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Remanding of senior public servant and former Secretary to the President, Saman Ekanayake
When justice becomes selective
Cricket across firelines – renewed South Asian solidarity in a fragmenting moment
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, February 10 -Cricket in South Asia has long occupied a space far beyond the boundaries of sport. It is cultural memory, emotional identity, and a form of diplomacy that often succeeds where formal political mechanisms fail. Through periods marked...
Pakistan to play T20 World Cup match against India, Pakistan govt announces
Islamabad, February 9 (Dawn) – Pakistan celebrates after the dismissal of Netherlands’ Max O’Dowd during the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match between Pakistan and the Netherlands at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on February 7. — AFP The...
ICC asks PCB the reason for invoking Force Majeure to boycott India game
Dhaka, February 8 (ESPNcricinfo) – The ICC has asked the PCB to explain in detail the reasoning behind an invocation of the Force Majeure clause in their boycott of the India clash at the T20 World Cup on February 15. ESPNcricinfo understands the PCB sent...
Unrepentant Sri Lankan communist “Shan” Sanmugathasan and his perceptions of LTTE and JVP.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Colombo, February 7 – Nagalingam Sanmugathasan known to many as ‘Shan” and/or “Comrade Shan” was a dynamic leader produced by the leftist movement in Sri Lanka. “Comrade” Shan was arguably the last great Maoist of Sri Lanka. His name was spelled in English...
Escalation for de-escalation: Trump’s tactic
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, February 7- The early months of 2026 have revealed that geopolitical stability is no longer anchored in treaties, institutions, or inherited norms. Instead, it is increasingly shaped by deliberate escalatory signalling—threats, tariff pressure, coercive diplomacy, and rhetorical brinkmanship—used by...
Pathfinder Foundation and Chintan Research Foundation Sign MoU
Colombo, February 6 -Pathfinder Foundation (PF) and the New Delhi-basedChintan Research Foundation (CRF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 6 February 2026 in Colombo to broaden their collaboration as independent think tanks. The Acting High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Dr Satyanjal Pandey,...
Persecuting Ranil, targeting Rajapaksas, seizing State power in Sri Lanka
By Dayan Jayatilleka/DailyFT Colombo, February 5- aSri Lanka is caught in an AKD-JVP-NPP pincer of the worst of both worlds: Far-Right economic orthodoxy; and Far-Left political techniques. The goal was stated by JVP veteran and Cabinet Minister KD Lal Kantha’s in his ‘Reading Lenin’ lecture...
The Ranil Wickremesinghe case – When a layover becomes an indictment
By Faraz Shauketally/DailyFT Colombo, February 6 – Sri Lanka has finally discovered a new unit of measurement in criminal law: the overnight transit. Not a Bond scam. Not a vanished port. Not a procurement that evaporated billions. A stopover. At the centre of this legal...
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