Young farmers look for new job options
Scorched by a 10-month drought that has killed crops and reduced residents to buying trucked-in water, Adigama's young people are voting with their feet. At...
Bidding for Lanka’s Sinhala-Buddhist constituency?
Sri Lanka’s Minister for Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, appears to be making a bid to capture the island’s core political constituency – the...
Gvernment yet to prosecute those involved in attacks
The US Department of State's, International Religious Freedom Report for 2016 was released on 15 August 2017. The report states that the U.S. Ambassador, through...
We Want Your Empty Airport
An Indian company has emerged with a bold plan for taking over Sri Lanka's struggling Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA). The proposal, which would see...
Does China harbour strategic ambitions for Sri Lankan port?
Sri Lanka says it’s a way for it to help claw its way out of debt. China says it’s a strictly commercial deal for one...
Multifarious dilemmas
Two years into its five-year term, Sri Lanka’s coalition government led by President Maithipala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is afflicted by chronic disunity;...
Army in the North is using our arable lands
Addressing the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) at Chief Minister’s Ministry Conference Hall, Kaithadi on 14 August, Chief Minister C V Vigneswaran said:”Let us not forget that...
Present Government has not lived up to its commitments
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) is dismayed that more than eight years after the end of war, Sri Lanka has yet to demonstrate that it...
Leaders must come together and resolve the national question
Leader of Tamil National Alliance and the Opposition R. Sampanthan urged the United States to hold the government of Sri Lanka accountable for the commitments...
Monetary policy should be tightened
The IMF Completed the Second Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the EFF with Sri Lanka and Approved a US$ 167.2 Million Disbursement. In completing...
A Century in the Tea Estates of Sri Lanka
August 2017 marks 150 years of tea production in Sri Lanka. To mark this anniversary, there have been several celebratory activities and events planned throughout...
Bank of China to open branch in Port City
Bank of China, one of the biggest state owned commercial banks in China will open its first branch in Colombo this year in the presently...
48 Indian Fishermen Arrested
India has alleged that Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 48 Indian fishermen and their boats after forcing them to surrender by firing in the air....
No Trust Motion: to break ruling parties
Senior members of the rainbow coalition government in Sri Lanka see the No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake submitted by the Joint...
Joint Universities in future
The Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Yi Xianliang, has predicted the establishment of a joint Sino-Lanka University to train professionals to work in Chinese establishments...