Sri Lanka a ‘global champion of human rights’
Speaking at the signing of the United States-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council on 28 April in New York, U.S. Permanent Representative to...
Samantha Power Misses the Mark
On Thursday in Washington, the United States and Sri Lanka held an important meeting focused on trade, investment, and the broader direction of bilateral economic...
1,200 Lankan fishermen held in five years
About 1,000 Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested by the Coast Guard in the last five years on charges of illegally entering and fishing in Indian...
Journalists demand answers to killings
Hundreds of journalists and media rights activists protested today to demand Sri Lanka's new government start a fresh investigation into the abduction and killing of...
Tamil People’s Council hand over proposals to India
A five member team of Tamil People’s Council (TPC) lead by its one of the Co-chairs, consultant cardiologist of Teaching Hospital Jaffna Dr. P Lakshman,...
IMF announces $1.5 bn loan
The IMF has agreed a $1.5 billion loan for Sri Lanka in support of economic reforms aimed at reversing a two-decade decline in tax revenue...
Sri Lankan struggle to recover from the economic and emotional wounds of civil war
It looks peaceful and serene in the late afternoon but Elephant Pass – a strategically important gateway controlling access to and from Jaffna, the captial...
Sri Lanka’s North counts the cost of a 26-year war
Seven years after the end of a devastating civil war, Sri Lanka's northern province lags behind the rest of the country on economic development, and...
UN experts on torture and the independence of the justice system to visit Sri Lanka
The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mónica Pinto, and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment...
Economy seeing a decline in 2015
A combination of international and domestic factors had resulted in the Sri Lankan economy seeing a decline in 2015 as compared to 2014, as per...
Sri Lanka expects to reach IMF agreement for loan
Sri Lanka is expected to reach a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan as early as this week, the...
China, India tussle for influence as Sri Lanka seeks investment
Situated almost in the middle of the Indian Ocean, there is no escaping Sri Lanka's centrality. The country lies just a few nautical miles away...
TN Leaders asked not to use Tamil Issue
Leaders of Sri Lankan Tamil political parties have appealed to Tamil Nadu leaders not to use the Lankan Tamil issue for mudslinging in the run...
Government justifies trade agreements.
The Sri Lankan government on Monday strongly justified its move to ink bilateral and regional trade agreements. Alluding to opposition in certain quarters to the...
Investing in Sri Lanka offers opportunities and pitfalls
After the end of a long-running civil war and the beginning of a fresh government, Sri Lanka's market offers both opportunities and pitfalls for investors....