Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
A series of arrests across Manipur has renewed attention on the recruitment, financing and logistical activities of PREPAK and PREPAK-Pro. Police allegations link suspects to recruitment drives, extortion and attacks on political
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A former member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has told a three-judge High Court in Colombo that journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda discussed the killing of a former president and several
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Russia has requested that Dutch authorities hand over Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), after a Moscow court sentenced her to prison in connection with the tribunal’s arrest warrants
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Mon dieu! Quel bordel, as say the French. France, the home of reason and logic, is consumed by riots. How can a nation with such advanced education be in such a mess?
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A CID investigation reveals 408 arrests from illegal call centres, including 284 Chinese nationals, as international scam networks increasingly use Sri Lanka to run sophisticated financial frauds, phishing and “pig-butchering” operations.
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The return of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera to prison has revived an old confrontation between religious influence and judicial authority. His contempt case, examined alongside landmark rulings from Sri Lanka, Britain, the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha has urged Sri Lanka’s Commissioner-General of Prisons not to remove the robe of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, whose arrest and imprisonment followed the confirmation of his prison sentence by Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on 5 October 2026, has spent
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo On Friday, 2 October 2026, investigators attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a motion before the Court and informed Court that retired Major General
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Frank Strada, the head of Tennessee’s prison authority, will resign his post days after the failed execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Strada is expected to
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Galanagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was subject to an outstanding court warrant, has been arrested by police in the Thiniyawala area, according to reports. An open warrant had been issued by the
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The Sallay case has become larger than one former intelligence chief. The UN’s intervention exposes questions about the evidence behind his detention, allegations of torture, political conspiracy narratives and the responsibility of
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A critical examination of the growing expectations placed on prison monitors—and the dangerous gap between identifying abuse and changing the system that produces it.
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Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other technology leaders have signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing participating companies to a four-layer framework of internal controls, monitoring, independent evaluation and
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Senior Additional Solicitor General Haripriya Jayasundera, PC, requested the Trial-at-Bar ahead of the declaration of its verdict that those found guilty should be dealt with in a manner that would serve as
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