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Restraining order issued on Kotte MC over noise pollution

Colombo, April 21 -- Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Rathnayake issued a conditional restraining order against five individuals, including the Municipal Commissioner of the Sri Jayawardenepura K... Read More


Visiting hours extended as devotees surge

Colombo, April 21 -- Over 100,000 devotees have arrived in Kandy today (21), marking the fourth day of the historic exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, which is being held after a 16-year hiatus. A... Read More


CEB ends renewable energy curtailment ahead of schedule

Colombo, April 21 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that the renewable energy curtailment, which began on April 10 ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year holidays due to reduced electri... Read More


Biases on Political Violence

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Terrorism, in any form, is a threat to democracy. Whether it comes from the north or the south, whether it wears the guise of ethnicity or ideology, the act of terrorizing a dem... Read More


The US tariffs and Lanka's weak-kneed response

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- During the past weeks the US began imposing unprecedented tariffs against all countries big and small. It cares not, what the fallout of its action would have on the countries c... Read More


Six Years Gone..., Yet Justice Worn...!

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Six years have elapsed since the horrific Easter Sunday carnage on April 21, 2019, that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, leaving a trail of devastation an... Read More


Bandung to Colombo: Non-Aligned Movement and our Times

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Speaking of Sri Lanka's international relevance, I can't think of a more important moment than when Sri Lanka hosted the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Conference in August 1976. Th... Read More


Defence Pacts with India and Need for Openness

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- In April 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka resulted in the signing of seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between New Delhi and Colombo. These... Read More


Easter Sunday carnage : Interest groups question why crucial information on extremists was ignored by authorities

Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Taslim's story Mohammed Razzak Taslim, from Danagama, Mawanella is a social activist who had been committed to uplift livelihoods of people in his community. Since 1997 he had... Read More


Namal accuses Govt of politicising Easter attacks

Colombo, April 21 -- SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa accused the current Government of exploiting the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks for political gain ahead of the Local Government elections. In a statemen... Read More