2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1362+ words) With the ongoing Nallur Kandaswamy temple festival in Jaffna, thousands of devotees, both from the diaspora and across the island, are visiting the northern cultural city despite the scorching sun these days. Unlike in the past, huge crowds of devotees…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (805+ words) The reason for the PCB’s anger was simple. The interview in question was with the sons of Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister who is now in jail, where he is at risk of dying. Imran is an opponent of…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (855+ words) But there is another question which should concern every citizen: what has happened to the quality of public debate in Sri Lanka when an issue as fundamental as the independence of the judiciary is reduced to personal attacks, political accusations…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (319+ words) Biography traces Maj. Gen. Milinda Peiris’ journey from battlefield to military diplomacy, leadership and KDU When the Kantale Tank bund breached on April 20, 1986, sabotage was widely suspected. Captain Milinda Peiris, then serving in the area, witnessed the disaster unfolding. As…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (860+ words) By our Political Desk President distributes title deeds to beneficiaries of an Indian Housing Project in Badulla The SLPP, for its part, is also moving to match the NPP campaign by planning to hold larger-scale meetings in the main towns…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (987+ words) Watching Sri Lanka’s unfolding tragi-comic drama even from this distance seems like sitting in a box seat. It appears so close. Except that it is so fast-moving that even Donald Trump cannot keep pace with his disappearing White House staff…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (848+ words) I thought of writing to you because it is 5 years since you left us suddenly, becoming an unexpected victim of the Covid pandemic. You are hardly remembered today, despite the lasting impact of what you did while at the height…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1256+ words) After days of intense buildup, the Trump administration has unveiled what it calls “economic D-Day” against Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed the toughest sanctions campaign in history, following President Donald Trump’s threat to “crush” Iran with economic warfare…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (152+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka US ambassador-designate meets Lankan envoy in Washington The new United States Ambassador-designate to Sri Lanka, Eric Meyer, met Madhuka Wickremarachchi, the Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. on Thursday…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (914+ words) In responding to the criticism by the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, on the proposed 22nd Amendment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has cited recommendations made by her predecessor to defend the government’s…...