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
by Our Correspondent in Colombo The gunshots and screams that echoed from Negombo prison in July 2026 marked a moment of profound alarm for the country’s correctional system. What unfolded inside the
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Editorial After his brief visit to the Vatican, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith returned to Colombo and told the people that they must follow their conscience. He spoke about how, throughout Sri Lanka’s modern
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Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris recently questioned in court as to why retired Air Force officer Shantha Jayathilake appeared in court wearing armed forces medals. The highly decorated war hero Flight Lieutenant
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Prison riots in Negombo have claimed 27 lives including those of seven officers and left more than 100 others injured. It is believed that a clash between a group of drug peddlers
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Foreign direct investment into Sri Lanka reached 1.044 billion dollars in 2025, according to the just-issued World Investment Report 2026 by UNCTAD, the UN’s leading body on trade and development. The figure
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The month end saw Daily Mirror blaring “More arrests of lawyers, politicians and senior police officers are likely in the near future” following the arrest of Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias Harak Kata
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This is the second and final part of this interview, the first part of which was published in yesterday’s edition. Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE, Frerks sees Sri
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo At least 26 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two consecutive days of violence at Negombo Prison in western Sri Lanka, where renewed
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For decades, Sri Lanka has been marked on the world map as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”—a tropical paradise for travelers. However, recent data and chilling revelations suggest that a dark
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What happens when a country wins a war but fails to resolve the reasons that produced the war in the first place? Can a military victory over an armed movement create lasting
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“Felix Dias, who served as Minister of Justice in Sirimavo’s United Front government, harboured an extraordinary grudge against the UNP…” That is what a veteran left-wing politician said recently. “What was the
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The U.S. Embassy in Colombo decided to celebrate America’s 250th Independence anniversary by projecting red, white, and blue lights onto the Lotus Tower, while quoting President Trump on freedom and declaring that
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What does it really mean for a nation to possess an identity of its own? Can a small state survive by copying larger and/or wealthier countries, or does imitation ultimately become a
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Sri Lanka’s military went through its bloodiest month in July 1996, thirty years ago. I lost two good friends, one in the Navy and one in the Army Special Forces, during “Operation
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The 6th Pakistan–Sri Lanka Armed Forces Defence Dialogue concluded successfully on 03 July at the Navy Headquarters within the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardanepura, Kotte, according to officials involved in the
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