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China leads Sri Lanka’s FDI

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31st January 2018
Sri Lanka attracted $1.63 billion in foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2017, a record high, according to data released by Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment...
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Atrocities committed against Tamils

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29th January 2018
The atrocities committed against Tamils during the 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka amounted to ethnic cleansing and even today a huge drive is underway...
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HRW says “locked up without evidence”, Repeal PTA law

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29th January 2018
Human Rights Watch released a 46-page report, "Locked Up Without Evidence: Abuses under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act,"  on  28 January 2018. HRW said that...
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Reuniting the Ex-LTTE Cadres into main stream politics

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28th January 201828th January 2018
A former active member of the LTTE and many of his colleagues in the erstwhile outfit, have come forward to reunite the divided, scattered and...
Economic

Tea exports to China witnesses a boom

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26th January 2018
Sri Lanka’s tea exports to China surged 30 percent to 9.9 million kilos in 2017 from the year before, making it the eighth biggest market...
News

Sri Lanka needs to deliver

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25th January 201825th January 2018
The European Commission  called on the Government to deliver on important reforms, expressing concerns over the failure to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act, ongoing...
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Japan stakes a claim

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25th January 201825th January 2018
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono’s visit to Sri Lanka earlier this month was the first by a Japanese foreign minister in 15 years. Governmental confirmation...
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China and the Politics of Investment

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21st January 2018
Last month, the Sri Lankan government formally handed over control of the port of Hambantota to Chinese interests on a 99-year lease. The price was...
News

Sri Lanka delays implementing pledges

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20th January 201820th January 2018
Human Rights Watch released its 2018 World Report on 18 January 2018. In its report on Sri Lanka HRW said the Sri Lankan Government has stalled...
Economic

Local investors are buying blue-chip shares

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20th January 2018
Sri Lankan shares snapped a seven-session streak of declines on Friday, recovering from a near three-week closing low hit in the previous session, as investors...
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An Interview with C.V. Wigneswaran

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19th January 201823rd January 2018
C.V. Wigneswaran is the chief minister of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka and a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). This interview has...
Features

Weedicide Ban Hits Tea Workers

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19th January 2018
Sri Lankan tea workers are being affected by a government ban on a popular weedicide as large plantations become overgrown with weeds. The country banned...
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Struggling to keep promises of reform

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18th January 2018
At the time, it was seen as an astonishing victory. In retrospect, it was also something of a Pyrrhic one. Few expected Maithripala Sirisena to...
News

The TNA hierarchy had failed

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16th January 2018
Northern Minister of Women Affairs, Ananthy Sasitharan said the International Community had taken a different stance over humanitarian issues in Sri Lanka, thus letting down...
International News

One Belt One Road’ project hits political, financial hurdles

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14th January 2018
China’s plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan. Pakistan’s...

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