Kenya eyes Russia
Kenya wants to use the current tea trade spat — triggered by a single insect— between Russia and Sri-Lanka to boost its volumes to Moscow...
Hambantota
Seven years after the China-built Hambantota Port was inaugurated with great fanfare by the then president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as a symbol of...
Government liquidity and external vulnerability risks will remain elevated.
Moody's Investors Service says that Sri Lanka's (B1 negative) high general government debt levels, very low debt affordability, and fragile external payments position continue to...
The new political alignments
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham: Political parties are busy filing nominations to contest local government elections scheduled for early 2018. As many political analysts have observed, the elections,...
Sri Lanka signs Ottawa Agreement
The European Union (EU) issuing a statement on 15 December 2017, welcomed Sri Lanka as the 163rd State Party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The...
Implement reforms to end arbitrary detention
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has identified significant challenges to the enjoyment of the right to personal liberty in Sri Lanka, resulting in...
India expects Sri Lanka to keep its security concerns in mind
India expects Sri Lanka to be mindful of its "security concerns and sensitivities", the external affairs ministry said on Thursday while reacting to the Sri...
Russia restricts tea supplies
Russia will place temporary restrictions on imports of all agricultural products from Sri Lanka, including tea, from Dec. 18, the Russian agricultural safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor...
Ram Setu is man-made
The claim made in a new show of a US science channel that the 'Ram Setu' is man-made and not natural has reaffirmed the stand...
India is buying world’s emptiest airport in battle for territorial dominance
India plans to buy the world's emptiest airport in an effort to limit China's influence in the Indian Ocean. Designed to accommodate one million passengers...
Problems Resolved
The three constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) amicably resolved their differences, concluded their seat sharing arrangements for the local government elections in...
Dissenting lawmakers form new coalition
A group of dissenting Sri Lankan Tamil lawmakers has formed a new coalition to challenge the TNA which has come under severe criticism for going...
TNA split
The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) dropped a bombshell on the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) last week when the party’s hierarchy decided to quit the...
TNA reaches consensus with TELO
The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) Leader and Jaffna District Parliamentarian Mavai S. Senathirajah is confident that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will continue to...
Timely progress in structural reforms will support fiscal consolidation.
On December 6, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under the...