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
The following article was originally printed in a supplement published by Ceylon Today, a Colombo-based daily newspaper. by A Special Correspondent No atrocity—no matter how ideologically framed or contextually rationalised—can ever be
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Six years after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, a new report by the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) reveals that Rs. 350.7 million
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Editorial The radiant dawn of Easter morning, once the quintessential emblem of hope, redemption, and divine renewal, has become entangled in a tapestry of contradictions. No longer solely a solemn paean to
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Former State Minister and Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, commonly known as “Pillayan,” has made a startling claim in his recently published book Easter Massacre:
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We studied together at the Royal College. He was two batches senior to me, but we were in the same Royal College Cadet Platoon. He was our cadet Sergeant in 1978 Platoon.
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Editorial Each April, across Sri Lanka and parts of South and Southeast Asia, a curious synchrony unfolds. As bureaucrats and bankers in the West scurry toward quarterly profits and digital calendars blink
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Batalanda and the torture chamber run there in the wake of the JVP’s second adventure between 1987 and 1989 has received a great deal of publicity, particularly in the electronic media, in
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Sri Lanka’s education system is in the midst of a growing crisis, with a severe shortage of teachers, particularly in urban national schools, according to the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU). The country
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued a strong warning over the emergence of an extremist ideological movement within parts of the Muslim community, referred to as “Super Muslims.” Speaking at
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Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, a significant diplomatic discussion took place between Chinese officials and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, according to Mawurata News, Sinhalese-language weekly publication
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Multiple interviews with the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], Mohamed Naufar, one of the key leaders of the Islamic State (ISIS) cell responsible for the devastating
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC In an extraordinary affidavit submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the United States government, through the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Editorial In recent weeks, the conduct of government prosecutors in Sri Lanka has become a subject of increasing disquiet, as the once-distinguished office of the Attorney General is slowly metamorphosing into a
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Editorial There you go, Mr President. Though overdue, this initiative is timely and necessary. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s call for an all-party conference to address the deepening ramifications of global trade dynamics,
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Exclusive by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is on the verge of losing its Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus) status, with an urgent warning from the European Union. A
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