by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Sri Lanka can claim credit for producing ‘political firsts’; with pride, for electing the first female Prime Minister in the world, Sirimavo Bandaranaike; not so, though it may be unique in history, for electing Ranil Wickremesinghe as President in spite of his failure to retain his parliamentary seat at the last […]

MILO Football Champs 2024 Sixteen teams from Mannar qualified from the first leg of the MILO Football Champs 2024 – Northern Province (under 10 and under 12) tournament held in the Mannar District on Saturday. The first leg of the tournament in Mannar drew 64 teams, including 16 girls’ teams. The tournament held under two […]

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya spoke to WION’s diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal on the sidelines of Raisina Dialogue 2024 in New Delhi.Balasuriya weighed in on several issues ranging from the India-Lanka relationship, Colombo’s ties with China, tourism, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and more. While speaking on China, Balasuriya said that “both countries [&...

Minister of State for Tourism  Diana Gamage acknowledged that events that emanated noise should be conducted within a soundproof environment without causing any inconvenience or disturbance to other tourists who are here to relax, residents of the area and other businesses inasmuch its necessity

by Roshen Steelman NKAR Travels and Tours (Pvt) Ltd, a premier travel agency and leading name in the Sri Lankan tourism industry, has reaffirmed its commitment to sports development in the country by stepping up as the main sponsor for Isipatana College’s rugby team for the upcoming season. This significant partnership was officially announced during […]

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FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, arrived in Sri Lanka, Sunday, on a three-day visit to participate in the 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific. Government Ministers and Heads of Delegations from as many as 46 Member Nations are gathering in Colombo for the event. Sri Lanka is hosting the […]

The Friday Forum has made a welcome reappearance after a somewhat long absence, an event which we warmly welcome. We carry the statement the group released a couple of days ago in this issue of our newspaper and urge readers to digest the commentary set out with due diligence. Its signatories are persons of the […]

Rex Clementine in Dambulla Following the World Cup flop, there were concerns in which direction Sri Lankan cricket would go, but four series wins inside two months have calmed those fears. More importantly the fans are back at the grounds. There was a gradual increase during the ODIs at Pallekele culminating with over 14,000 fans […]

Drought threatens until mid-April, urgent health and environmental measures required Weather in Sri Lanka will be drier than usual until mid-April due to El Niño and The Indian Ocean Dipole, Director General of Meteorology, Athula Karunanayake said. According to Karunanayake the country’s Met Department predicted these developments in 2023 and had urged the government to […]

Sri Lanka, like many other island nations, continues to suffer from the devastation that is climate change. As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, the nation s farmers are struggling to cope with crop failures and lost income.

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“The struggle for freedom for the people of Sri Lanka was not over with the country gaining independence in 1948. The freedom struggle must continue until every Sri Lankan believes and feels that he is an equal citizen of the country of his birth. This was stated by Director of the Walpola Rahula Institute of […]

Dr. Elias Joseph Jeyarajah, represented the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) at the recent launch of district level workshops for ‘National Conversation’ based on the Himalaya Declaration. The first inter-religious coordination committee promoting conversations on the merits of the Himalaya Declaration was held in Kurunegala on February 09. In spite of opposition from various quarters, particularly [̷...

ECONOMYNEXT —The process followed in enacting Sri Lanka’s controversial Online Safety Act (OSA) raises serious questions on law-making and its impact on constitutional democracy, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) said, urging the government to replace the act with a law that “genuinely addresses” concerns on online safety. Claiming that the process of drafting the […]

Twice, the crowd roared as the dawning realisation of what was about to happen spread like waves amongst them but by the third time, they definitely knew what was coming. For cometh the hour, cometh Akram Afif. After positioning himself to take the 21st-minute penalty that would open the scoring in Qatar’s 3-1 win over […]

US President Joe Biden has angrily criticised an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and said he struggled to recall key life events.

The ‘Centre of Excellence’ at the Dambulla Stadium, a significant milestone in the “National Cricket Development Pathway” program aimed at providing equal opportunities to talented Sri Lankan cricketers was inaugurated on Monday (05). The event, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, showcased his commitment to fostering the growth of cricket in the country. President Wickremesinghe, unveiling...