Sri Lanka pulls out of SAARC summit
In another setback to Pakistan, Sri Lanka on Friday pulled out of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, becoming the fifth country to do so after...
Perpetual Treasuries profits up 434-pct
Perpetual Treasuries Limited, a primary gilt dealership, connected the family of a controversial former Sri Lanka central bank governor, has made a profit of 5.1...
Promoting labour rights
The US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is to fund promoting labour rights in Sri Lanka. DRL announced an open...
Political justice is not enough to rebuild Sri Lanka
The civil war that raged for 26 years in Sri Lanka was always about more than political grievances. The politics were rooted in economic and social disenfranchisement of...
Sri Lanka’s Troubling Turn
In some ways, Sri Lanka is a model. After decades of civil strife and outright civil war, the Sri Lankan military did what hundreds of...
Extremism will not prove anything
Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Chairman C.V.K. Sivagnanam commenting on the Ezhuga Thamizh (Arise Tamils) procession said, there is nothing fresh in the demands that have...
Central Bank holds key policy interest rates
Sri Lanka's central bank held its key policy interest rates steady on Wednesday, a widely expected decision that analysts say suggested policy makers were keen...
No time frame for accord
India will not give a time frame for negotiating an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with Sri Lanka, visiting Indian Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
Merchants will pay lower VAT
Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says retail and wholesale merchants will have to pay a lower VAT payment than expected despite the rate hike from 11...
Tamil people are not defeated
Tamils from across the North-East participated in the Ezhuka Tamil rally (Rise Up Tamil) in Jaffna on 24 September, waving flags of the Tamil national colours...
What ails the peacekeeping contingent to Mali?
The Sri Lanka’s UN peacekeeping contingent to Mali has been slashed because of an administrative delay in passing funds to obtain ammunition, inside sources said....
People are entitled to Democratic Expression
Thousands of Tamils on Saturday participated in a rally in Jaffna, led by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, drawing attention to “Sinhala colonisation” and...
Jockeying for power in Tamil nationalistic politics
The “Ezhuga Tamizh” rally and general strike which were organized in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province on Saturday, represent a jockeying for power and position...
Nandikadal and the struggle for the Military history of the Ealam war
Sri Lanka’s separatist war was one of the longest insurgencies of modern times. It was also one of the most destructive insurgencies in the region,...
ADB to assist in transport
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Sri Lanka prepare studies and designs for new road, railway, and port projects so the country’s transport system...