Asian Stock Markets Slump
Asian stock markets slumped Monday, mainly due to concerns about the Greek debt crisis. Chinese shares on the Shanghai exchange plunged more than 7 percent,...
TNA Agrees on election
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided on a formula to distribute nominations and the number of seats among the parties of their alliance in...
Fissure deepens within SLFP
Fissure deepens in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which is visible clearly, as the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved and arrangements for the...
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 some long standing issues related...
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) and gain full control over...
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 to contest the August 17...
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 end of the separatist war...
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 to ensure a free and...
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 and 2009, Sri Lanka appears...
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 last one year, sparking further...
BIMSTEC Shows the Way to Regional Cooperation
It is well recognized that the integration of the economies of South and South East Asia will greatly benefit countries in the region and the ...
Rajapaksa’s plans for polls
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is keen on getting the views of leaders and members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the party’s allies...
Removing the Ban on Tamil Diaspora Organizations
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. ...
Ghosts Of War Give Way to Development
It is an oasis from the scorching heat outside. The three-storey, centrally air-conditioned Cargills Square, a major mall in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna town, is...
President dissolves Parliament
President Maithripala Sirisena has dissolved Sri Lanka’s parliament, paving the way for Parliamentary elections. "The president signed a gazette notification dissolving parliament. The government announced that...