Economic Priorities in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy
Sri Lanka is a small island economy with a population of 20.9 million and an economy of GDP US$ 82 billion (which is less than...
Did the CIA know Rajiv Gandhi was to be ASSASSINATED?
Five years before Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1991, the US Central Intelligence Agency prepared a very detailed report on what would happen if he...
Indian companies keen to invest
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) will explore the “virgin market” in Jaffna, located in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, for...
Plot to assassinate legislator?
Sri Lankan authorities have uncovered a plot to assassinate Tamil legislator M.A. Sumanthiran, The Hindu has learnt. Earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s office sent...
Hunger strikers demand answers
Seated on a platform outside a regional post office in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, about 150 miles north of the capital, Colombo, a mother...
De-proscribe all Tamil Diaspora organisations
The chief minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has appealed to the government to de-proscribe all the Tamil Diaspora organisations and stringently scrutinize...
Port Loans Contributed to Debt Trap
On Thursday, the government of Sri Lanka admitted that it was stuck in a "gigantic debt trap" from the previous administration's construction loans, some of...
Gandhi interfered in Sri Lanka for Local political gains
‘Insider Knowledge’ can be roughly defined as real-time intelligence that shapes the events and gives us a peep into situation room to highlight why decisions...
Wigneswaran’s appeal to save lives of hunger strikers
The Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, appealed to President on Wednesday to address the demands by the relatives of those who are Missing and...
Tamil Nadu fishermen have the right to catch fish in Katchaitheevu
Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) today said it would hoist the National Flag at Katchaitheevu, ceded to Sri Lanka by India, on the Republic Day tomorrow,...
Take measures to salvage boats
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Secretary, Union Ministry of External Affairs to take appropriate steps within two months to...
implement Task Force recommendations to deliver justice for victims of human rights abuse
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international non-governmental human rights organization has called on the Sri Lankan government to implement the recommendations made by...
Plea for Jallikattu type world-wide struggle to promote Tamil cause
Sri Lanka’s largest selling Tamil daily Virakesari has, in an editorial on Monday, called for a Jallikattu type non-partisan, peaceful, world-wide mass struggle in support...
Repeal PTA , Review anti-terror law
A UN Special Rapporteur, in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has recommended that Sri Lanka immediately repeal the Prevention of...
IMF commends Sri Lanka
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the new strategy of Sri Lankan Government to create financial discipline and lead the country in a correct...