This week, Lonely Planet included Jaffna in its list of best cities to visit in 2026. Three months ago, The Examiner accompanied a tour group, travelling to Jaffna from the south. The three-day tour revealed a sobering image of reconciliation, sixteen years since 2009.

Police detained the suspected assassin in the Weligama murder under the PTA. Some evidence is likely inadmissible in court. The SJB, which could lose control of the council, claims that the government created the conditions for the assasination.

Colombo is often dead, but for once it's not a bad thing. For the dead are out tonight, at over a dozen Halloween parties. Kiku’s and Love Bar’s seem promising. There’

The government’s digital ID project is shrouded in secrecy and controversy. With huge benefits to the public on one hand and risks to privacy and security on the other, can the government win trust for digital governance?

Dhammika Perera’s buying spree on the stock exchange, coupled with his supermarket entry plans, signal investor confidence in consumer purchasing power. But concerns remain on Perera’s concentration of market and lobbying power.

This evening, a Bawa Trust talk on living joyfully among urban intensity, amid a climate crisis. Tomorrow a workshop by the same maestro, titled A Parliament of Objects. Also this evening, a soireé from Stages,

The Government will present its first full-cycle budget early next month. Promises are cheap but delivery is much harder. As implementation is so difficult and takes so long, getting policy right becomes even more imperative.

System migration led to the government cloud’s failure last week. As it went offline, services like birth certificate issuance and police clearance also came to a halt, exposing deep vulnerabilities in the state’s push for a digital-first future.