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
Maintaining one of Buddhism’s most revered shrines now requires generating nearly five million Sri Lankan rupees every single day, according to Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the Diyawadana Nilame, or chief lay custodian, of
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Why Creativity Matters In today’s educational system, grades alone no longer determine a student’s success. Critical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to innovate have become equally important, and at the heart of
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He was a distinguished student of Royal College, Colombo 7. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Peradeniya in 1959 and subsequently enrolled at Law College, qualifying
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Sri Lanka’s security forces reported the largest drug seizure in the country’s history in 2025, confiscating an unprecedented 23,692 kilograms and 307 grams of illegal narcotics, officials said at a special media
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Sri Lanka’s government has reportedly decided to appoint M.R.K. Lenagala, the country’s Ambassador to Austria, as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signaling a significant leadership reshuffle within the
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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have reached an agreement on the appointment of three civil society representatives to the Constitutional Council, a key constitutional body responsible for
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reassigned financial control of the National Audit Office (NAO) to the Treasury Secretary. The decision comes amid a prolonged leadership vacuum in the Auditor General’s
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Sri Lanka’s central hill country experienced an unusual cold snap this week as Nuwara Eliya recorded a minimum temperature of 3.5 degrees Celsius in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 a.m. on
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Sri Lanka’s public transport safety has come under sharp scrutiny after random drug tests conducted at a major bus terminal in Colombo revealed that a significant number of drivers were operating vehicles
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Sri Lanka has taken a landmark step into the world of advanced science and technology with the inauguration of its first quantum computer, marking what academics describe as the dawn of the
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China will provide Sri Lanka with 100 luxury electric buses, a move framed as both an environmental intervention and a gesture of continued bilateral cooperation, according to Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka
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The Rebuild Sri Lanka Fund, presented by the government as a cornerstone of the country’s national recovery effort, has been thrust into sharp controversy after opposition MP Harsha de Silva publicly declared
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Editorial Attorney General made it very clear: if there is any legal issue, go to court and follow the procedure instead of initiating mob rule when you don’t get the decision you
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In a forceful and candid speech delivered at a public function, Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Minister K.D. Lalkantha challenged the widely held belief that governing is harder than being in opposition, declaring instead
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A day after the UN freshly repeated the allegation this week that sexual violence had been “part of a deliberate, widespread, and systemic pattern of violations” by the Sri Lankan military and
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