Trying times last year View(s):Come sun or rain, Aldoris, the choon-paan karaya, will come down the lane on any January 1st of the year, hoping for some calendars and diaries from customers. “He is like a loose cannon,” he said,In tracing the key events that impacted on Sri Lanka, the first issue is also a Trump-related decision. AI – Artificial Intelligence – is the buzzword nowadays and many in Sri Lanka have embraced this technology. In December, Sri Lanka was floored by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst natural disaster since the December 2004 tsunami. Fresh estimates of the cost of rebuilding the country this year have been recorded at over US$ 4 billion, much of which Sri Lanka would have to rely on donors.

Source: Sunday Times January 04, 2026 00:58 UTC