As reported earlier today, the United States has pledged $17 million to modernise digital operations at the Port of Colombo. In a subsequent statement, US Ambassador Eric Meyer outlined the commercial rationale
Sri Lanka’s government is facing intensifying criticism for what many observers describe as a defiant and dismissive response to corruption allegations against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody, choosing to keep him in power
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On April 8, 2025, the Criminal Investigation Department arrested Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan — widely known as Pillayan — at the TMVP headquarters in Batticaloa. Within two days, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala stood
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by Durga This is shameless to the core. They have been bamboozled properly in homes; parents seem to have avoided guiding them. These boys must be taken away, given rest, and sent
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Serious allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka against Hatton National Bank (HNB), a prominent private sector bank, with multiple customers claiming that the institution has been quietly
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What does it mean to seek stillness in a place that refuses to be tamed? Ven. Nanda Thera, a Czech monk who renounced the world, chose the caves of Kudumbigala to confront
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The following account draws from a series of letters exchanged between Rohana Wijeweera’s mother, his younger brother Ananda Wijeweera, and the lawyer Bala Thampo during the period of intense state repression that
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Today marks 55 years since the 1971 People’s Uprising. This year’s April Heroes’ Day falls at a time when the JVP government is engaged in a strenuous effort to fulfill the lofty
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A Movement Born in the Margins Many of us shaped by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in the late 1960s and 1970s carry convictions that have never fully faded. We were young
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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend…” J.R. decided to release Rohana Wijeweera from prison after reading this idea in Machiavelli’s book The Prince. If J.R. had not released Wijeweera, there
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Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is facing a significant downturn as escalating military tensions disrupt travel and deter international visitors, officials have confirmed. Deputy Tourism Minister Ruwan Ranasinghe stated that foreign tourist arrivals
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Farmers across Sri Lanka are raising serious concerns over a shortage of urea fertilizer, warning that the situation is already disrupting cultivation activities in several agricultural regions. Farmer organizations report that the
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Sri Lankan authorities have launched a major crackdown on foreign nationals, primarily Chinese, engaged in large-scale internet-based financial fraud, with arrests now reaching into the hundreds as the cybercrime wave spreads across
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The National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has officially reported a significant financial fraud to the Colombo Stock Exchange, revealing that a group of its employees conspired with external parties to siphon funds.
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Member of Parliament Thurairasa Ravikaran has publicly questioned the effectiveness of Sri Lanka’s naval operations amid growing concerns over the increasing presence of Indian fishing trawlers in the Northern Provincial waters. Raising
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Due to the oil crisis triggered by the Middle East war, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held discussions with Indian Prime Minister Modi regarding Sri Lanka’s fuel shortages. When the country went bankrupt
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