Together Towards Tomorrow
“TOGETHER TOWARDS TOMORROW: Sri Lanka Tamil speaking diaspora Conference”, took place at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, on 17 and 18...
People are concerned of the nature of the political solution being evolved
Q. How do you analyse the current political situation of the North? Our people are worried today because both the United National Party (UNP) and...
Sri Lanka’s commitment to fiscal consolidation faces downside implementation
Moody's Investors Service says that Sri Lanka's (B1 negative) program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has helped stabilize the balance of payments and established...
Siva Senai requests ferry service to attend pooja
A Hindu religious group, ‘Eelam Siva Senai’, has forwarded a request through Northern Governor Reginald Cooray seeking permission for a ferry service from Kankesanturai (KKS)...
$1.34B World Bank loan
Sri Lanka has secured $1.34 billion in loans from the World Bank to boost the cash-strapped island’s economy over the next three years, the finance...
Sri Lanka has become a prime destination
Each year, more than 5.5 million Germans travel to countries outside Europe and the Mediterranean. Until recently, Sri Lanka scarcely appeared on the tourist map....
Russia’s Hacks
Russia’s unprecedented intervention in the United States election came amid more than United States-Russia tension and Donald J. Trump’s praise of Vladimir V. Putin, the...
Pope’s reforms divide opinion
The papacy is no longer a lifetime job. Pope Francis could decide to resign at some point, following the example of his predecessor, Emeritus Pope...
We’re all patriots, we’re all nationalists.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, 67, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for a fourth term and leader of the United National Party (UNP), is the spearhead of a...
Ranil, Sampanthan reach out to Mahinda
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and leader of Opposition and the Tamil National Alliance R. Sampanthan have sought former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s support for the ongoing...
Competition for Water Increases in Southern Sri Lanka
Tucked inside a large forest near the drying Andaraweva iirrigation reservoir, a well-tended plantation of young banana trees is growing strongly despite dry weather. The...
Pokémon shows up in South Asia
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and a number of other South Asian countries can now join the walking, Pokéball-slinging phenomenon that is Pokémon Go, after Niantic...
Making of India’s Foreign Policy
Sri Lanka’s internal war which ended in May 2009, had cost the country around US$ 200 billion according to India’s former National Security Adviser and...
Tamil Nadu, leaders supported Government’s policy of opposing efforts by US and Norway to rescue Prabhakaran
Leaders of Tamil Nadu, across the political divide, privately but effectively supported the Indian government’s policy of opposing efforts by the US and Norway to...
Land belonging to Tamils not returned?
The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has said that out of the 67,000 acres of private lands of the Tamils seized by...