by Our Correspondnent in Colombo A significant disclosure was made during yesterday’s court proceedings into Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, when Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris told the court that military
During the nearly three decades of fighting Tamil separatists and two insurrections by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Sri Lanka armed forces had expanded. In three years of the final instalment
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“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer In the first instance,
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Editorial While Sri Lanka’s government continues to demonstrate its inability to confront the country’s mounting crises, the nation finds itself drifting from one emergency to another. Barely days after a major riot
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By Saturday evening (1), Mahara Prison had descended into scenes more akin to a battlefield than a correctional facility. What began as unrest around 4.00 p.m. rapidly escalated into one of the
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On 27 July 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal to raise the retirement age of judges at every level of Sri Lanka’s judiciary by two years — Supreme Court judges
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Lal Wijenayake is the first citizen to come out against the National People’s Power government. He came out against not just any government, but a government with a two-thirds majority. And a
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The debate over extending the retirement age of Sri Lankan judges—from 65 to 67 in the Supreme Court, from 63 to 65 in the Court of Appeal, and by two years in
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by Durga Velayudham “Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.” — Gordon Hewart The question confronting Sri Lanka extends far beyond whether criminal
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MCPO (GI) Rathnatunga passed away on 26 July 2026 at the age of 80. His funeral, with full naval honours, was held in Gampaha today, marking the end of a legendary Gunnery
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The release of Under the Red Triangle by Susil Hettiarachchi, former General Secretary of the Dehiwala YMCA, could hardly have come at a more symbolic moment. As more than 1,300 delegates gathered
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The Sri Lankan government argues that one immediate strategy to make some reduction in the massive court case backlog, is by utilizing the expertise of senior legal minds serving as judges now
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The Port of Colombo witnessed a landmark development in Sri Lanka’s maritime sector with the historic maiden call of MV JI ZHE 6, operated by Hongkong Jihang International Shipping Co., Ltd, at the Colombo International
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China began establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in foreign countries as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. When China launched these zones across Asia, Western media warned host countries that the
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Just hours before the NPP Cabinet formally approved the controversial constitutional amendment, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) received an unexpected boost when Lal Wijenayake, a member of both the NPP
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India has provided more than US$7.5 billion in relief and development assistance to Sri Lanka, according to an announcement by the Indian High Commission in Colombo, marking one of the most significant
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