Successive regimes failed to address the human-elephant conflict (HEC) which in turn has claimed the lives of many elephants and humans over the years.

How the National People’s Power (NPP) which had failed to secure absolute power in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) at the May 6 local government elections finally captured power of the council last Monday is still a secret.

Even though Sri Lanka has been acknowledged as a country with a satisfactory literacy rate, time has come to question whether the average Sri Lankan also falls into the categories of literate, educated and knowledgeable.

It is a known fact that the former Health Minister has been named a suspect in procuring toxic medicines which were used on people.

Half the dogs at Vihara Maha Devi Park are missing. Our staff discovered this today when they went to feed them.

Will the United States join Israel’s war on Iran? This is the biggest question today, as Iran and Israel continue their war of attrition. On the eighth consecutive day of escalating hostilities—with missiles and drones striking each other’s cit

Many moons ago, this writer was part of a conversation in which the discussion was on how to mint money. The person who was in control of the conversation was a self-made man who was running a chain of hotels. In all his hotels, wellness centres and

The task before you is Herculean and your main priority will be to root out the rampant corruption that is manifest in many forms in that institution. “Clean Sri Lanka” will mean far more to you than merely cleaning the garbage on the streets.

Imagine a loved one goes missing: your child, sibling, spouse or parent, you would do anything in your power to bring them back, or at least find out what happened to them.

In grim video footage, a female anchor was live on air, passionately espousing, when debris filled the studio with thunder in the background as the Israeli military attacked Iran’s State-run Television network.

At the recently held local government election, National People’s Power (NPP) captured power in 266 out of 339 local government bodies.The election was held on May 06.

The Inland Revenue Department recently announced that all individuals over the age of 18 are required to obtain a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

Given the ferocity of the on-going Israel-Iran war, and the hyperbolic declarations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, any talk of a rapprochement would seem farfetched.

The Board of Trustees of Jamiul Ashroff Jumma Masjid, located at No. 99 Belmont Street, Colombo 12, together with concerned residents of the area, wish to bring to the attention of Mr. Sujith Priyantha, Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Keselwatte Polic

Former Speaker of the Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, conveyed his thoughts at the 104th Birth Anniversary of the 14th Speaker of Parliament and former Mayor of Colombo, M.H. Mohamed, which was attended by family members and well-wishers, prominent mini

Barely a month after the suicide of Sabaragamuwa University student Charith Dilshan, the entire episode seems to be forgotten. There are new scandals and shocks almost on a daily basis. A disastrous bus accident, cyclonic weather and a new Covid vari

The case against certain prison officials including the Prisons Commissioner General for allegedly releasing prisoners illegally in the guise of a presidential pardon is not merely a corruption case, it is a matter of paramount importance as it conce

The recent, dramatic escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel - with reports of 200 Israeli fighter jets striking Iranian military and nuclear facilities on June 13 and Iran responding with 100 drone attacks and vows of harsher retaliation -

The Israeli attack on Iran is the most significant military development so far with the unravelling global order. This act of war by Israel on Iran is an escalation of the military conflagration in the Middle East.

In the early hours of 13 June 2025, Israel without any warning launched a large-scale strike targetting Iranian nuclear facilities. The aim of the sneak attack according to the Israeli premier was to protect Israel by preventing Iran from manufactu

The initial enthusiasm surrounding the Government’s much-publicised ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative appears to be fading. In the early days, we saw ministers, MPs, and party supporters actively participating in beach cleanups and workplace sanitat

A controversial issue of grave concern to the Tamil people of the northern and eastern provinces in recent times has been the seizure of privately owned lands by the Sri Lankan State and some of its organs.

Ramanathan Archchuna, the Jaffna District Independent MP who seems to be fond of stirring controversies, apparently in a bid for attention seeking had on June 5,

The world’s richest man–Elon Musk–was last week fighting a pitched battle with his one-time best pal–US President Trump.

A good question to ask these days is: ‘What is the value of human life in Sri Lanka’? We have enough temples, kovils, churches and mosques, but do we know, even through the application of religion, how to value human life? When we see the killing

The developments in the past few days indicate an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is imminent. The United States is not any more putting diplomatic pressure on Israel to restrain itself. The US stance seems to give a green light for the

One of the main news items in yesterday’s papers was regarding the deaths of two individuals due to suspected infection from a new COVID strain. This is amidst the healthcare sector dealing with a surge of dengue and chikungunya cases. While the nu

While the incumbent government took exemplary initiatives to declare three distinct forest complexes as forest reserves apart from conserving the home range of the unique and rare Bandula Barb in Galapitamada, another pristine landscape is currently

The recent arrest of five Jewish Rabbis—three of them Israeli—for violating visa conditions while conducting Kosher certification at a poultry plant in Mirigama has raised serious questions about the enforcement of Sri Lankan immigration law.

In an era when global rhetoric around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has hardened into polarising debate, there is a certain intellectual liberation in attempting to localise the concept within a country like Sri Lanka. Removed from the cultu