From owning a home to feeling at home
S. Indira Gandhi owns a brand-new house now. She is one of the first few from Sri Lanka’s hill country…
Glyphosate ban must be lifted
Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha: Now that Europe has reaffirmed the safety of Glyphosate and re-approved it for five more years, Sri…
India’s foray to South China Sea root cause of tensions
China’s political assertion in the Indian Ocean, especially Sri Lanka and Maldives, is a response to India’s moves in the…
Malaysia to send mission to Jaffna
Malaysia will send a mission to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka to determine the assistance that can be provided to…
Russia to discuss tea imports in Dec
Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor plans to discuss restricted tea imports with Sri Lanka at the end of December, it…
Kenya eyes Russia
Kenya wants to use the current tea trade spat — triggered by a single insect— between Russia and Sri-Lanka to…
Hambantota
Seven years after the China-built Hambantota Port was inaugurated with great fanfare by the then president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda…
Government liquidity and external vulnerability risks will remain elevated.
Moody’s Investors Service says that Sri Lanka’s (B1 negative) high general government debt levels, very low debt affordability, and fragile…
The new political alignments
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham: Political parties are busy filing nominations to contest local government elections scheduled for early 2018. As many political…
Sri Lanka signs Ottawa Agreement
The European Union (EU) issuing a statement on 15 December 2017, welcomed Sri Lanka as the 163rd State Party to the…