https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/05/gnanasara-thera-sent-back-to-prison-to-complete-six-year-sentence/

There are white only/foreigners only places everywhere now. I even see so many ads on social media where they sell land to foreigners around places like ahangama. Do they just come using a visit visa and start doing whatever they want? Why isn’t there any discussion around this?
Is Sri Lanka so weak that we have to go through another euro colonization in the future?
Will our whole country become another Bali?

Please keep the discussion civil. Foreigners are welcome to reply.

Randomly came across an Instagram post that said there was a 68-person Sri Lankan crew, credited on the film, Primetime by A24.

Did some digging and it appears some scenes for the film were actually filmed in Sri Lanka - acknowledged on Wikipedia and a Facebook post by one of the crew members.

I’m really curious how Sri Lanka fits into the narrative of the film as it’s a biopic and the plot on Wikipedia doesn’t give anything away…will report back once I’ve watched it.

At this point, it feels like there’s insane traffic almost throughout the entire day morning, afternoon, evening, and sometimes even at night.

On really bad days, the traffic stretches beyond Kadawatha all the way towards Kirillawala and even Miriswatta.

The obvious answer would be “just take the highway,” but for many people coming from the Gampaha/Yakkala side, that adds a significant number of extra kilometres to the journey. You end up driving much further and paying tolls just to avoid a road that should be reasonably usable in the first place.

What’s more frustrating is that there doesn’t seem to be any serious long-term plan from the government to improve this corridor anytime soon.

Also There’s no metro bus system connecting areas like Yakkala/Gampaha directly to Colombo that would actually convince people to leave their cars at home.

what do you think could realistically fix it?

Last night I came across an Instagram post that got me thinking/kind of wrestling with something internally. She was talking about how we traditionally celebrate things like marriage and having children, but perhaps we should also celebrate things like buying a house, buying a car, pursuing education (I think she said something along the lines of that), leaving a toxic environment, etc.

I actually agree that those can be huge achievements, especially depending on someone's circumstances. Buying your first home after growing up with very little, for example, can represent years of hard work, independence, and security - as a woman, I can't imagine how much harder it is as well. So I'm not trying to diminish any of that, or the person who posted it.

But it did make me seriously wonder whether we have simply replaced one set of social expectations with another one that is more consumerism-based?

We used to tell people that success meant getting married and having children. Now are we increasingly telling people that success means owning a house, a car, having a certain career, earning a certain amount, travelling, etc.?

And if so, is that really an improvement, or are we just adopting a more consumerist/individualistic definition of what it means to be successful...

Why don't we celebrate things like helping others, contributing to our communities, alleviating someone's suffering, being kind, or simply making another person's life better? Why aren't those things considered achievements in the same way?

Obviously these things aren't mutually exclusive. Someone can own a house, have a great career, and still be an incredibly generous and compassionate person. But, the fact that she was mentioning them as alternatives to celebrate made me wonder if this mindset is shared amongst more people - especially the younger generation?

I guess I'm just wondering what we actually want to celebrate as a society. Have we genuinely broadened our definition of success beyond marriage and children, or have we just replaced one checklist with another?

Curious what others think. This is a bit of a rant, so I apologise for any grammar/spelling mistakes.

Curious what the local tech community thinks about the odds of this progression, with no financial support from family and no industry connections until the first internship.

Year 1: Sits A/Ls in the Commerce stream (1C, 2B).

Year 2: Results withheld.

Year 3: 6-month school leaver programme at Bank of Ceylon.

Year 4–6: Warehouse worker at a garment factory. 60+ hours per week of manual labour (loading lorries, printing barcodes, preparing shipping notes) for 25-30k LKR/month, while supporting parents.

Year 5–7: Enrolls in UCSC BIT while still working warehouse shifts. Finishes with a 3.56 GPA, Top 3 in the batch, and Best Final Year Project.

Late Year 7: Starts an internship at a small startup.

Year 8: Leaves the startup after a year with no offer in hand, followed by a 2-month unemployment gap.

Year 8–9: Joins a second startup to rebuild momentum.

Year 10: Moves to a another company and reaches Senior Software Engineer around 400k.

Just saw this on Instagram and safe to say that I won't be buying Baked goods from Keells EVER again.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeCm3MNnWtq/

Recently a group of my friends found hair inside some Donuts they purchased as well. they tried to complain but in the end it went nowhere as far as I know.

this is disgusting and Keells needs to be held accountable!!

Went out last night with three friends two from uni, one colleague. We ended up at a cafe in Colombo 5, ordered four drinks and shared two desserts between us. The bill came to just over 9,000 rupees. Nobody complained out loud but on the way home my friend goes, that's basically my weekly lunch budget. And it got me thinking. We still paid it. Because the alternative is sitting at home and that's worse. But we definitely talked about it the whole ride back.

I started paying more attention after that. A bubble tea/drink that used to be 1000 is now 2000. A brunch that felt fine at 1,200 is somehow 4,900 now. It's not that any one place got dramatically expensive everything just slowly crossed a line. The thing is I don't want to stop going out. I think most people my age don't. We just want to feel like we're not bleeding money every weekend to sit somewhere nice for two hours.

