The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri ...

The National People’s Power (NPP) secured four seats in the Polonnaruwa District, garnering 68.67% of the total votes.

Monday 11th November, 2024 Almost all extrajudicial killings have remained unsolved in this country because they have been ...

The defeat led to a formal split in the UNP with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) emerging as a separate outfit under Sajith ...

Both the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa and former President Maithripala Sirisena had pardoned ex-terrorists, he said. Commenting on the NPP leader’s assurance that northern land held by the ...

I have always been struck by two distinct moments in history. First, in June 1865, during the tenure of President Abraham ...

The Government is confronted with many challenges including finalising debt restructuring and strictly following the ...

Sena Thoradeniya’s eye-opening essay (Lankaweb, Nov 9 th ), regarding how the English press in Colombo, and English-speaking black-white businessmen etc. are kissing the foot of AKD and giving him ...

Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA   The Institute for Development of Community Strength (INDECOS) which is based in Matara ...

A low-pressure area is likely to form over the south west Bay of Bengal today (12). Under its influence, atmospheric ...

Tuesday 12th November, 2024 Another round of promise making has come to an end with two days to go before the next general election. Perhaps, the only thing Sri Lankan politicians do ‘as if to the ...

By AJA Abeynayake The Court of Appeal yesterday fixed for Nov. 19 the consideration of a petition filed by former State ...