Silk Road meets Sri Lanka’s demand for information
Xinhua’s new Silk Road information service is providing Sri Lanka with much-needed information to promote its exports to China, Sri…
Rajapaksa’s comeback bid
The 17 August parliamentary election in Sri Lanka is reminiscent of India’s 1980 Lok Sabha election when the choice before…
The Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka improved
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office released an update to the 2014 Human Rights and Democracy Report on 15 July…
Way open for comeback by Mahinda Rajapaksa
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, who was defeated in January, now has a chance to make a major political…
Colombo seeks new funding sources
Sri Lanka is seeking cheaper funding sources to replace billions of dollars in debt from Chinese banks, government officials said,…
Sri Lanka’s cuppa cheers end of Iran sanctions
The easing of sanctions on Iran will deliver a much needed pick-me-up to Sri Lanka’s troubled tea industry by allowing…
On the tea route to happiness
If tea changed the history of the world three centuries ago, it is still offering newer routes for rediscovering its…
EU to observe elections
The European Union announced in a press release on 14 July 2015 that the European Union has is to send an…
M.K. Sivajilingam contests from Kurunegala
M.K.Sivajilingam, a leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a member of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC), and the…
Moratorium on fishermen’s arrest sought
The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) has called upon adoption of moratorium on arrest of fishermen in India, Pakistan…