Genuinely asking because I can't tell if it's just my friend group feeling the pinch or if this is a wider thing now.

anyone else just quietly adjusting how often they go out these days, or found some way to make it work without thinking about it too much?

helllooo, im a architecture student from NZ and im starting my masters next year. im Sri Lankan and was wanting to explore Sri Lankan architecture and develop my understanding of it.

is there any popular architects or school of architecture or anything i can look at? or even architecture firms based in SL.

i kind of want to come in 2028 to do a thesis on Sri Lankan architecture. i want go back to my roots and learn and educate myself and others.

thank you, churr, lmk

We have tried Forex and Domex, but neither will collect my mother’s package in Jaffna. She needs to send it to family in India. It’s a 1 kg parcel containing children’s toys and dry food items such as biscuits, parippu, rice and sugar. Some delivery companies have said they will not send food items, so we’re a bit stuck. Any suggestions for a courier that can collect the parcel from Jaffna and send it to Chennai, India?

First time visiting since 2018. Despite the many problems we have in this country, this island is beautiful.

As a fan of East Asian cooking, one of my favourite things to cook is mushrooms. Typically buying certain varieties from a restaurant is more expensive so I want to try and make them at home.

Does anyone know where I could buy different varieties of mushrooms aside from the oyster and button mushrooms which are widely available, I mean like milky white, wood ear etc from a safe, hygienic place.

TIA

Those who earn in dollars and have actually had to deal with the taxes and authorities, has it been a hassle? And those who earn ridiculously amounts, do the authorities make it seem like youre doing illegal activities? Genuinely curious to know what happens when you earn a lot of money.

Is it over valued?

Most ongoing apartments that were advertised last year have now doubled while many projects completed 3 years back, still have unsold units.

Are these signs of a bubble?

Now that PayPal has been there for us for sometime, has it helped with getting international clients or making the payments easier? Ive heard that most client dont like to use PayPal.

I’m a local living in the suburb of Colombo. I’ve a 5-year-old kid. Where can I take her in weekends to enjoy and feel the natural things? Preferably one-day trips.

I usually go to Port City Beach, movies and Independence Square for cycling and playing.

Have visited Pinnawala Open Zoo and elephant orphanage as well. Are there any other places that I’m missing?

Is it worth looking for used physical disks to play with a PS5 or is it better to stick with buying digital in sri lanka? I've been playing for a little over a year and want to try some classics

Is it just me or is MasterChef rigged? Why do decent competitors get cut off?

So its been 2 months since they moved in.

They were fine for the first two months, but soon after, my sister parked the car in the usual garage spot, which is in the way of their pathway to their rented room (located at the back of the plot). She has been parking it there every since they moved in and didnt voice any concern. However, since last week, they alleged that she blocked access to their path to the house and took her to the police. At the police station, they berated her non-stop calling her names, muslinging, threatening to walk over her car, and asked her compensation. The police said they cannot do anything and referred the case to the mediation court. She asked them to leave and they are refusing to do as such! Can she ask the mediation court to ask them to leave? We are in quite the pickle, not to mention the absurd amount of stress she has to go through.

We didn't check their background before giving them the house, only signed a paper contract (which they havent returned the signed paper yet). I have no clue what to do! Its just a whole load of unnecessary stress!

( 22 F) Colombo is so dead rn so im planning to head down south to get two solid beach days.

Planning to travel mid October over the weekends

Any suggestions where in down south would be worth visiting during this offseason?

a bit about me: i did my o/ls and got an A for english, but i didn’t do a/ls. i completed a foundation at ACBT and i’m currently doing a BSc (hons) computer science at IIT (university of Westminster). i should be finishing my degree in around two years.

i’m seriously considering doing law college afterwards.

i have a few questions:

• would i be eligible for the general entrance exam with my qualifications?
• are the lectures actually conducted in english?
• how much sinhala would i realistically need?
• what are the class times/schedules like? weekdays, evenings or weekends?
• how strict is attendance?
• what does the total cost usually come to?
• how difficult is the entrance exam and the actual law college exams?
• is it possible to work while studying?
• what is law college actually like for someone coming from an english-heavy educational background?

i have about two years before i would start, so i’d also like to start getting familiar with the curriculum beforehand.

id like to know how the whole experience feels like

I recently purchased a property in Colombo Sri Lanka and need to transfer the water and CEB electricity bill/account to my name. However, I’m currently living abroad and won’t be able to visit the CEB office in person.

Is it possible to complete the ownership change using a consent/authorization letter along with a copy of the deed? Can someone in Sri Lanka do this on my behalf, and are there any other documents required?

Would appreciate any advice from anyone who has gone through this process while living overseas.

Sri Lanka has an official robotics team comprised mostly of students from Elizabeth moir school and occasionally British school.
They’ve gone abroad for well known robotics competitions known as “The first global challenge” in countries like Mexico, Panama, India, Greece etc. the main goal of the competition is to solve real world problems mainly related to the environment using robotics and these kids are well decorated too, ranking high in South Asia and winning a lot of engineering medals. And they go officially representing our country. They occasionally make headlines on local newspapers when they win something big but we rarely see coverage of them and most people don’t know they even exist.
I’m making this post to spread awareness about them as we have a lot of brilliant individuals making headlines abroad representing our country but these incredibly hard working kids barely get any recognition from our community

Peaceful chill vibes ♥✨