Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are tied to its rise. The Catholic Church leader warned on Monday against “a race for ...
Tuesday 26th May, 2026 The Opposition derived perverse pleasure from the rupee’s tumble, which they apparently thought signalled the beginning of the end of the JVP-NPP rule. Its leaders gave ...
Aragalaya betrayed? ‘The treason of the intellectuals’ in the age of populism – Part II The JVP/NPP conceptualisation of the ‘Jathika punarudaya’ (national renaissance) interpreted the Sri Lankan ...
Election monitors have strongly condemned JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva’s Jaffna declaration that the long-delayed Provincial Council polls couldn’t be held this year due to financial and legal ...
Free Education has been with us for more than 80 years now. It predates independence. One of its clearest objectives was to give the people, far and wide, an equitable chance. Given the fragile ...
Those who benefited from her actions forgot her’ By Shamindra Ferdinando British citizen Kayleigh Fraser, who has been in hiding here since late 2022 following a deportation order issued by the then ...
Niluk Uswaththa, of Seven Notes fame, based in Dubai, surprised many when he and his wife Apeksha, turned up in Colombo, last week … unannounced. Yes, they had a purpose in their surprise visit … to ...
Recent rumours circulating on social media regarding a potential move to lift the ban on cattle slaughter, within the Kandy municipal limits, have been categorically denied by both the Kandy Mayor and ...
CSE trading picked-up yesterday due to a slight rupee appreciation together with positive news from West Asia that negotiations are progressing in a positive direction between the US and Iran, market ...
The Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka has approved the appointment of Yasantha Kodagoda as a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), filling the vacancy created by the retirement of former ...
The iconic Kandy Railway Station, which once bustled with thousands of commuters daily, now stands in eerie silence, having remained deserted for the past six months. This desolation follows the ...
In a significant move aimed at steering Sri Lanka’s environmental governance towards a more science-based and evidence-driven path, the Ministry of Environment has initiated a new collaborative ...