In Sri Lanka as everywhere 1 May – Labour Day – 2025 is now a thing of the past. Except not in Colombo, largely thanks to the image reproduced above of President Dissanayake, snapped by award-winning local photographer Lahiru Harshana, captured in an intense, seemingly quasi-religious moment during his May Day speech. The photo seems not to have pleased the president’s team, in particular his media outfit, who according to Sanjana Hattotuwa rapidly went into overdrive in their efforts to stop Lankan media outlets publishing it once it had first been sighted. As is often the way with… More
Month: May 2025
