ITAK opts out of Ministerial Posts
The Ilankan Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the largest party in Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC), has decided not to take any ministerial position in...
Those not connected to the LTTE are involved in sword attack
Jaffna District Parliamentarian and Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Leader Mavai Senthirajah said Government and the hierarchy of the security forces had informed them that...
Politicians of both communities have created the belief that federalism is separation
The Tamils of North and East of Sri Lanka do not consider themselves as minorities. They consider themselves as the majority in the North Eastern...
Supreme court shoots down tax reforms
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has effectively shot down a sweeping overhaul of the island's tax system, calling the proposed legislation unconstitutional, the country's parliament speaker...
The Killing Fields
In Sri Lanka's North Central province, a land of crumbling Buddhist temples and gently swaying palms, farmers have cultivated rice for millennia. Until the 1960s,...
Trade in Renminbi to expand trade
China, on Monday requested Sri Lanka to directly use the Chinese currency renminbi, rather than the US dollar, in trading between the two countries. Chinas...
Foreign firms barred from bidding
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena told the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) here on Tuesday, that he would not, “under any circumstances”, allow the contract...
Port deal to boost FOREX, attract more investments
China’s deal with Sri Lanka to acquire a 70 percent stake to develop the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka for 1.12 billion US dollars...