Second Lieutenant S.U. Aladeniya, the first recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya, died fighting the LTTE in the second week of July, 1990. The young commanding officer of the isolated Kokavil ...

The death toll in Sri Lanka’s prison clash has risen to 26, including seven prison officials and 19 inmates. The unrest at ...

Deadly clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital, officials said on Monday. Unrest broke out at the prison in Negombo, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the ...

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and ...

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Inmates and guards killed in deadly fighting at Sri Lanka prison ...

Sri Lanka is once again approaching a consequential economic debate. As the present programme with the International Monetary Fund moves towards its concluding stages, the country will inevitably have ...

Sri Lanka took a historic step in vocational training with the inauguration of the IDMNC IVTS School of Welding Technology in Galle. This flagship initiative, jointly established by IDM Nations Campus ...

In its latest classification of countries, the World Bank has elevated Sri Lanka from a lower middle-income country to an upper middle-income country. What does this mean? Let us find out. But first, ...

Dr. Reda Al-Thiga, Dean of the Graduate School at Dhahran University, would be in Boston and wished to interview me. All my travel and accommodation costs for the interview would be reimbursed. On the ...