Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal has rejected a series of applications, including one filed by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, seeking permission to intervene in a writ petition brought by former State Intelligence Service
The mounting pressure from the Catholic Church over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks is pushing the government toward a major shake-up in its defence leadership. Deputy Minister of Defence, retired Major General
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Northern Province Governor N. Vedanayagan has stated that he is fully aware of the long-standing hardships faced by the people of Delft Island, emphasizing that their grievances have never been ignored and
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Thamirabarani River (Sanskrit: Tāmraparṇī), is located in the Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, South India. It is on the southeast coast of India, and it sits directly across the Gulf of Mannar from the north-western coast of
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Sri Lanka’s political landscape was dramatically reshaped in 2024, when a wave of public anger born out of economic collapse propelled President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power (NPP) coalition
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Sri Lankan authorities have arrested another group of Chinese nationals suspected of engaging in cyber-related financial crimes, intensifying concerns about a growing network of foreign cyber criminals operating within the country. The
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Former Member of Parliament Thurairasa Ravikaran has accused the government of pursuing a controversial agenda in Northern Sri Lanka, alleging attempts to seize land belonging to Tamil communities and impose a systematic
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M.A. Sumanthiran of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) declared that the Tamil demand for self-rule remains unchanged, even as his party faces the fallout of a significant electoral setback in Sri
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Iran has repatriated over 200 naval sailors in an emergency airlift from Sri Lanka, following their rescue at sea after maritime incidents off the island nation’s waters. The operation was conducted on
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Editorial Today in Sri Lanka, and many other countries across Asia, April is not simply being celebrated—it is being performed, consumed, and, in some cases, quietly misunderstood. The Sinhala and Tamil New
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In a move that is already reverberating across the strategic landscape of the Indian Ocean, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has formally acquired a controlling 51
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From 1977 to 1994, the Bandaranaike and Rajapaksa factions of the SLFP were unable to defeat the UNP government. The JVP, even through armed struggle, could not destabilize the UNP government. In
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is facing a deepening political crisis as Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody is set to resign from his post, citing ongoing legal proceedings against him. The
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Sri Lanka’s government is facing intensifying criticism for what many observers describe as a defiant and dismissive response to corruption allegations against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody, choosing to keep him in power
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Serious allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka against Hatton National Bank (HNB), a prominent private sector bank, with multiple customers claiming that the institution has been quietly
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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend…” J.R. decided to release Rohana Wijeweera from prison after reading this idea in Machiavelli’s book The Prince. If J.R. had not released Wijeweera, there
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