Determination vs Desperation
Having defended a modest total of 142 against the inexperienced Afghanistan, England returns to the Ferozeshah Kotla here looking to nail a struggling Sri Lanka...
UK MPs slam cancellation of meeting
A group of British Parliamentarians have slammed the UK High Commission in Colombo over the cancellation of a scheduled meeting with the High Commission recently....
Shares firm up on foreign buying
Sri Lankan shares rose in thin trade to hit a more than three-week closing high on Thursday as foreign investors net bought stocks for the...
Shares retreat amid foreign fund outflows
Sri Lankan shares ended weaker on Wednesday, slipping from a near three-week high hit in the previous session, as foreign investors exited risk assets amid...
Leave the battles of the past behind
Barack Obama said his historic trip to Havana would “bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas” and called on the young...
UN wants credible investigation
Responding to a question from Inner City Press, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the for the Secretary-General told journalists on 21 March 2016 that it wants “to...
Upgrade to Jaffna Airport without acquiring land
India and Sri Lanka have agreed that the Jaffna airport in North Sri Lanka should be upgraded to be an international airport without extending the...
Google launches Street View imagery of Sri Lanka
Google announced that Street View imagery of Sri Lanka is now available on Google Maps. This means people in Sri Lanka and around the world...
Tamil rebellion: lessons for Pakistan
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Face to face consultations with stakeholders
Face to face consultations with stakeholders throughout Sri Lanka are expected to commence early next month to design reconciliation mechanisms. Town-hall meetings, focus group discussions...
Govt lacks expertise
Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa connecting via Skype video conferencing yesterday told a meeting held between Sri Lankans living in Japan and the members of...
Sri Lanka mulls devolving powers to provinces
Sri Lanka on Monday said it is considering devolving powers to provinces through a new constitution which is now under discussion. President Maithripala Sirisena said...
Ex LTTE women’s wing chief ignites row
The book ‘In The Shadow Of A Sharp Edged Sword’ by S Thamilini, former head of the Women’s Political Wing of the Liberation Tigers of...
Muslim Congress’ Senior-Most Leader Rebels Against Party
The senior-most leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Hasen Ali, has rebelled against the party complaining of a consistent bid by the party...
Sri Lanka’s lost generation
Sri Lanka’s civil war ended seven years ago, but social fault-lines dividing the country have not yet closed. Ethnic Tamils worldwide still resent the Sinhalese-dominated...