Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was confident of a victory as polls closed in Thursday’s snap legislative ...

Tisaranee Gunasekara “The future is cloth waiting to be cut.” Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have ...

A distinguished alumnus of Trinity College, Kandy, Ahmed Mahir Didi recently donated Rs. five million for the college Chapel Restoration Project. He is a Maldivian national now based in the Seychelles ...

Neville Ladduwahetty During the 57th Session of the UNHRC, Sri Lanka restated its opposition to HRC Resolution 51/1; a ...

Therefore, the President Maithripala Sirisena taking into account the changed situation vis à vis the Yahapalnaya government, finding the country without a Prime Minister and therefore a government , ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has issued a gazette notice banning the transport, slaughter and sale of pigs infected with African Swine Fever as part of efforts to combat an outbreak. The orders will be ...

Mr. Ratnayake continued despite the interruptions, insisting that he never abandoned party leader Mahinda Rajapaksa and that he “did not ... seized on the scenes to say that the country was back in ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the New Magazine Prison in Welikada yesterday (25) to meet with former MP Johnston Fernando, who was remanded on 23 October. Fernando was arrested by the ...

When President Biden showed his age and stumbled through the June presidential debate, I was among the first commentators to call on him to withdraw from the race. So what about the 78-year-old ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the Prime Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena, a short while ago. The unexpected announcement comes just minutes after the United ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s eldest son and crown prince of the Rajapaksa ... Unfortunately, D.M. Rajapaksa died at the age of 49 in May 1945. His eldest son Lakshman born in July 1924 had not even reached the ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Welikada Prison today (25) to meet with former Minister Johnston Fernando, who is currently in remand custody. Fernando was arrested by the Criminal ...