10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (621+ words) Kapila Wijegunawardene may have been a fast bowler in his playing days, but he showed an exceptional ability to duck a barrage of questions about team selections at his first media appearance as chief selector this week. After avoiding the…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (493+ words) The country is facing a multiplicity of economic and social problems that have to be resolved for its economic and social development. These structural problems cannot be resolved easily, but if they are not resolved, they would impede and hamper…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (976+ words) By Our Political Desk Mr Singh arrived in Colombo the previous afternoon leading a high-level delegation comprising senior officials from India’s Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs. A large crowd gathered to listen to the President at the…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1025+ words) The Supreme Court’s judgment last week declaring former President Maithripala Sirisena’s presidential pardon of Ven. Galagodathe Gnanasara Thero null and void is important for a reason that goes far beyond the individual involved. It is ultimately about how Sri Lanka’s…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago   (230+ words) Iranganie Manel Abeysekera, Sri Lanka’s first woman entrant to the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (then Ceylon Overseas Service), passed away on Thursday. She was 93. The funeral was held yesterday at the Borella Kanatte Cemetery. Ms Abeysekera was born on August…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1046+ words) More than 1,500 statements have been recorded so far in the ongoing investigations into the recent riots in Negombo, Mahara, Kuruwita and Magazine prisons, while concerns over prison overcrowding and delays in drug-related cases remain unresolved. The investigations by the Criminal…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (319+ words) Sri Lanka is no stranger to the destructive power of water. In November last year Cyclone Ditwah brought incessant heavy rainfall, floods and landslides across the island. More than 600 people lost their lives, while nearly one million people were affected....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (31+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka - 250+ Japanese Delegation arrives in Sri Lanka through Dr. Ruwan Perera’s ‘Little Japan’...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (833+ words) By Phuntsho Wangyel, UNFPA Representative in Sri Lanka In a village in the south, a woman in her late 70s now lives alone in the house she raised her family in many years ago. Her children have moved to Colombo and…...