The funeral of veteran Tamil political leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan took place in Trincomalee....

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Gerry Brownlee who led a parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka shared his views on the way forward for cooperation between the two countries. He also shared his insights on the governing model in Ne

The following is an interview conducted with the Urban Development Authority (UDA) Director General Prasad Ranaweera, who was recently sacked by the Minister of Urban Development and Housing Prasanna Ranatunga.

Another alleged fraud is said to have taken place at the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd by way of awarding a tender to a bidder that the Technical Evaluation Committee rejected, citing further evaluation. This was due to noncompliance

In the backdrop where Sri Lanka has been negotiating the debts with various creditors, two international economists from Germany who were visiting Sri Lanka recently analysed that Sri Lanka isn’t an isolated case with regard to debt crisis, but the

This article is based on an interview done with Immigration and Emigration Department Controller General Harsha Ilukpitiya on the new e-passport system and new visa services that would be introduced to place Sri Lanka on the world map.

The Houthi missile attack on the US Navy aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is already history, as far as the public is concerned. But it isn’t forgotten by either the attacker....

Veteran Tamil political leader and senior Trincomalee district MP, Rajavarothayam Sampanthan passed away peacefully in Colombo on 30 June 2024. The nonagenarian Sampanthan who had been ailing for some time was listening after dinner to an audio tape

Sri Lanka School of Agriculture, located in Pelwehera, Dambulla, started around 1980. This school of agriculture has made significant contributions to the advancement of the agricultural sector in the country. Established under the Department of Agri

Fifteen years after the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end of Sri Lanka’s war, the family of LTTE leader warns about a major fraud carried out by sections of the Tamil diaspora def

For any nature lover, a path off the beaten track is an adventure on its own. An occasional call of a Malabar hornbill, a leopard’s footprint and elephant excreta add more depth to the lush terrain along this scenic route via the Wilpattu National

Sri Lankans as a whole refuse to accept the official version of analysis and what is explained as the truth. At present the biggest truth that everyone in this sun kissed island must be aware of is that the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has negotiat

Fifteen years after the death of the entire family of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the elder brother of Prabakaran and the family relations of the deceased rebel leader have urged the Tamil people

The windy roads that meander through Sri Lanka’s hill country are home to the ‘flower boys’ who gained popularity....

Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed Prime Minister on 12 May, 2022 by the then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka was...

he Sri Lankan experience of constitutional governance, in particular after 1972, is a mockery. The Constitution has been perceived....

​Currently, the world is not just discussing about development, but they are talking about sustainable development. Sustainable development should focus on conserving a country’s resources for the future. This approach is widely accepted at prese

President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the nation on Wednesday (26 June) via television regarding the current economic situation in the country and the much spoken about and severely debated topic of restructuring of foreign debt. The full speech

“POLITICS IS TOO SERIOUS A MATTER TO BE LEFT TO THE POLITICIANS “(Charles de Gaulle) “That government is best which governs least.” “The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do th

When Nirmala Priyanthi’s daughter (L. D Randima Gimhani, 13) succumbed to dengue in 2015, she said that life....

The Indian cricket team, led by Ajit Wadekar, returned home after a disastrous tour of England in 1974. This tour included the infamous “Summer of 42” second....

Captain Blood: His Odyssey was an adventure novel written by well-known writer, Rafael Sabatini, in 1922. Sabatini had a flair for creating fictional characters set against the backdrop of true, historical events. This blend of fiction and fact was r

When Hezbollah tells the Middle East’s most powerful nation, Israel, “Come on, hit me,” it demonstrates its readiness for a fight and its confidence that it could teach the enemy an unforgettable lesson. It is an aggressive challenge. The pro-I

Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of medical officers attached to the Suwaseriya ambulance service following a recent incident of assault that had transpired in Thabbowa. On June 14, officers attached to the Suwaseriya ambulance service

Election time is around the corner. A galore of promises, political grandstanding and conspiracy theories are only natural in the times ahead. The trend is already visible. The political literacy of the people who are supposed to decide, ultimately,

It was reliably made to understand that the Government is about to bring some radical changes to the existing tax appeal procedures on the pretext of expediting the appeal process and reducing the undue overtime consumed for its finalisation at pr

“We do not want to become fortress Europa,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech....

Today, Muslims all around the world celebrate the Hajj Festival at a time when the world is torn into various power blocs and has been....

Nissanka Parakrama hailing from a prominent Sabaragamuwa province family was born in Colombo on June 14,1924. He was the second son of Sir Edwin (EAP) and Lady Leela Wijeyeratne of Buddhenipola Walauwa, Kegalle. Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne served as Home M

Five years after the Easter attack, former Senior DIG, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Ravi Seneviratne in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror, said that he and his most senior officers could have avoided the attack if the State Inte