Sri Lanka’s nationwide electricity failure on the 17th began with the sudden loss of 187 megawatts of power from the first generating unit of the Lakvijaya coal-fired power station in Norochcholai, according
by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reacted angrily after learning that Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera had been stripped of his Buddhist robes and brought before
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Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian Sivagnanam Sritharan has called on the government to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and allow Tamil communities to commemorate those
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The US Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa arrived at the Port of Colombo on Wednesday for a scheduled port visit, marking its second visit to Sri Lanka in two years and
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China has established a new military facility in Laos, expanding its overseas military footprint into a country where Beijing has historically competed for influence with Vietnam. The China-Laos Joint Support and Training
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Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
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For centuries, silence has been treated as an absence: the absence of sound, speech or response. Lola Pons argues that it is far more consequential than that. In her new book, El
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At least 280,000 people are missing in the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the list maintained by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The figure includes both Ukrainians
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Former minister Champika Ranawaka has sharply criticised Sri Lanka’s handling of Trincomalee port and its growing strategic engagement with India, arguing that Colombo is allowing major powers to shape decisions without a
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A key Sri Lanka-India meeting on illegal bottom trawling has been postponed at India’s request, with Colombo seeking a new date either before or after Sri Lanka’s parliamentary budget period because government
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Sri Lanka is recording a sustained increase in HIV infections even as global progress against the virus continues, placing the country among 21 nations where estimated new HIV infections rose by more
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Sri Lanka spent US$4.07 billion on fuel imports during the first eight months of 2026, a 61.6 per cent increase from the US$2.52 billion recorded during the same period last year, according
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Sri Lanka’s Government has called bids for 1,000 brand-new, automatic-transmission, four-wheel-drive diesel double-cab vehicles, in the largest of several vehicle and heavy-equipment procurements launched by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
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Galanagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was subject to an outstanding court warrant, has been arrested by police in the Thiniyawala area, according to reports. An open warrant had been issued by the
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Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has rejected reports that the United States has specifically warned Sri Lanka it could face sanctions if it provides supplies or services to Iranian vessels near the country’s
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Serious allegations have been made over the tendering of commercial premises at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), with claims that national procurement guidelines and financial regulations were breached and that the state could
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