Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
This is a nasty, rotten business~ Robert Crandall At the outset of the discussion to follow, I must say that I have no claims to pretension that I am an expert on turning
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A serious controversy has emerged in Sri Lanka following allegations that a journalist covering a nationally significant “Walk for Peace” was assaulted and obstructed while reporting, with claims implicating a media official
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Experts and critics have described the ongoing discussion around recovering the US$2.5 million allegedly stolen from Sri Lanka’s Treasury as a “smokescreen,” raising concerns that the focus on recovery efforts may be
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has reportedly placed an order to purchase a specialised machine valued at Rs. 700 crore (approximately seven billion rupees) from German company Giesecke+Devrient (G&D) to detect
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Questions have been raised in Sri Lanka over a reported administrative decision involving the transfer of authority related to foreign debt payments from the Central Bank to the Ministry of Finance, prompting
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Vasuki Sudhagaran, North-East Director of the Organization for the Development of Eelam Tamil Women and Children, has accused individuals who previously spoke strongly in favor of Tamil national rights of now aligning
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Editorial With due respect to the monks from Vietnam and their puppy named “Aloka”, one is nevertheless compelled to interrogate the spectacle presented to the public under the banner of a so-called
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Although we humans have developed our knowledge and sciences even to go to the moon, we have terribly failed to develop methods and practices to resolve our conflicts and wars amicably, without
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Race is a social construct used to categorize humans into groups based on shared physical traits (such as skin colour, hair texture, or facial features) or ancestry. Modern science views race as
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by Our Correspondents A major leadership transition may be underway in Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, as senior sources indicate that Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith could be replaced as Archbishop of Colombo by
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Political tensions in Sri Lanka have escalated after Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, a lawmaker and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, claimed that the government is afraid to hold Provincial Council elections and
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At the 8th Indian Ocean Conference held in Oman in 2025, Sri Lanka was represented by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. During the conference, he met with India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar,
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Editorial The allegation that USD 2.5 million in public funds may have been diverted into the hands of cybercriminals is not just another passing controversy; it is a moment that cuts to
More A formal appeal submitted to the Speaker of Parliament on 22 April 2026 has intensified scrutiny over an alleged cyber-related financial breach involving the Sri Lankan Treasury, with claims that a $2.5
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The ongoing controversy over Agriculture, Lands, Irrigation and Livestock Minister K.D. Lal Kantha’s three-storeyed luxury house has intensified pressure on the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) government struggling to
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