Sri Lanka’s benefits from its IMF program depend on reform effectiveness
Moody's Investors Service says that whether or not Sri Lanka's (B1 negative) credit profile demonstrates a temporary or more enduring improvement from its International Monetary...
Goodwill must transform itself into day to day realities
Addressing the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs in Oslo on 21 June,Foreign Minsiter Mangala Samaraweera said that his government “will and must have the approval” of...
China’s One Belt One Road Initiative: Implications for Sri Lanka
Nipuni Perera. ...
Tamil Nadu plea to enforce fishing rights in Lankan waters rejected
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed as not maintainable a plea seeking a direction to the Union government to enforce the 1974 agreement between...
Absence of clear progress may cause a loss of confidence
A letter, jointly signed by FORUM-Asia, Franciscans International, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurist, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) and...
US should stop intervention in South China Sea
The United States should stop intervention in the South China Sea issue to safeguard peace, stability and security in the region, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, Sri Lanka's...
Relief to those who lost land during civil war
The Sri Lankan government has enacted a law enabling residents of the Northern and Eastern Provinces to reclaim their land lost to encroachers during the...
Can Sri Lanka leverage its location as Indian Ocean Hub?
By Anushka Wijesinha. ...
GTF calls for the inclusion of “Commonwealth and other foreign judges
As the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meets in Geneva this month and the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein prepares...
Jayalalithaa favoured ceding of Katchatheevu
Countering Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s accusation that he was responsible for India handing over Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday said he...
No Justice, No Truth: Unfulfilled Promises of UN resolution 30-1
Together against Genocide, launched its report “No Justice, No Truth: Unfulfilled Promises of UN resolution 30-1 (Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights)” at the 32nd...
PM forced to back down
Sri Lanka¡¦s central bank governor Arjuna Mahendran, who holds a Singapore passport, will not be re-appointed this month at the end of his first year...
Will retrieve Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha assured the state assembly on Monday that her government would retrieve the Katchatheevu Island, which was given to Sri...
Implementation of UN resolution is the key
The ‘implementation’ of the UN resolution on Sri Lanka “is the key” for reconciliation and lasting peace is the island nation, says Julian Braithwaite, the...
Sri Lanka’s Long Road to Reform
Resolution 30/1, adopted in October, was a major achievement for the United Nations Human Rights Council – and an important milestone in Sri Lanka’s journey...