Sri Lanka’s growth will recover with fiscal reforms
The Asian Development Bank's annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2016 (ADO), released on 30 March says. Sri Lanka’s economic growth is projected to recover...
Ex -LTTE Cadre arrested at Vannerikulam
The police yesterday afternoon arrested an LTTE cadre following the recovery of a suicide jacket, four claymore mines, three parcels containing about 12 kilos of...
Recovery of Arms cache may impair de-militarization
The accidental discovery of an arms cache, including three parcels of TNT and a suicide jacket, in a house at Chavakachcheri in Jaffna District on...
Sri Lanka deserves special attention as it continues to consolidate democratic gains
Speaking on 'US Policy in South and Central Asia' at the Center for a New American Security on 28 March, 2016, Assistant Secretary of State for South...
Lankan Tamils in Tiruchi camp begin indefinite fast
A group of 13 Sri Lankan Tamils housed in the Special Camp here went on an indefinite fast on Monday demanding their release. Another inmate...
TNA wants more funds for Sampur displaced
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is to meet the Indian High Commissioner to seek more funds to house the war-displaced at Sampur in Eastern Sri...
Reconciliation process picks up pace
With President Maithripala Sirisena set to declare open a ‘reconciliation village’ in Vavuniya in the Northern Province, it seems the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka...
President defends ETCA
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today defended his government's decision to enter into an economic and technology cooperation agreement with India, saying protests against it...
A would-be Wi-Fi Paradise
Sri Lanka has enjoyed an era of strong economic growth since its bloody, 26-year civil war ended in 2009. To keep it going, the government...
Abbott defends cosying up to Sri Lanka
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been told to stick his head down or he risks trashing his own legacy. Former Howard government minister Peter Reith...
Political Prisoners and Sincerity Crisis
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Housing programme for North, East caught in row
The Sri Lanka government’s ambitious project of building 65,000 houses in the civil war-hit Northern and Eastern provinces in five years is embroiled in controversy, much before...
Defiant Mathews falls short and England derive confidence
Angelo Mathews blazed with determination, his counter-attacking prowess keeping England on their toes till the last over. He, however, ran short of partners as Sri...
TNA expresses opposition to housing project
Sri Lanka’s Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has expressed opposition to a housing project in the Tamil-majority north which has been dubbed the “reconciliation village”. On...
No Islamist jihadi groups in Sri Lanka
There are no Islamist jihadist groups in Sri Lanka, said a study commissioned by the Colombo-based International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES). The study had...