TPC success depends on geopolitically addressing national question
Tamil People’s Council (TPC), a 30-member body launched in Jaffna on 19 December consisting of three-member co-chairs that includes NPC Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran,...
KSA to set up oil refinery
Sri Lanka has invited Saudi Arabia to set up a petroleum refinery in the southern part of the island, the country’s Central Bank Gov. Arjuna...
Maruti Suzuki to setup assembly plant
Sri Lanka is currently the second largest market in terms of sales for Maruti Suzuki India. The Indo-Japanese company is now planning to expand its...
A Peaceful Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year
As you celebrate Christmas, may you experience true love. Jesus is the reason for the season and he is the epitome of true love. Merry...
Sri Lanka opens the door to economic reform
By Dushni Weerakoon. ...
Saudi Arabia reduces maid’s death sentence to jail term
Saudi authorities have reduced a Sri Lankan maid's sentence for adultery from death by stoning to a three-year jail term after an appeal, Colombo's foreign...
Sri Lanka’s Catholic leader tells priests to cast out Christmas trees from churches
Sri Lanka's top Catholic told priests on Wednesday not to put up Christmas trees in their churches, saying they had no religious significance and had...
Constitutional Reform to start on January 09
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, will kick-start on January 9 next year the constitutional reform process, which was promised in the run-up to...
Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Need for Domestic Actions
By Vositha Wijenayake. ...
Why aren’t Sri Lankan women translating their educational gains into workforce advantages?
Dileni Gunewardena. ...
Reconsidering Colombo and Sri Lanka’s Political Rollercoaster
By Taylor Dibbert. ...
Sri Lanka’s year of democracy, reconciliation and rebalancing
It is no exaggeration to say that 2015 will be remembered as a major turning point for Sri Lanka as a nation. The Sri Lankan...
President to resettle displaced Tamils within six months
Moved by the plight of Tamils displaced during the three-decade-long civil war, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to set up a special task...
UN Discovery revives nightmares
Details of a secret detention center, where serious human rights abuses took place, deep inside the sprawling Tricomalee Naval base in the east of Sri...
Sri Lanka’s military to be modernised
Addressing an event to mark the the passing out parade of the military in Diyatalawa, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the army needs to modernize...