Two men arrived on a motor cycle at the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha office on the morning of 22 October 2025. Weligama is a coastal town in the Matara district of Sri Lanka’s southern province.It is ...

October 1990 was the month in which the Tamil speaking Muslims of the Northern province were forcibly expelled en masse by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) 35 years ago. This two-part ...

Twenty-five years have passed since the World’s first woman prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike passed away on 10 October 2000. Parliamentary elections were being held on that day and the grand old ...

October 1990 is a cruel and unforgettable month in the history of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Muslims. It was in October 1990 that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamn (LTTE) forcibly expelled the ...

Today (16 September 2023 ) is the 23rd death anniversary of Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff, the legendary leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). He was the Cabinet Minister in charge of ...

Lakshman Kadirgamar’s 18th death anniversary was observed last Saturday. The former foreign minister fell victim to a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) sniper in Colombo on 12 August 2005.

The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and ...

In recent times, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been making headlines with his candid and outspoken remarks on critical geopolitical issues during his foreign visits. His latest interview with DW ...

History was made 65 years ago in July 1960 when 44 year old Sirimavo Bandaranaike assumed office as the prime minister of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon. Sirimavo shattered a glass ceiling by becoming ...

The media spotlight is focused to a great extent on Jaffna District Parliamentarian Sivagnanam Shritharan these days. The 55 year old former school principal has been elected as the president of Sri ...

“…it is not the elimination of racialism or nationalism that we want in this world today; it is the harmonisation of nationalism and racialism for future progress ...

Memories of the 33 year long war between the armed forces of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) are slowly receding nowadays. The LTTE ,known generally as the tigers, was formed ...