John Reid and Daniel Biasetto in Tabatinga, Brazil Jul 27, 2025 Solar-powered units reciting biblical passages have appeared in the Javari valley, despite strict laws protecting Indigenous groups Missionary groups are using audio devices in protected territories of the rainforest to attract and evangelise isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people in the Amazon. A joint […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara B.A. (Hons) PhD. Retired Permanent Secretary to   Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka. In this essay, I propose to the Government of Sri Lanka to set up a Memorial Museum of Patriotic wars of Kandyan Sinhalese (1505-1848) and an International Post graduate Institute of Research on Colonial crimes in Sri Lanka” at the old […]

National Development Bank PLC  Highlights FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE National Development Bank PLC, Sri Lanka’s Premier Financial Services Provider, announced the results for six-month period ended June 30, 2025 reporting a total operating income and pre-tax profit of LKR 22.3 billion and LKR 8.6 billion, respectively (H1-2024: LKR 22.9 billion and LKR 6.5 billion). Fund based income […]

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Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The newly appointed Defence Attaché of the United Kingdom in Sri Lanka, Colonel Keith Miles, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), today (Aug 14) at the Ministry of Defence in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. He met the Defence Secretary, accompanied by the […]

By Poojathmi Rivithma Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 14 (Daily Mirror) – The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) has voiced strong concerns over the government’s decision to allow seven foreign investors to cultivate cannabis in Sri Lanka under the Board of Investment (BOI). At a conference, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the cultivation […]

Courtesy Hiru News Share Post Ramanathan Arjuna, an independent Member of Parliament for the Jaffna District, has announced that he will file a complaint against the Speaker with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on August 21. According to MP Arjuna, the Speaker has disabled his microphone for eight days without any reason, interrupting his speeches. He […]

Courtesy Hiru News Senior Superintendent of Police Sathish Ranjan Hiyare Gamage, the acting Director of the Cultural Division (Administration) at the Police Field Force Headquarters, was remanded until August 19. The order was given today (14), by Colombo Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewanee Pathirana. Gamage was arrested by the Bribery Commission in connection with a money laundering case. He is […]

Courtesy Adaderana UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Sri Lankan government to repeal or amend existing laws or proposed laws that unduly restrict the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association, and peaceful assembly, including the Online Safety Act, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act, draft Non-Governmental […]

Media Release – The Internet Media Action (IMA) | August 14, 2025The Internet Media Action (IMA) urges the government to immediately suspend the summonsissued by the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) to photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan to ensure that journalists are able to work freely. A police notice has revealed that the CTID has issued […]