Trinity College, Kandy, symbolizes the distinctive educational environment Sri Lanka experienced under British rule, as the institution embodied Victorian values and closely followed the English public school model. Established by Rev. Richard
Editorial According to a Colombo-based newspaper report, Sri Lanka’s India-backed Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) project has reached a troubling stage after financial proposals submitted by Indian companies for the Master System Integrator
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“Our Opposition Leader is like the sacred crow’s Bo tree. You can’t cut it down because people worship it, yet you can’t leave it alone because crows keep roosting on it.” J.R.P.
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“Farming is not just a way of life; it is a way of thinking about our relationship with the earth.” This idea, echoed by generations of agricultural pioneers, captures a growing global
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Sri Lanka has introduced new restrictions banning the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured using forced labour, following a decision by the United States to impose a 12.5 per cent import
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By November 1988, JVP suspects held in prisons had begun a protest movement demanding either their release or prosecution. The protest commenced on November 3, 1988. The rebel prisoners organized themselves to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Sri Lankan government has initiated moves seeking the return of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from the United States to face criminal proceedings in Colombo, according
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For more than three decades, a woman known here as Dilhani has lived in France, raised by the couple who adopted her as an infant from Sri Lanka. She was born at
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The UN Human Rights Office has described the recent outbreak of deadly violence at a Sri Lanka jail in Negombo as “deeply alarming,” calling on authorities to establish the truth behind the
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Construction of the Kadawatha–Meerigama Expressway, a China-funded highway in Sri Lanka, ground to a halt in 2022 as the country’s economic crisis took hold. Work had begun under an agreement combining Chinese
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The deaths of prison officers and inmates during the violence at Negombo Remand Prison have taken a darker turn following postmortem findings that revealed several victims suffered
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s planned official visit to France, scheduled for July 16, has reportedly been cancelled, according to reliable sources familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because they were not
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) is in discussions to acquire a significant stake in Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka as part of a broader strategy to expand
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo For decades, Sri Lanka’s prison system has struggled with overcrowding, ageing infrastructure and operational pressures that have challenged successive administrations. A major attempt to address those structural
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“A system for speedy case resolution must be established.” — Professor Pratibha Mahanamahewa “A proper, scientific rehabilitation mechanism is required.” — Sudesh Nandimal Silva Although a discourse on prison reforms in Sri
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Editorial Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has publicly accepted responsibility for the Negombo Prison tragedy. That statement cannot be treated as a symbolic gesture made during a moment of grief. In a country
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