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The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has had quite the windfall — over just four days, it raked in a whopping Rs. 600 million during the Avurudu travel surge. Some …

On April 16, 2025 the Oblate Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) issued a fresh call for a comprehensive re-investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Representing the Oblate Centre, …

As the global trade order undergoes seismic shifts under the return of Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policy, Sri Lanka finds itself in a familiar yet fragile position, it is again …

No USAID, No monitoring? As Local Government Elections approach, Are Sri Lanka’s Monitors too dependent on foreign funding to do their job? Is this just a funding issue – or …

Vinisious Obrey Fernando, 42, points at a map of Keerimundalam, a village in the Kalpitiya peninsula in North-Western Sri Lanka. “This is where my father’s house used to be,” he …

Amajor Sri Lankan bank is facing public scrutiny and regulatory questions after a catastrophic cybersecurity breach exposed more than 1.9 terabytes of data, over one million files, containing highly sensitive …

Trump slapped a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan goods, as the country struggles to dig its way out of a debt-fuelled economic crisis: On Thursday, April 3, Sri Lankans …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, (April 4-6), his first after 2019, demonstrated, beyond optics, the close ties between the two countries. Colombo, under the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna …

Sri Lanka’s police force, tasked with upholding law and order, now stands accused of perpetuating a cycle of violence and impunity that has shattered public trust. Recent incidents range from …

The phrase “The best for the children” highlights a powerful truth—children are the future of a nation. Their education, health, attitudes, and experiences today will shape society, economy, and politics …