Societies are not made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters by turning the scale one way or another determine the direction of the whole” Plato (The Republic) Gotabaya ...

Saturday 21st March, 2026 Trouble is said to come in threes. For Sri Lankans, it seems to come in multiples of three. Close on the heels of crippling fuel price hikes, speculation is rife that ...

From closing schools to daily limits, the surging cost of oil prompts countries across Asia to take action to ensure fuel ...

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

While the external shock of the US-Israel war on Iran (and Iran’s asymmetric regional retaliation), surely cannot be blamed on the AKD administration, the latter must definitely be blamed for the ...

COLOMBO, (IANS) – Beleaguered former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned here from Thailand on September 2 midnight. Rajapaksa, 73, returned to Katunayake International Airport on a ...

Colombo, Feb. 28 (Daily Mirror) - Former Minister and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday alleged that the arrest of Major General (rtd) Suresh Salley is a politically ...

Sri Lanka's criminal investigators arrested the country's former intelligence chief on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners.

There is a general belief among the Maha Sanga that the government had neglected them and disrespected the Buddha Sasana Perhaps the third approach of looking at the Sangha convention is as a mix of ...

COLOMBO, Feb 25 - Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department arrested on Wednesday the country's former intelligence chief in connection with the Easter bombings of 2019 that killed 279 people. A ...

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Feb 25 in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 ...

Sri Lanka's former intelligence chief, Suresh Sallay, has been arrested in connection with the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. Investigators allege conspiracy and complicity in the ...