08 Feb 2023 - 11     - 9359

The ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka had hampered his marketing job and thus, when he heard he could earn US$1,000 a month at an IT job in Thailand, he jumped at the chance. Little did he know....

05 Jan 2023 - 19     - 11853

Iresha Shyamali was exhausted from a two-day pilgrimage in Anuradhapura.

10 Nov 2022 - 23     - 5666

Although armed with the power of the State and empowered to use force against ordinary citizens, Police is accountable like any organization or any ordinary citizen.

15 Sep 2022 - 9     - 5764

Parliamentarians—so-called supreme legislators—wear white, the colour of peace and purity. But how many of them actually behave as such? In November, 2018, Sri Lankans and the whole world witnessed one of the worst and most disgraceful breakdowns of discipline by lawmakers.

28 Jul 2022 - 18     - 6673

In Palawela Udaniriella, an 8-year-old girl became the victim of Grave Sexual Abuse committed by no stranger, but by her grandfather’s brother,

28 Jul 2022 - 1     - 808

Malik Sachinthana’s dreams of becoming a lawyer were shattered when his application to enter a university was rejected by the University Grants Commission despite obtaining a Z score well above the required minimum.

07 Apr 2022 - 19     - 24189

When the lights went out on March 31 many Sri Lankans would hardly have been surprised. Rationing of electricity has grown commonplace in recent years, particularly since March of this year, when a foreign currency shortage produced a fuel crisis and reservoir levels fell owing to dry weather.

30 Mar 2022 - 6     - 4504

In 2001, Thushari from Veyangoda Bandaranayake Madya Maha Vidyalaya was not permitted to sit for her GCE Advanced Level General English....

23 Mar 2022 - 4     - 2881

For thousands of young girls across Sri Lanka, their wedding is a far cry from happily ever after as parents marry off their daughters....

02 Feb 2022 - 3     - 2845

The failure to promptly open and carry out a criminal investigation into the 2012 Welikada riot, despite having strong....

02 Dec 2021 - 11     - 6398

Japan has long been internationally criticised for its refugee recognition and its prolonged detention of foreign nationals seeking asylum or overstaying their visas.

Daily Mirror Eye Investigation

22 Sep 2021 - 14     - 13389

A Financial Cancer Spreading Through Sri Lanka Again...

29 Jul 2021 - 3     - 3039

When a child is physically harmed or sexually abused, the ideal response is for Doctors to treat injuries, therapists to counsel the child, law enforcement officers to arrest the offender, and Attorneys to prosecute the offender.

20 May 2021 - 30     - 16325

It was around 11 a.m. when Wishma started struggling to breathe. In her solitary confinement, she groaned in pain for hours before falling silent near 1.30 p.m.

25 Feb 2021 - 20     - 26564

The images and videos are distressing. Non-consensual sharing of intimate images and privacy breaches began to cause problems several years ago. But, it has never been this bad. Sexual content of Sri Lankan girls, even as young as 15 years old, keeps growing exponentially on the internet, preying on countless victims.

14 Jan 2021 - 17     - 11829

Environmental destruction under political patronage is not new in Sri Lanka. Although the bio-diverse wetland in Bellanwila-Attidiya is beyond measure, and officially protected since 1990 as a bird sanctuary, it appears that its protected status is no longer sufficient.

online loan mafia in sri lanka

25 Nov 2020 - 7     - 7119

Some unregulated online lenders are remotely taking control of phones of those unable to repay loans, misusing personal and confidential data of the borrowers, threatening to leak photos...................

Investigation into Seasons Sri Lanka Retreat

02 Sep 2020 - 15     - 13530

To have received her son’s death certificate on the day she brought him to the world — exactly 37 years ago — was the hardest experience for British national Maryanne India Beare.

children sentenced to death penalty

22 Jul 2020 - 12     - 9484

The death penalty and sentence of life in prison are sentences which ensure that an offender will never be able to rejoin civil society.

Where does it go?

02 Jul 2020 - 9     - 8065

Hospital waste management is an important environmental and public safety issue, due to the infectious and hazardous nature of the waste.

COVID-19 and MIGRANTS

01 Jun 2020 - 28     - 8016

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, thousands of Sri Lankan migrant workers are left with no job, no money and no way....

development at cost

13 Feb 2020 - 19     - 16990

Colombo’s skyline is rapidly changing with apartment constructions that cost millions of dollars. But, are they complying with planning and construction regulations? An investigation by Eye has revealed violations in the planning and construction of apartments in the Colombo District, which have become far too commonplace.

FOREST DESTRUCTION DUE TO FIRES

30 Jan 2020 - 7     - 12849

Forest destruction due to fires has become a serious problem in some regions in Sri Lanka, especially in areas like Beragala, Haputale of the Badulla District.

Gloomy Side of Lankan Migrants

18 Dec 2019 - 12     - 11737

A coffin was rolled out of the arrival area of the Bandaranaike International Airport. Inside was the remains of twenty-four-year-old Ganushka Madumal who drowned in South Korea in a boat accident. Madumal, who had never swum in Sri Lankan seas, was working in a fishing vessel in Korea. He was not even wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.