Asian Stock Markets Slump
Asian stock markets slumped Monday, mainly due to concerns about the Greek debt crisis. Chinese shares on the Shanghai exchange…
TNA Agrees on election
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided on a formula to distribute nominations and the number of seats among the…
Fissure deepens within SLFP
Fissure deepens in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which is visible clearly, as the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka was…
US will work with President Sirisena
The US Embassy said that they will continue to work with President Maithripala Sirisena as he has promised to address…
Tie-up With UNP Sirisena’s Achilles’ Heel?
If Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is to marginalise the Mahinda Rajapaksa faction in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)…
ITAK in Fix as Ex-LTTE Leader Seeks Poll Ticket
An application by a former top LTTE leader, Athmalingam Ravindra alias Rupan, for an Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) ticket…
War widows pin hopes on President
Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka’s Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the…
Civil servants warned of jail if election laws violated
Sri Lanka’s election chief on Saturday warned civil servants they will face fines and three years in prison for failing…
Sri Lanka’s memory wars thwart reconciliation
By Jeff Kingston: Six years after the end of the civil war that claimed at least 70,000 lives between 1983…
Chinese submarine in Karachi, India alarmed
Chinese submarines have now reportedly begun to make forays to even Karachi after making similar visits to Colombo over the…