During an operation conducted in the wee hours of Tuesday (23 Dec 25), the Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing trawler  and apprehended 12 Indian fishermen, while they were poaching in Sri Lankan ...

Wednesday 24th December, 2025 Climate change has upended long-held theories about cyclones in the equatorial regions, and Sri Lanka, which was once considered reasonably safe from such severe weather ...

When governments panic, they legislate. When they legislate in panic, they create monsters. Australia’s world-first ban on social media for under-16s, which came into force on 10 December, 2025, is ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 DECEMBER 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 December 2025 by the Department of Meteorology  Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Sabaragamuwa and Central ...

Stripped of the captaincy on the eve of a World Cup, Charith Asalanka finds himself skating on thin ice. Suddenly, runs are not just runs; they are legal tender. In a game that is brutally ...

The Bar Association, in a letter dated 22 December, has asked President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to appoint a person with proven competence, integrity, and independence—who commands wide acceptance, ...

A coordinated environmental cleanup programme was conducted recently at the Maha Oya–Kammalthota Estuary, in Kochchikade, removing substantial debris and waste deposited by the recent floods along the ...

Sri Lanka has launched a National Digital Signing Framework, a foundational initiative paving the way for paperless governance. This strategic move eliminates the need for physical signatures and ...

A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka in women’s T20Is. Despite that, the manner in which India have swept Sri Lanka aside two games in a row ...

The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SoC)on Economic Development and International Relations recently examined the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill and the proposed amendments thereto.

India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. Subramaniam Jaishankar, met with the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, on 23 December at Temple Trees, during his visit to Sri Lanka as the ...

Sri Lanka is standing on the edge of a coastal catastrophe, with the nation’s lifeline rapidly eroding under the combined assault of climate change, reckless development and weak compliance, Director ...