Sri Lanka’s 2020 National Action Plan for Human-Elephant Conflict was comprehensive, but its incomplete implementation left important gaps in protecting elephants along roads and railway lines. Strategic patrols could provide a practical,
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently expressed concern over the alleged way Balachandran Prabhakaran, 12-year-old son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed, in cold blood, on 19
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The Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka has formally admitted to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka that retired Major General Suresh Sallay, the former head of the State Intelligence Service,
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In the mid-1980s, as Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict moved toward a more dangerous phase, US intelligence analysts assessed that Colombo faced a difficult choice: pursue a negotiated settlement with Tamil militants or
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I looked into the Easter Sunday attacks through a different lens, focusing less on the general narrative and more on the chain of communication, security coordination, and unanswered administrative questions that still
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Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken legal action before the Court of Appeal seeking an order to prevent his detention under the Temporary Provisions Act (Prevention of Terrorism) in connection with investigations
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The Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a series of press releases responding to recent statements by the European Union Delegation in Sri Lanka, intensifying its public criticism over sanctions, economic
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Former President and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Sri Lanka is heading towards a severe economic crisis, alleging that the current administration is steering the country towards
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A significant contradiction has emerged between the position taken by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and arguments previously advanced by the Attorney General’s Department regarding the mental
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by Durga Velayudham It is often said that governments reveal their true character not in the promises they make, but in the instruments they choose to preserve once power is secured. On
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When the Easter bomb exploded, the Rajapaksas were caught in the October conspiracy and were lost… Someone said while looking at the newspapers at the newsstand. “So you’re saying that the Rajapaksas
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The Rajanganaya Police Station in Anuradhapura District was one of the five police stations captured by the rebels during the April 1971 uprising, which took place 55 years ago. It is now
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35 years ago, in 1991, I was selected to one of the prestigious sea appointments in Sri Lanka Navy. After a short familiarisation course, I was appointed to P 467 (old pennant
More Government politicians are giving a running commentary of the investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks. They usually do so in Parliament and at media briefings to generate headlines and distract attention
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The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka from 15 to 24 June, marking its first visit to the country in seven years, to
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The United States Navy littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived at the Port of Colombo on June 12, the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka announced, marking another scheduled stop in
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