Daily Express Sri Lanka

A minister accepting “responsibility” after the fact, without a credible account of why security and monitoring systems failed so completely that inmates could dismantle CCTV networks and storm an armoury-adjacent dispensary, is not accountability; it is a press statement. Real accountability requires answering uncomfortable questions: why was intelligence on an active drug-trafficking dispute inside the prison not acted on before it turned lethal? Why, after 2012 and 2020, were the same structural vulnerabilities… inadequate staffing, porous security, unresolved contraband networks… still in place in 2026?

Sri Lanka’s prisons are burning again, and so is our collective conscience A minister accepting "responsibility" after the fact, without a credible account of why security and monitoring systems failed so completely that inmates could dismantle CCTV networks and storm an armoury-adjacent dispensary, is not accountability; it is a press statement. Real accountability requir...

Why Sri Lanka’s proposed Chartered Institute of Media Professionals deserve scrutiny and not applause

Chartered Waters Sri Lanka's proposed Chartered Institute of Media Professionals deserves serious attention, but not automatic celebration. In principle, any effort to strengthen professional standards, improve training, and recognize ethical journalism sounds timely and even overdue. Yet the value of such a body de...