Lessons from a neighbour
Last Wednesday, parliamentarians debated a no-confidence motion moved by Opposition MPs. The debate began at 9.30 am and by the time the vote was counted,...
Port City, to be South Asia’s hub
The US 1.4 billion State of the Art Colombo Port City (CPC), built by the China Harbor Construction Company (CHCC) in association with the Singapore-based...
China had built infrastructure in Sri Lanka worth US$ 15 billion
By the end of 2017, Chinese companies had completed more than US$15 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka in the field of transportation,...
Recalling the mandate
Last week, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe survived a no-confidence motion against him, saving the country’s first national unity government from a devastating fall....
Facebook to set up an office in Colombo?
Sri Lanka is to ask Facebook to set up an office in Colombo to help monitor content posted in the Sinhalese language so that the...
Is this what we really want?
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham: Though Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has convincingly defeated the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) brought against him in parliament by the Joint Opposition led...
Surviving the no-trust vote
The resounding defeat of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Sri Lanka’s parliament provides an opportunity for its bickering leaders to reassess...
Central Bank cuts rates amid slow growth, political uncertainty
Sri Lanka’s central bank unexpectedly cut its key lending rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, as policy makers sought to revitalise an economy battling...
Enough reasons to worry about social media
Cambridge Analytica has dominated headlines following revelations of how it exploited Facebook data of millions of users to potentially help swing the 2016 U.S. presidential...
EU relists LTTE as terror outfit
The Council of the European Union has relisted the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation. The decision came into effect on...
Political Hara Kiri
The No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsingheis to be taken up for debate and voting in Parliament on April 4. It is...
‘overzealous approach’ in Tamil refugee case
A federal judge has chided an immigration officer for imposing a virtually “impossible standard” in assessing the risk and danger faced by a failed Tamil...