Devolution a must
The historic Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord that mooted a permanent solution to the decades-long-ethnic conflict in the island nation was signed on July 29, thirty...
Conference on Tamil culture
The International Movement of Tamil Culture (Sri Lanka chapter) in association with the University of Jaffna will be holding a two-day special conference on ‘Challenges...
Conflict-Affected Women
The International Crisis Group in a report released on 28 July says the promises by the Sri Lanka Government to the UNHRC in 2015 have...
What is behind China’s purchase of a port in Sri Lanka?
The long-delayed $1.1bn sale of a 70 percent stake in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, which straddles the world's busiest east-west shipping route, has been signed...
Controversial Hambantota Port deal to be signed
The Sino-Sri Lankan deal over a controversial deep water port in Hambantota in south Sri Lanka, which has been hanging fire since January 2015, will...
Belt and Road Initiative would strengthen trading position
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake has spoken highly of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, expressing the hope that the government would like to...
Ramadoss, Vaiko demand lifting LTTE ban
Hailing the European Union Court of Justice verdict lifting the ban on LTTE, leaders including PMK founder S. Ramadoss and MDMK general secretary Vaiko, besides...
LTTE removed from EU blacklist
The European Union's top court on Wednesday annulled a court ruling to remove the Hamas militant group from the EU terror blacklist. The court, however,...
Thirty years of soul-searching
Thirty years have passed, not so quietly, since President J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India signed the Indo-Sri Lanka...
Address the Missing Persons issue
In a letter to the President, the leader of the TNA Mr. R. Sampanthan had said that the the issue of missing persons is a serious...
Agreement on Hambantota Port
After many hiccups and protracted negotiations, China and Sri Lanka have reached an agreement on the US$ 1.4 billion Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka....
The new Constitution
Speaking at a book launch last week, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the draft of Sri Lanka’s new Constitution would be ready by January 2018,...
New Tax Bill aims to widen tax net, cut indirect taxes
Sri Lanka's new tax bill, demanded by the IMF as a condition for a third tranche of aid disbursed this week, will seek to ensure...
Shares post 1-month closing low
Sri Lankan shares fell for an eighth session in nine in thin trade on Friday and posted a more than one-month closing low, with blue...
The Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka saw some improvement
The 2016 Foreign & Commonwealth Office report on Human Rights and Democracy was presented to the UK Parliament on 20 July 2017 by the Secretary...