In July 1998, Corporal Somaratne Rajapaksa and some other soldiers were convicted for the rape and murder of a Jaffna schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and the killing of her family. Rajapaksa ...

Don Bradman bestrode the world of cricket like a Colossus in the mid-twentieth Century. He became the toast of Cricket lovers in the then British Empire after he scored an unbeaten 452 for New South ...

Shritharan worsened the situation further by adopting combative tactics against the party. A glaring instance was in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential elections. While the ITAK overtly supported Sajith ...

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga ...

If the SJB continues to blunder and dither, come 2029, it will find itself outsmarted again, this time by a rejuvenated SLPP and a Candidate Namal who appeals to the primordial fears of a disenchanted ...

Did the LTTE get the Idea of Suicide Bombers Using an Explosive Packed Belt from Author Frederick Forsyth’s Novel ” The Negotiator”?

How Tiger Intelligence Chief “Pottu Ammaan” , His Wife and their Three Sons Died in the Final Phase of the War.

The Garden City of Colombo is gasping its last breath, but what remains, is still, a capital city with more charm and character than many. All it needs to revive, is a cocktail of vision and sincerity ...

Tamil parties have started a give-and-take approach in the formation of local authorities, keeping in mind their individual interests.

Leading Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan -who is no stranger to Sri Lankan film fans – is very much in the news lately, for three reasons. Firstly the actor-politico will be elected in July to the Indian ...

The evolution and growth of the armed struggle for the goal of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka saw many Tamil militant groups emerge across the politico-military horizon. There was a time when 34 known ...

The first Sinhala language feature film “Kadawunu Poronduwa”(Broken Promise) premiered on 21 January 1947 at the Kingsley theatre in Colombo. Four months after that historic event ,on 30 April 1947, a ...