by Our Correspondent in Colombo The United States has pledged a $17 million grant to help modernise digital systems at Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo, signalling renewed bilateral cooperation on trade infrastructure
Political analyst and journalist Kusal Perera has accused President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s regime of presiding over corruption worth more in two years than the total value he attributes to nine years of
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A significant discrepancy has emerged between a population figure published by Sri Lanka’s Central Bank for the Northern Province and the latest official census data issued by the Department of Census and
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Sri Lanka has recorded 38 shootings connected to organised crime so far this year, with the attacks claiming 25 lives and injuring 15 people, according to figures cited in the latest reporting
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Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
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The Pathfinder Foundation and the China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) at Sichuan University launched the Colombo Maritime Dialogue 2026 Report at a virtual ceremony on 28 September, bringing together the
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Sri Lanka’s opposition has cited a reported 16.12 per cent increase in gold pawning during the first five months of 2026 as evidence of worsening financial pressure on households. Harshana Rajakaruna, a
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A household inventory book from the official residence of Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament, Jagath Wickramaratne, has gone missing while the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is conducting an
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Lieutenant General Joel “JB” Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Pacific (USARPAC), arrived in Colombo on September 29 for engagements with Sri Lankan military officials, becoming the highest-ranking US Army
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SriLankan Airlines improved its underlying operating performance in 2024/25, but engine shortages, 487 flight cancellations, falling passenger revenue and LKR 31.6 billion in finance costs pushed the Group into a LKR 2.74
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Sri Lanka’s archaeology chief says the nearly 300-year-old casket formerly used for the Sacred Tooth Relic should be preserved as an archaeological heritage artifact, regardless of the monetary value of its gold.
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Years after Easter, the unanswered “mastermind” question has become far more than a demand for justice. It has become entangled with institutional authority, political influence and questions of financial transparency. As Cardinal
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Sri Lanka has launched a centralised digital human resources management system for the public service as the government prepares to recruit more than 120,000 additional employees this year, according to Public Administration,
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An internal investigation into an alleged large-scale fuel fraud at Sri Lanka’s Norochcholai Lakvijaya coal power plant has found that diesel worth more than Rs160 million issued for the facility was not
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Sri Lanka’s current account, which remained in surplus during the first five months of the year, has turned slightly negative in recent months as higher fuel prices on international markets increased the
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The article examines the controversy surrounding the planting of a purported Sri Maha Bodhi sapling at Vadunnagala, an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in northern Sri Lanka, by politician Sarath Weerasekara. It links
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