watchdog hamstrung by political appointments and chronic underfunding.
Tenure by Decree: Sri Lanka's Push to Extend Judicial Retirement Ages
A Cabinet-approved constitutional amendment would add two years to superior court judges' tenures—but critics allege it is tailored to retain one judge in particular.
Sri Lanka's IMF Reckoning: Waivers, Exemptions, and the Human Cost of Austerity
Six reviews into a $3 billion bailout, Sri Lanka has met most fiscal targets—but data failures, tax giveaways, and a poverty crisis expose deep fault lines in the program's design and oversight.
Two Masterminds: The FBI's Zahran, the Prosecution's Sallay, and Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Reckoning
The FBI and Sri Lanka's own commission concluded the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks were an ISIS plot led by Zahran Hashim. In 2026, prosecutors arrested former spy chief Suresh Sallay on a rival theory — that intelligence officials helped enable the massacre. He denies it. We weigh both accounts against the record. DRAFT — for editorial and legal review.