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
Sri Lanka has recorded 105,097 dengue cases so far this year, with the death toll rising to 79, according to the National Dengue Control Unit, which released the figures yesterday. The Western
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As mentioned in the previous article, in the mid-1960s, six groups, including the JVP, broke away directly from the Chinese wing of the Ceylon Communist Party led by N. Shanmugathasan. Including these
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US Ambassador Eric Meyer presented a master’s degree from the US Naval Postgraduate School to Sri Lanka Navy Lieutenant Commander Piyumi Kathriarachchi on Monday, recognising her outstanding academic performance and achievements during
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Sri Lanka’s senior Buddhist prelates deserve credit for ending the ten-day protest without overturning a court ruling. Yet the episode reveals how religious authority can be exploited for political ends, how vengeance
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Former Sri Lankan parliamentarian Gevindu Cumaratunga has called on the government to explain the objectives of its proposed new Constitution, questioning what Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya means by an “all-inclusive” constitutional framework
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Sri Lanka has provided medical assistance to 27 Iranian sailors who fell ill aboard Iranian crude oil tankers anchored off the country’s southern coast, with the crew members evacuated to shore and
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Sri Lanka is expected to experience continued rainfall over the next several days as a depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, the Department of Meteorology has
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Sri Lanka risks losing its place in the emerging international order unless it accelerates technological modernisation, expands its
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Sri Lanka is unlikely to pursue new barter trade arrangements in the foreseeable future as its tea-for-oil agreement with Iran approaches completion, with the Sri Lanka Tea Board citing exporters’ liquidity concerns,
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Sri Lanka plans to replace the existing net-accounting system for rooftop solar electricity consumers with a mechanism that offsets generation against consumption in real time, as the Government seeks to reduce electricity
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Sri Lanka has suspended the formal declaration of newly identified forest reserves in the Northern Province until outstanding land ownership and boundary disputes are resolved, while moving ahead with plans to release
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Sri Lanka raised Rs. 80.6 billion through its Treasury bill auction on Wednesday, 21 October, falling Rs. 19.4 billion short of the Rs. 100 billion offered, as the Government accepted most funds
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Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has said he is prepared to spend 500 days in prison, rather than the 50 days he says he has already spent in custody, if his continued
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Sri Lanka is holding 1,454 prisoners who cannot afford to pay their fines, the country’s Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara, told parliament on 21 October, adding that the government
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Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has refused to disclose diplomatic records concerning trade barriers, export delays and efforts to address the trade deficit with Pakistan, citing potential harm to diplomatic relations. The refusal
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