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
Dr. Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will visit Sri Lanka from June 15 to 16, 2025, in what marks a significant and symbolic
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The local government (LG) election was scheduled to be held in February 2022. At the time, Ranil, who had entered Parliament via the national list, believed that if the LG election went
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Editorial This is not a mere administrative blunder or isolated misdeed. The recent exposé revealing that Anuradhapura Prison officials, under the facade of presidential clemency, deliberately released dangerous felons with forged documents,
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For around 16 years, the country had been unable to host a national exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Even when Ranil Wickremesinghe served as President and attempted to organise one, those
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Editorial On a sultry afternoon, under the cracked sky of a country disfigured by generations of theft and mediocrity, a decades-old Airbus A330-200 took a slow, theatrical descent into Katunayake. It flew
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Sri Lanka’s trade deficit expanded to USD 717.5 million in April 2025, marking a significant year-on-year increase from USD 557.7 million recorded in April 2024, according to the latest data released by
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Keeping in line with the ethos of what Venerable Rahula stood for all his life, his guiding beliefs, ideals and practice of what he believed in, primarily the freedom to think critically
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India came into conflict with J.R. Jayewardene’s government when it decided to lease the Trincomalee oil tanks to a Singaporean company. Not only J.R.’s administration, but also those of Sri Lanka’s first
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The month of May saw President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (also known as AKD) coming to terms with the pleasures and pains of democracy in action. This was brought out starkly in two
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A grave public health crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka as the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has released a damning report exposing dozens of widely-used beauty and
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Editorial The recent influx of Bangladeshi immigrants into the suburban zones of Colombo, particularly around Katunayake and its adjacent environs near Bandaranaike International Airport, demands urgent and dispassionate scrutiny. What has thus
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The 2025 Dragon Boat Festival China–Sri Lanka Friendship Cup Dragon Boat Championship was held recently in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The event was attended by Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, Sri Lanka’s Minister of
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor in Colombo A wave of frustration is sweeping through several foreign diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka, as envoys publicly voice their outrage over what they describe as
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Prabhakaran showed greater interest in Sri Lanka’s mineral sands than previous Sri Lankan governments. He instructed the LTTE not to attack the country’s mineral sand resources. At the same time, he blocked
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka, struggling to cope up with the deepening economic-political-social crisis, agreed, in late July 2024, to implement an IMF-led economic recovery programme, backed by Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Having self-declared
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