The 2026 national budget marked a historic policy shift in Sri Lanka’s development trajectory. For the first time, the President allocated a dedicated budget line—LKR 100 million—for the establishment and advancement of the Blue Economy sector. Although Sustainable Development Goal 14- Life below water was introduced globally by the United Nations in 2015, no Sri…

The sea off Sri Lanka’s northwestern coast does not merely hold water; it holds ghosts. For two thousand years, this stretch, known in Sinhala as “Muthu Halawatha” —the Pearl Coast—was the engine of empires, the source of the epithet “Pearl of the Indian Ocean.” It was here, in the Gulf of Mannar on the continental…

With a heart full of pride and a touch of sorrow, I pen down this final editorial of oceanlust e-Magazine — a journey that has spanned more than five remarkable years. What began as a passionate idea, driven purely by love for the ocean and the will to make a difference, has now reached its…