Mar 1 (CI) Sahibzada Farhan's record-breaking hundred and Fakhar Zaman's blazing 84 off 42 balls gave Pakistan a five-run win over Sri Lanka in Pallekele but it wasn't enough to put them in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. It was New Zealand who became the second team from Group 2 to qualify for the knockouts. After being sent in, Pakistan needed to win by about 65 runs to qualify, and for a large part of their innings, they were in business. Having made three changes more..

Mar 1 (Island) Excerpts from the speech of the Chairman of the Communist Party of SL, D.E.W. Gunasekera, at the 23rd Convention of the Party. This is not merely a routine gathering. Our annual congress has always been a decisive moment in SL’s political history. For 83 years, since the formation of our Party in 1943, we have held 22 conventions. Each one reflected the political turning points of our time. Today, as we assemble for the 23rd Congress, we do so at another historic crossroads more..

Mar 1 (Island) Janith Madushanka de Silva alias Podi Lassi, a dangerous underworld character, who was arrested in India, was brought back to SL yesterday. On watching his arrival at the BIA, Citizen Perera must have uttered the same words as Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist: The law is an ass. Criminals are caught, released and caught again. Arresting an underworld figure is no walk in the park. It takes months of meticulous planning to nab powerful criminals protected by private armies. more..

Mar 1 (FT) Contents of this article are excerpts from an address delivered by the undersigned on 31 Jan 2026 at the SL Student Association of Japan at the Embassy of SL under the auspices of the Conference Chair, Sr. Prof. N.S. Cooray of Int'l University of Japan and graced by the Chief Guest, Ambassador of SL to Japan, Prof. Janak Kumarasinghe as well as other distinguished speakers. “Sustainable Development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising more..

Mar 1 (SO) Why are Perodua and Proton the preferred cars in Malaysia? It is a rich country and here are the comparisons. Malaysia’s GDP per capita is US $ 12,000 in contrast to ours which stands at US $ 4,500. But yet, 60% of cars used in that country are made locally. In a rich country, why don’t people prefer imported cars? Costs, and protectionism are two of the key factors, and that’s for starters. Consumers have to pay far less for a car made in Malaysia, sometimes less than half of more..

Mar 1 (ST) Following SL’s disastrous exit from the Super Eight round of the World T20, social media has exploded with criticism and mockery of the country’s cricket team. The humiliating exit hurts all the more given that SL is co-hosting the tournament with India, and had they qualified for the semi-final, they would have had the added advantage of playing that game on home soil as well. However, after two horrendous defeats against England and NZ, SL was left with playing more..

Mar 1 (ST) My dear Dasun and the cricket team, I am writing to you when cricket fans are shocked with your performance at the T20 World Cup. In a tournament where all our games are being played on home soil, we have been booted out already. What has happened to the game 30 years after we won a World Cup is the talk of the town. I am not at all surprised. The way in which the game was being run in the country, it would be a miracle if we made it to the semi-finals. We lost three T20 games in a row to more..

Mar 1 (ST) War was what everyone expected during the charade of diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme. When was the only question, and it came yesterday while the diplomats were still at the table. Dogged at home by the Epstein files; a Supreme Court decision against his global tariffs war; besieged by fellow citizens opposing his immigration policies; and dipping in the opinion polls, the US President has taken up the common strategy adopted by more..

Mar 1 (TM) Prez Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his JVP-led NPP Govt are continuing their rollercoaster ride of governing the country, with the Opposition parties also gradually gathering steam in their attacks against the Govt. While Prez AKD will mark one-and-a-half years in office this month, there has been an increase in Opposition attacks on the Govt, especially in holding those in high offices accountable to the pledges made to the people. more..

Mar 1 (TM) In moments of national tragedy, language matters. Words like rebuilding, solidarity, and national effort carry emotional weight. They appeal to collective memory, shared suffering, and the instinct to help. Yet in SL’s long and painful history of disasters, both natural and man-made alike, such language has too often been weaponised to obscure uncomfortable truths. Given this backdrop, the controversy surrounding the so-called Rebuilding Sri Lanka initiative, more..

Mar 1 (SO) Just when the world thought that South Asia had become relatively stable, war has flared up between former allies Pakistan and Afghanistan. For several months, the two countries have traded allegations of cross-border terrorism and witnessed tit-for-tat clashes. Islamabad’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said the two neighbours, who share a long, porous border were waging open war, while the Afghan Government called for dialogue to resolve the conflict. more..