By Shamindra Ferdinando The ruling NPP yesterday (21) dismissed claims of a widening rift, within the government, over the proposed 22nd Amendment. Asked whether the NPP was concerned over a section ...

What began quietly as a single-storey tourist hotel, on the edge of Katunayake-Seeduwa has, five years later, morphed into a looming five-storey cement factory and with it, a storm of fear, anger and ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Mayadunna Sri Mevan Anthony Edirimannasuriya Corea as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal. The appointment has been made ...

Halloween is celebrated in most parts of the world on 31st October. In Colombo, it has grown in popularity, especially at clubs with DJ music. Halloween is spooky, yes … but there’s nothing extra ...

Can Sri Lanka compete with China and India in Africa? By Kana V. Kananathan Former Ambassador Sri Lanka has spent decades concentrating its exports on traditional markets in Europe, North America and ...

By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca) The official narrative surrounding Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is optimistic and up-beat. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has repeatedly assured ...

Jehan Perera International Peace Day was observed on 21 September. It finds Sri Lanka with a genuine achievement to record and a demanding test to meet. The UN’s theme this year was “Invest in Peace: ...

The verdict in the case filed against 24 defendants, including the terror mastermind Naufer Mawlawi, on more than 23,270 charges, including conspiring to carry out and aiding and abetting the 2019 ...

Executive Board Member Ananda Palitha has urged the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) to join the large scale protests, planned for 25 September, to pressure the government to seek approval for the ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando A senior police official said that the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), inquiring into alleged loopholes and irregularities in the August 31 raid carried out at the Colombo ...

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, has introduced South Asia’s first 5G MiFi with eSIM capability and Wi-Fi 6 technology, offering a powerful portable internet solution for ultra ...

Counsel appearing for the first suspect in the foreign currency transfer case have urged the Attorney General to direct the FCID to investigate how police alleged, that goods, for which funds had been ...