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Sri Lankan official meets detained ‘sniper’

A Sri Lankan national has been detained since late 2015 on suspicion of planning to assassinate the former president.

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President vows to overhaul loss-making national airline

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed Friday to overhaul the country’s loss-making national airline after the government failed to…

Sri Lankan jailed for life over 'monstrous' killing of family

A Sri Lankan man who killed six people, including a mother and four children, in the Canadian capital Ottawa has been sentenced to life in priso…

LankaWeb – A Study on Combat-Related PTSD Among Sri Lankan Army Personnel

Dr. Neil J Fernando / Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Abstract From 1983 to 2009, the Sri Lankan Army engaged in an extended conflict known as the Eelam W…

LankaWeb – King Don Juan Dharmapala’s Betrayal of Buddhism under the influence of the Portuguese Christian Missionaries

AI Overview King Don Juan Dharmapala’s conversion to Christianity and subsequent actions were a significant turning point in Sri Lankan history,…

Sri Lanka Unveils 2026 Budget: A Bold Move Towards Economic Revitalization

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the 2026 budget focusing on tax reforms and increasing state revenue to meet IMF bailout…

Sri Lanka set to regain economic output lost from crisis

Sri Lanka has nearly completed its debt restructuring process and is set to regain the economic output it lost to the 2022 financial crisis, Pre…

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Changing patterns of cinnamon marketing in Sri Lanka

One of the key drivers of the Portuguese and Dutch presence in Sri Lanka was to secure the monopoly of the lucrative Ceylon cinnamon trade. ..

LankaWeb – Richard de Zoysa’s murder

(Message of Public Concerns by, Professor Nishan C Wijesinha). Richard de Zoysa’s murder is widely believed to have been carried out by a specia…

Elephant Deaths Hit Record High as Conflict Deepens in Sri Lanka

by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented escalation in the human-elephant conflict, with both elephant and human dea…

The Forgotten Federalist: Pitasanna Shanmugathas On Reviving Neelan Tiruchelvam’s Blueprint For Peace - Interview

Filmmaker and writer Pitasanna Shanmugathas speaks with defence and strategic affairs journalist Aritra Banerjee about his nine-year journey to…

IIT Delhi Proposes Sri Lanka Academic Hub During PM Amarasuriya Visit

IIT Delhi proposes Sri Lanka Academic and Research Hub during PM Amarasuriya's visit, strengthening Indo-Sri Lanka educational collaboration and…

LankaWeb – Mr. President AKD – Never Reform History Subject Academically and Legalize LGBTQ Ever In Sri Lanka

By Shripal Nishshanka It appears that our motherland the Great Sri Lanka is heading towards an agonizing state day by day gradually and slowly.…

LankaWeb – The government was right not to spend goodwill and energy on the UNHRC resolution

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath argues that Sri Lanka cannot secure a favourable position in the vote because the UNHR…

LankaWeb – Titanium Sands secures Stage-2 funding for Sri Lankan mineral sands project

Doug Bright Courtesy The West Australian Titanium Sands has confirmed it has secured Stage 2 debt funding to advance its Mannar Island project i…