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History of teams pulling out of matches in ICC men’s tournaments
By Kanishkaa Balachandran/The Hindu Bengaluru, February 5 – The ICC T20 World Cup is yet to begin, and we already have one team, Bangladesh, being withdrawn from the tournament, and Pakistan boycotting its match against India in Colombo. Bangladesh had requested to shift its matches...
Role of Jaffna Youth Congress in the struggle against British rule
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Colombo, February 5 - The resplendent Island of Sri Lanka celebrates her seventy- eighth anniversary of Independence from Britain today – February 4th 2026. However some Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist parties and civil society organizations have declared Feb 4th as a “Black Day”...
Thambithurai Muthukumarasamy’s journey from Jaffna student activism to global human rights advocacy
Muthukumarasamy, who was 17 when he, along with other Jaffna University students, was arrested for joining the Tamil struggle and eventually became a global campaigner of human rights, died in Washington DC on January 19.
Pakistan’s partial India boycott sends shockwaves through ICC revenue
Dhaka, February 2 (TOB) – The cricket world is heading toward an unusual situation after Pakistan decided not to play India in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup following a government directive. The Pakistan government has said the team will still take part in...
100 years after SWRD Bandaranaike’s clarion call for federalism
By DBS Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, January 31- The agreement signed by S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and S.J.V. Chelvanayagam on 26 July 1957 was a significant event in the political history of post-independence Sri Lanka. Dr. Rohan Edrisingha in his illuminating essay ‘Federalism: myths and realities’ makes the...
Priorities for Sri Lanka in a fading international order
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 31- The world is entering a period in which the foundational assumptions of the post-1945 international order no longer hold. Mechanisms that once anchored global stability are eroding; international law, long regarded as a shield for small states,...
Sri Lanka has huge potential despite disaster – IMF Asia Chief
He noted strong public appreciation for govt’s actions during his journey outside Colombo, says Krishna Srinivasan
High Commissioner of India H.E. Santosh Jha’s Speech at the evening reception in connection with the Indian Republic Day, January 27, 2026
Venerable Members of the Clergy, Our Chief Guest, Honourable Minister of Health and Mass Media,Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, Respected Former Presidents of Sri Lanka, Honourable Ministers of the Government of Sri Lanka, Honourable Governors, Honourable Members of Parliament and Judiciary, Fellow Members of the Diplomatic corps, Officials...
Devastating effect of air pollution on lives and economies of South Asia
World Bank suggests ways to arrest the trend, stressing unhindered regional cooperation
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