Port City is now picking up, after being a pile of sand for a decade. At least 150 companies have set up shop. But a closer look suggests that all may not be going according to plan. The zone has drawn local real estate speculators and questionable offshore companies, with few blue-chip investors.

Netizens cry that the wildlife department’s neglect killed Kavanthissa. The department says they did their best, arguing that social media and emotional narratives mustn’t dictate ecological priorities.

The sudden and torturously-long weekend power cut had the government sweating. But it may have bigger problems rounding the corner: the Americans have come to collect their dues. If not paid in kind, Sri Lanka could risk the wrath of Trump’s tariffs yet again.

Last month we asked “Has the JVP swallowed the NPP?” Andres Mejia Acosta and Mick Moore offer an alternative explanation: by imposing tight discipline on the coalition, the JVP is protecting it. Their justification doesn’t lack caveats, Latin America shows what the party shouldn’t become.

Lend your ears to Colombo’s redoutable Western classical music tradition. The Symphony Orchestra remembers Deshamanya Rohan de Saram, a British-Sri Lankan cellist, this evening. A weaker Lankan tradition is hip hop. Pair it

As monks marched from Kandy to Colombo demanding a pardon for the monk Gnanasara, the government was busy updating prison rules. They plan to allow jailed monks to wear robes when appearing in court. Monastic orders will make the final call, deciding based on the vinaya.

Colombo South International College wishes the four-year-old’s parents came to them with their complaint, rather than going to the authorities. Their lawyers are defending the accused caretaker. When the child complained to her teacher, she didn’t do anything, the child’s mother said.

The Government is briefing its own MPs, arming them to combat criticism of the new anti-terror bill. But Unredacted learns some MPs harbour reservations themselves. The Mahanayakes refuse to endorse the SJB’s anti-government charges.