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PVR looks beyond Colombo with six-to-nine cinema targets

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- PVR is preparing to take its cinema business beyond Colombo, targeting six to nine properties across Sri Lanka over the next three-plus years as its first investment approaches pa... Read More


Eight-hour bus ride for blockbuster puts Jaffna on PVR's map

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- For some filmgoers in Jaffna, a Tamil blockbuster means an eight- to nine-hour bus journey to Colombo, a weekend away and, sometimes, a second viewing before heading home. Those ... Read More


Grand Hyatt heads to bidders; plans Colombo-first entry and four or five more destinations

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- US hotel group Hyatt, which has yet to open a hotel in Sri Lanka 14 years after signing its first management agreement for a Colombo property, plans to enter through the gateway c... Read More


Fake bank giveaway uses Vap Poya as bait

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- Sri Lanka CERT has urged the public not to be misled by a fraudulent social media message claiming that a leading bank in Sri Lanka is offering a special gift to mark Vap Poya Day... Read More


Professor Sarath Kodithuwakku: A Legacy Beyond the Lecture Hall

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- As Professor Sarath S. Kodithuwakku retires from the University of Peradeniya on 24 October 2026, his distinguished career reflects a lasting contribution to academic innovation, ... Read More


Gamini Dissanayake 32 Years after his assassination

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- On 24 October 1994, my father was assassinated. Thirty-two years later, I do not wish to write another article recounting the Mahaweli Development Programme, Sri Lanka's entry int... Read More


Proposed Laws Risk Entrenching State Power and Enabling Repression

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- In a statement, the National Peace Council (NPP) an independent and non partisan organisation that works towards a negotiated political solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lank... Read More


Thilina Weerasinghe and the Dark Side of Sri Lanka's Smiling Face

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- Sri Lanka has two faces - the sunny, smiling face of welcome so highly valued by foreign visitors, and the grim, unsmiling one feared by the country's own citizens. Thilina Weeras... Read More


The Gnanasara affair, ethno-religious divisions and political opportunism

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- The NPP government is probably facing the biggest challenge since it was elected to power in 2023. The present imbroglio over the disrobing of a convicted monk (Gnanasara Thero) l... Read More


Are Our Awards About Music or Marketing?

Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- Every award night tells the same story. A trending cover, someone else's song with a new beat wins "Best Performance." A viral hit wins "Most Popular." Meanwhile, living legends... Read More