US and Australian agencies say no further probe is needed into Lankan Easter attacks
Lankan government’s stance contradicts FBI and Australian police findings
Hillary Clinton’s appreciation of Dr. Muhammad Yunus in TIME
New York, April 16 -After a student-led uprising toppled Bangladesh’s authoritarian Prime Minister last year, a known leader stepped up to guide the nation toward democracy – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. Decades earlier, Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to empower the...
Easter Sunday massacre – Six years on, investigations still continue
By Mohamed Ali Sabry/Facebook Colombo, April 19 – As a lawyer, a member of the Muslim community, and a former Minister of Justice, I am compelled to express my deep concern over the continuing politicization and fragmentation of the investigations into the horrific Easter Sunday...
Maestro Lester James Peries and his movie masterpiece “Nidhanaya” (Treasure).
By, D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT The 4 K restored version of the award winning Sinhala movie “Nidhanaya”(Treasure) directed by Sri Lanka’s renowned film maker Lester James Peries was screened in Colombo at the National Archives auditorium on 7 April 2025. National Archives Director-General, Dr.Nadeera Rupesinghe said that over...
Tamil nationalism is at stake in the Sri Lankan local government elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, April 19 -The upcoming local government elections in Sri Lanka will see fierce campaigns by Tamil political parties in the Northern and Eastern Provinces where Tamils are the predominant community. For the first time in Si Lankan history, the Tamil parties...
The importance of being Pillayan
By Kassapa Colombo, April 18 (Counterpoint) – There is never a dull moment in Sri Lankan politics these days and not even the general state of inertia imposed by the Sinhala and Tamil New Year could dampen the excitement generated from the detention of Sivanesathurai...
Short-term and long-term measures Sri Lanka should take to face US tariff hike
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, April 18 – Sri Lanka is among the countries currently facing a 90-day respite from hefty 44% tariff imposition on imports announced by US President Donald Trump. This gives a breathing space to plan out short-term and long-term measures to...
The intractable India-Sri Lanka dispute over fishing
There has been no dearth of ideas to solve the problem, but practicalities and political compulsions have prevented the parties concerned from trying out the proposals
SriLankan Airlines cabin crew operating 12-hour+ flights without rest seats
During the work-to-rule action, flight attendants adhered rigidly to their official schedules and only responded to Crew Center communications within their formally assigned on-call hours.
US has no capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) – The U.S. does not have the economic capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. He said the following in his statement: In 1950 the U.S. had 50% of the...
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