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Ghosts of Discord Shadow SJB–UNP Unity Vijay Demands Urgent Action on Sri Lankan Detentions Opposition Rallies Pressure for Provincial Council Elections By-Election Rumours Stir the Political Horizon With Thalapathy Vijay assuming office as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, a new North-East...

The Mawrata newspaper has learned that instructions have been issued from the top ranks of the United National Party to immediately launch a large-scale media campaign targeting Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. Accordingly, orders were reportedly...

US President Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, at the end of his two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart...

The buying and selling prices of the US dollar have reached their highest levels in two years, with the selling price surpassing 331 Sri Lankan rupees for the first time since December 5, 2023. According to the daily exchange rate...

The 17th National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony is scheduled to be held on the 19th at the War Heroes Memorial in Battaramulla under the patronage of the President.

The Department of Meteorology says that the low-pressure area located northeast of Sri Lanka continues to persist and is expected to move away from the island within the next 36 hours. According to the department, some areas in the Western,...

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is pleased to announce that Sri Lanka’s capital market has received international recognition for the quality and innovation of its Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-Linked (GSS+) bond issuances at the 2026 Sustainable Debt Awards hosted...

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa stated that wild elephants do not recognize district boundaries and emphasized that the human-elephant conflict currently seen in Kahalla Pallekele is also affecting the districts of Kurunegala, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, and Matale. He stressed that...

Charith Abeysinghe stated that the house in Malwana, which was allegedly linked to Basil Rajapaksa, was not visited by the Frontline Socialist Party, but by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).

The Inter-University Students' Federation staged a protest today (14), demanding that the land and property in Malwana, currently regarded as ownerless, be handed over to universities and the public for public use. The protesters recalled the pledge made by the...