The Kivul Oya project will inundate an area of 26 square kilometres of thick prime jungle. Preserving this existing forest is essential not only for the Northern Province but for the entire country.

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Maj. Gen. (Retd) Suresh Salley is facing three main allegations in connection with investigations related to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the ...

Former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over the alleged acceptance of a ...

Lanka Coal Company (Pvt) Ltd (LCC) has extended its bid closing date for the emergency procurement of 300,000MT of coal, as an emergency hasn’t yet arisen, authoritative sources told the Sunday Times.

Sri Lanka took three actions in the wake of Easter Sunday attacks. It increased the military presence, arrested suspects linked to National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) and banned extremist groups. Zahran ...

Three Churches and four Hotels in Colombo,Negombo and Batticaloa were attacked in the morning of 21st April 2019 (Easter Sunday) by suicide bombers belonging to an Islamic radical group. 270 persons ...

The ongoing marital dispute between Tamil actor and politician Vijay and his wife Sangeetha Sornalingam has taken a fresh turn, with his estranged wife filing a new petition in court seeking ...

After the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran last week, Colombo called on “all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint” and to de-escalate tensions. The government has so far not ...

“There is a drop in performance [at Lakvijaya],” Energy Ministry Secretary K.T.M. Hemapala told the Sunday Times. “We have to acknowledge it. The energy the plant usually supplies the grid is 810 MW ...

Amid growing concern over regional implications of the war in West Asia, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath arrived in New Delhi on Thursday (March 5, 2026) to attend ‘Raisina Dialogue’, the ...

But most baffling and paradoxical is the inaction of current President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to implement change at SLC despite being a vocal critic against the conduct of cricket officials when he ...