GMOA’s anti-India ‘Malaria’ xenophobia
By Ranga Jayasuriya: ...
Bangladesh identifies 20 suspects in cyber theft
Bangladeshi investigators have identified 20 foreigners - 12 Philippine nationals and eight Sri Lankans - suspected to have been involved in the cyber heist of...
Public holidays: A boon for workers but not the economy?
Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees light incense during Poya, a full moon religious festival, at the Kelaniya Temple in Colombo on March 22, 2016. After years...
U.S. says widespread impunity continued in Sri Lanka
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry submitted the 2015 Country Report on Human Rights Practices (commonly known as the Human Rights Reports) to the U.S....
Lanka will revert after thorough analysis
The Sri Lankan government has said that it will give its views regarding a report released by the United States Department of State on the...
Katchatheevu was ceded during Emergency
Katchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka during Emergency and not when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was in power, M.K. Stalin, treasurer of the party, claimed...
Reason behind arrest of fishermen is ceding of Katchatheevu
Mounting an attack on arch rival and DMK president M Karunanidhi over the fishermen issue, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday accused him of being a...
How China is gaining ground
By R. S. Vasan: ...
Ruling party blocks Sethusamudram project despite Modi’s maritime vision
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisaged a port-led economy for India, an audacious campaign by New Delhi to create a deepwater shipping lane between...
UN had early warning of Military assault
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had informed in 2008 that "he is about to embark on a huge campaign to end terrorism in his country, and...
Shares gain over 1.2 pct after IMF statement
Sri Lankan shares jumped over 1.2 percent on Tuesday as local investors bought risky assets, after an International Monetary Fund statement said a three-year loan...
Stock trade levy revived
Sri Lanka’s bourse will re-impose a 0.3% share transaction levy it stopped in January, an exchange official said yesterday, after a proposal to tax capital...
Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year
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Sri Lanka dispels cloud over Chinese projects
Sri Lanka has probed all Chinese projects where questions about “governance issues” have been raised in certain quarters and mitigation measures taken to “lay rest...
IMF signals 36-month Sri Lanka bailout
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today it was on track to agree a bailout loan for Sri Lanka, which is facing a balance of...