IMF team to arrive in SL on post-cyclone fact-finding mission
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) communications director, Julie Kozack, has announced that an IMF fact-finding mission will visit Sri Lanka from January 22 to 28. The team is expected to assess the damage caused by the recent Cyclone Ditwah. Kozack…
Malaiyaha community marks Thai Pongal with land & housing rights protest
Marking the auspicious Thai Pongal festival, members of Sri Lanka’s Malaiyaha (Hill Country Tamil) community gathered at Liberty Roundabout in Colombo last afternoon (15 Jan) to demand land rights, individual housing, and justice for a community that has endured generations…
Venezuela: Machado presents Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited the White House on Thursday for a closed-door lunch with US President Donald Trump. Machado told reporters after the meeting she had “presented” Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal “as a recognition…
03 high-profile suspects repatriated from Dubai
Sri Lankan police announced that two high-profile suspects linked to organized crime, along with a woman accused in a state funds misappropriation case, have been repatriated from Dubai. Police stated that two prominent criminals accused of involvement in organized crime,…
Singapore PM removes opposition leader after conviction
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stripped Pritam Singh of his title as leader of the opposition following Singh’s conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee. The decision on Thursday came after a three-hour debate on Wednesday in parliament, where lawmakers…
PM Harini urges opposition to reconsider attacks on education reforms
Prime Minister and Education Minister Harini Amarasuriya says opposition members who collude with certain groups to attack the Government over education reforms really need to think carefully. Speaking during a televised interview, PM Harini Amarasuriya responded to criticism on the…
Speaker holds bilateral talks in India
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Jagath Wickramaratne, has engaged on his maiden visit to India to participate in the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth in New Delhi. According to the Indian High Commission…
Fair weather expected in most areas of Sri Lanka today
Mainly fair weather will prevail in most parts of Sri Lanka today, according to the Department of Meteorology. Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Northwestern and Northcentral provinces and in the Galle and…
Common Platform to Protect Free Education’ Launched
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said Sri Lanka’s education system has fallen into a “tragic condition,” warning that the crisis extends far beyond the Grade 6 syllabus failure expected in 2026. He made these remarks yesterday at the Opposition Leader’s Office…
President urged to reverse promotion of officer charged in Ekneligoda disappearance
Activists and media freedom groups have protested the promotion of a military intelligence officer accused in the abduction and disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda. In a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sandya Ekneligoda, the journalist’s wife, said she learned…