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A small group of fishermen ply the shallow coastal water along Pooneryn in northern Sri Lanka, an impoverished, remote area not far from India’s southern tip. It’s where Gautam Adani — the Indian billionaire who is Asia’s richest man and...

In a recent interview with a media outlet, one of the most prominent economists in the country, Nishan de Mel, was asked about his opinions on the tax revenue generated by cigarette usage. In response to this question, he articulated...

Tissamaharama Magistrate and District Judge Mr. Tarindu Samira Silva rejected the motion filed by the vehicle owners to release the 7 luxury vehicles in the possession of the court for illegally visiting the Yala National Park and harming wildlife. The...

President Ranil Wickramasinghe has decided to cancel the superb dinner that was planned to be given to all the ministers of the ruling party at the Kingsbury Hotel at the last moment. The government had decided to cancel the traditional...

It is reported that Mr. Rajitha Senaratne, who was rumored to be joining the government through  a planned media campaign recently that he will join the government and become a minister, is currently participating in a special meeting of the...

Backdrop Countless images of women carers flitted through April-July 2022 on Sri Lankan television screens, social media, and newspapers. Carers with young children, mothers with new-borns leaving them with equally young children while they stood in queue for gas or...

According to reports from Australian media outlets, cricket player Danushka Gunathilaka has filed a second bail application today, following his detention and subsequent allegations of four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. The bail hearing will take place on December...

Merhan Karimi Nasseri, the man who inspired Steven Speilberg's The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks, has passed away inside the Paris airport. The Iranian man lived in the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and passed away on Saturday...

It is reported that the opposition MPs are ready to question President Ranil Wickramasinghe's plan to give all the MPs of the ruling party a superb dinner at the Kingsbury Hotel tomorrow. The opposition is so ready because they want...

Dhanushka Gunathilaka is currently in a prison cell in Australia on charges of molesting a young woman. Lawyers as well as teammates are making different levels of efforts to get him bail. Meanwhile, Dhanushka Gunathilaka's mother came to Ambalangoda Beach...