The world is in hot water and we seem to be in a better place
Bringing a balanced view to the mixed fortunes of the Colombo Stock Exchange, an expert recently stressed the current situation is not as grim as...
A Sri Lankan Lesson in Free Speech
By Kenan Malik: ...
Storm over proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement
The Opposition and sections of professional organisations in Sri Lanka have kicked up a storm over the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement between India...
Katchatheevu is part of Sri Lanka
Asserting its sovereignty over Katchatheevu, a Sri Lankan Minister today said it was not possible for the island nation to return the islet to India....
US probes alleged dumping of tyres by India, Sri Lanka
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched anti-dumping investigations into certain category of tyres imported from India and Sri Lanka that, it says,...
Opponents of India trade deal ‘traitors’: PM
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today branded as "traitors" those opposed to a proposed trade deal with India, a day after the opposition criticised...
Tamil areas are pockets of poverty
Regions with the highest rate of poverty in Sri Lanka are areas inhabited by Tamils, according to a study of the World Bank. The regions...
Sri Lanka After the Tigers
The causeway that links northern Sri Lanka’s mainland to Mannar Island is lined with vast military barracks. They have a nicely settled air about them,...
Cenbank raises policy rates
Sri Lanka's central bank unexpectedly raised its key policy interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) on Friday, saying "certain risks to macroeconomic stability continue."...
Only Sri Lanka signs up for India’s Saarc satellite plan
More than a year after PM Narendra Modi first mooted the idea during the 18th Saarc summit held in Nepal in 2014, only Sri Lanka...
Google’s loon touches down in tea plantation
A Google balloon, part of the company’s high-speed Internet service known as “Project Loon”, crashed in a Sri Lankan tea plantation during its maiden test...
Malaysian Parliamentary Group to visit North
The Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on Displaced People of Sri Lanka, headed by Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul, will be visiting war affected areas in the...
Allow to remember war dead
Tamil people in Sri Lanka's North want the right to honor their people who died during the decades long civil war that ended in 2009,...
Wigneswaran objections to Palaly expansion
Northern Province’s Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has raised objections over the renovation of the Palaly airport in the Northern Province, one of the many large...
US Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
The US Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka was given an update on the current situation in Sri Lanka and on...