Weak economic freedoms hurting
Sri Lanka's sharp hikes in tax rates and weak economic freedoms are undermining the hotel investment environment, despite a firm government desire to allow the...
Shares hit near 8-mth low
Sri Lankan shares fell on Tuesday for the third straight session to end at a near eight-month low as foreign investors trimmed their exposure to...
Commemoration of the people killed and breathing new life to disastrous political ends should be identified
The simple truth that was ignored by the LTTE leadership and that has to be kept in mind by the current Tamil leadership is that...
Sri Lanka should maintain strong relations with China and U.S.
It is important for Sri Lanka to strengthen and maintain a strong relationship with powerful nations such as China and the United States in order...
Economic growth will pick up
Sri Lanka's economic growth will pick up to 6.3 percent next year and the central bank is ready to adjust monetary policy if needed to...
‘Maaveerar Naal’ is not a Tamil National Day of Mourning
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. ...
Tamils observe Heroes’ Day
North Sri Lankan Tamils on Sunday observed Great Heroes’ Day (Maaveerar Naal) in memory of cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who...
Water Board, CPC to be regulated
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) are to be regulated under the Public Utilities Commission of Sri...
Staggering cost of international business payments
A study has revealed that UK SMEs were overcharged £4,078,000,000 in 2015 while paying for products, services and talent abroad. This cost has risen by...
View from abroad
Back in Sri Lanka after seven months, I find little has changed on our beach. A boutique hotel chain has bought some neighbouring property, but...
Renewed enthusiasm in Tamil Nadu
This year, there was a renewed enthusiasm in celebrating the birth anniversary of LTTE founder Velupillai Prabhakaran.Tamil eveningers carried full and half page advertisements on...
China hedges its bets
Having suffered a great deal by putting all its eggs in the basket of the Sri Lankan government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa between 2010...
India-China ‘Great Game’ in Sri Lanka?
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a week-long visit to China on the invitation of the Chinese government — a development that sections...
Concerns over hate speech
The Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) headed by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has noted with concern, the rise of hate speech in...
LTTE Global Chief Has Not Talked
Twenty-five years after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, the Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA)—which was set up to tie together the loose ends in...