TNA urges release of prisoners
A meeting was held today between the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence Mr. Pablo DE...
A debt trap like the one experienced by Sri Lanka
The Duterte administration’s new source of financing for its ambitious infrastructure projects, China, could lead the Philippines into a “debt trap” as it did other...
Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd aims to become model employer
Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd (RPL) is determined to become a model employer by ensuring all-round development of the repatriate population from Sri Lanka who work and...
Justice should be done
D B S Jeyaraj: ...
Ensure fiscal consolidation
The IMF urged Sri Lanka to continue fiscal consolidation and tighten monetary policy and said it had agreed to delay the next review of its...
Lack of unity affected policy making
The main reason for the reluctance to hold elections to the local bodies and the Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka is the lackluster performance of...
Korean hackers may have had links with Sri Lankan beneficiaries
The proliferate North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Lazarus, believed to be behind numerous high-profile cyberattacks against global financial and government institutions, appears to have focused...
Release those held under the PTA
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will move an adjournment motion seeking the immediate release of those held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Opposition...
China’s embrace stirs unease
Some 600 years ago, the great Chinese explorer Zheng He and his vast armada frequented Sri Lanka, including landing once to kidnap an uncooperative king....
Tamil leaders boycott President’s visit to Jaffna
Leaders of the opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA), including the leader of the official parliamentary Opposition, R.Sampanthan, boycotted Sri Lankan President Mithripala Sirisena’s visit to...
Review retirement age
UN Fund For Population Activities (UNFPA) now renamed UN Population Fund, said the elderly or those who are above 60 years of age who may...
Indian military decisions
Around 2 pm on October 13, 1987, exactly 30 years from today, 97 para commandos of the Indian Army returned to the Indian Peace Keeping...
Economy poised to Leapfrog
Sri Lanka under the unity government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe is poised to leapfrog the economy after long...
North shuts down
Sri Lanka’s former war torn north came to a complete standstill on Friday as the public launched a protest, urging the release of political prisoners...
Visiting your country was a special grace for me
Pope Francis met on Friday with members of an organizing committee for the journey that he made to Sri Lanka back in January 2015. Welcoming...