Week-24-2026

Monks striving for a “Buddhist renaissance” occupy over 2,000 acres in Trinco’s Kuchchaveli. They believe “pooja bhoomi” gazettes give them land ownership, but the physical planning department insists the land's state-owned.

The cricket board’s interim committee says Jay Shah, the ICC Chair, is impressed with their work. If there aren’t any googlies, a new cricketing constitution will cross the boundary next month, the committee hopes.

This Friday, Colombo uni’s lecture halls go still for Prasanna Vithanage’s Silence in the Courts. If you’re more in the mood for tussle than tranquility, discuss a new age of sexism at