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
Our Navy celebrated her 75th birthday on 9 December 2025. His Excellency the President has been kind enough to award the “75th Anniversary Commemoration Medal” to all serving members of the Sri
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Canadian Tamil diaspora organizations have clearly demonstrated that they are not monolithic, even among those still supporting the idea of Tamil Eelam (a separate state for Tamils in Sri Lanka). After the
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The Parable of the Broken Window In 1850, the French economist Frederic Bastiat penned “The Parable of the Broken Window.” A boy breaks a shop window, and a glazier is paid six
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Israel has sent a consignment of emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which left a trail of destruction and caused significant loss of life across the
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by Luxman Aravind Nine days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka’s coast, the public woke to the unexpected sight of a United States military team landing in the country under the banner of
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Never waste a crisis – former Foreign Minister Ali Sabri called on the country’s leaders to use the national tragedy as an opportunity for transformative, long-term reform and reconstruction. He went on
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis deepened on Sunday as the official death toll from Cyclone Ditwah rose to 627, with 190 people still reported missing and more than
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The 1956 general election was a political deluge. That deluge swept away the UNP, then the largest political party in Sri Lanka, the way a flood sweeps away a mansion. Riding the
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The Disaster Management Center (DMC) has released its latest nationwide assessment, reporting that the death toll from the recent disaster has climbed to 611, with 213 people still missing. As rescue and
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Editorial There comes a point in a nation’s decay when words like “failure” or “mismanagement” are no longer sufficient, because they imply that people tried and merely fell short. What we witness
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This question haunts every survivor, every family member who lost a loved one, every rescue worker who arrived too late. The uncomfortable truth emerging from post-disaster analyses is clear: while the storm
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In a recent discourse in New Delhi, respected author and journalist M. R. Narayan Swamy — widely recognized for his extensive work on the LTTE, including his biography of Velupillai Prabhakaran —
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Sri Lanka was struck by severe flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, leading to road blockages, destruction of homes and loss of life. Immediately following the disaster, Chinese companies operating in
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) would remember his 58th birthday on November 24 for long as the disastrous cyclone Ditwah struck a few days later. Before the cyclone struck, heavy rains in
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the President to immediately remove all state authority allegedly being exercised from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) headquarters in Pelawatta
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