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Can a timetable reduce elephant-train collisions?

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- In February, seven elephants succumbed to injuries after colliding with the Meenagaya train. On March 3, another elephant succumbed to injuries as a result of a collision with a ... Read More


Pethiyagoda copper, brass factory a threat to Kelani River

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Allegations have surfaced that a copper and brass extracting company is discharging heavy metals into the Kelani River, the main water source for Labugama and Kalatuwa. This comp... Read More


Richard, Manorani and 'Rani': Murky waters and a culture war

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The controversy sparked by Asoka Handagama's biopic 'Rani', about the lives of Richard De Zoysa and his mother Dr. Manorani Saravanamuttu, is so one-sided that I feel duty-bound ... Read More


Why make it easier to pay the government?

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- More than two decades ago, we were kicking around ideas on what would be the most attractive e-government (e-gov) services we could introduce through the new World Bank funded e-... Read More


HEC : Time is ticking as Sri Lanka tests practical solutions

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Sri Lanka lost a total of nine elephants during the first two months of 2025 as a result of elephant-train collisions. These statistics were issued to this paper by the Departmen... Read More


Court revokes travel ban on Pastor Jerome Fernando

Colombo, March 5 -- The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today lifted the travel ban imposed on Pastor Jerome Fernando. Earlier, the court had imposed the travel ban as a bail condition in connection ... Read More


Dayasiri tenders apology to NPP MP

Colombo, March 5 -- SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara today tendered an apology to NPP Member of Parliament Sugath Wasantha de Silva and all differently abled persons if they felt insulted through his recent... Read More


Suspect facing 96 cases for Rs. 140 million foreign job scam further remanded

Colombo, March 5 -- A person against whom 96 cases have been filed for allegedly defrauding Rs. 140 million by promising foreign jobs in Canada, has been further remanded today till March 19 by Colomb... Read More


Sri Lanka Cricket Spends Decade without ICC Silverware

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The ongoing Champions Trophy is the first ICC tournament in decades that Sri Lanka are not taking part. The island nation's poor showing in the last fifty over World Cup meant th... Read More


NPC rejects Acting IGP's allegations of interfering in Police affairs

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Commission informs IGP of potential constitutional crisis Challenges IGP's consultation with the Attorney General on OIC transfers In response to Acting Inspector General of Po... Read More