Wednesday 28th October, 2026 Sri Lanka takes disaster management for granted, paying it the attention it deserves only when the fear of disasters looms. Cyclone Arnab is intensifying over the Bay of ...

Last week, a survey from New Zealand caught my attention. Nearly 190,000 people took part in an online poll run by the ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Last week’s Midweek piece, headlined ‘Nobel Peace Prize for Pillay draws global attention to Eelam ...

As the world moves closer to the 2030 deadline for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a ...

Sri Lanka’s envoy in Delhi and politics of regional power by Sasanka Perera (The writer is on X as @sasmester) Diplomacy is ...

From the Tsunami to Cyclone Ditwah: by Prof. Ranjith Bandara Emeritus Professor, University of Colombo Sri Lanka’s disaster ...

The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to look into and report to the House on the matter of selecting the Electoral ...

Delhi in collaboration with the Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo launched the SAMHiTA (South Asian Manuscript Histories and Textual Archive) Palm-Leaf Manuscript Digitisation Project at the Gangaramaya ...

The government yesterday (27) denied that it had received a request from the Mahanayakes seeking presidential pardon for Ven.

Sri Lanka’s apparel exports returned to growth in September 2026, an encouraging sign for the sector. Although the nine-month ...

Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara yesterday (27) informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that indictments had been filed, in respect of the Airbus case, before the Permanent Trial-at-Bar, ...

By Sunil Gamage In Sri Lanka, ask a minister about farming and you will hear a small number: about 7 or 8 percent of GDP.