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DEGREES OF DEFAULT: FUTA rejects claims of a Rs. 3.5 bn academic loss

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- A parliamentary probe into unpaid study bonds has triggered a sharp debate over state-funded brain drain. The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) flagged Rs. 3.5 billion in ou... Read More


Timely Integration Building a National Research Centre for an Island nation's security

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's directive to integrate the research and development arms of the Army, Navy, and Air Force marks a long-overdue shift toward modernising Sri L... Read More


A Walk-Through Nalanda's educational trail, 1967-1979

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Chinthananda Abeysekara, now domiciled in California, USA, and I joined the school together many years ago in 1967. Though geography has long separated us, technology keeps us in... Read More


Sixth publication of Praja Kavi Mission: Poetry collection titled 'Windana' launched in Australia

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- The sixth anthology of poetry published under the Praja Kavi Mission, 'Windana' was launched on August 16, 2026 at the Acacia Ridge Community Hall in Brisbane, Australia. The Pr... Read More


Dispelling myths from the soil of Nakiyadeniya

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Winding through the lush southern foothills of the Galle district towards the Nakiyadeniya estate, the visual reality on the ground immediately shatters the apocalyptic narrative... Read More


Why Sri Lanka should decriminalise homosexuality - irrespective of GSP+

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- The European Union has outlined a set of recommendations for Sri Lanka to comply with in order to continue its preferential access to the EU market under the GSP+ trade programme... Read More


Govt. finally breaking the drug mafia

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- For decades, Sri Lanka sat at an agonisingly strategic crossroads in the Indian Ocean, acting as a vital maritime trade route and a fertile transit hub for international drug car... Read More


Lethargic institutions vs. Right to Information letters

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Local governments -- there are some 325 municipalities, urban councils, Pradeshiya sabhas & 9 Provincial Councils spending around Rs. 6 billion in 2026. There are many SLAS offic... Read More


SL envoy seeks stronger India partnership while safeguarding sovereignty

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Mahishini Colonne has stressed the need to protect Sri Lanka's sovereignty, territorial integrity and strategic autonomy while further stre... Read More


NMSJ warns 22A could place SC in conflict of interest

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has urged lawmakers to reconsider the proposed extension of the terms of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges, warning that th... Read More