The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has alleged that extrajudicial killings were taking place, regardless of repeated government assurances to the contrary. Executive Director of ...

Youtuber Chamuditha Samarawickrema yesterday (29) said that that he would soon move court against an injunction obtained by Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, last year in respect of a ‘Truth with ...

Sri Lanka surrendered to an innings and 217 run defeat in Antigua as the batting folded with barely a whimper. Full credit to the West Indies fast bowlers. They may not be as terrifying as the ...

Central Province health officials have stated that the spread of dengue has increased in the Kandy District. Accordingly, the health authorities have identified the following areas as high-risk dengue ...

Ltd (CDS), a subsidiary of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), has announced new measures aimed at protecting dormant CDS accounts that have remained inactive for three years or more. The measure will ...

Limited (TFGL), in partnership with Good Life X (GLX), actively repositions the invasive Water Hyacinth via the lens of responsible management and utilisation to turn the environmental threat into a ...

Prof. Prathiba Mahanamahewa has said that tangible measures should be taken to prevent law enforcement officers from fabricating evidence to justify arrests. In spite of this illegal practice ...

In homes across Sri Lanka, a quiet tragedy unfolds daily. Children once filled with curiosity and play now sit glued to screens, their laughter replaced by the glow of notifications and endless ...

Several months ago, I contributed a piece to these columns on the unspeakable horrors of Dutch slavery in Suriname. As the period of Dutch rule of Sri Lanka (1658 – 1796 ) by and large, fell within ...

Irrespective of his many achievements as England’s Test captain, Ben Stokes heads off into retirement knowing that, for four ...

Gabriel Martinelli scored the winner late in injury time to give five-time champions Brazil a 2-1 win over Japan in the World Cup round of 32 in Houston. Martinelli, who had come on as a second-half ...

America’s war of choice on Iran has spread across the Indian Ocean World and maritime Silk Route. Starved of oil and gas South and Southeast Asia’s emerging economies have seen local currencies fall ...