Sri lankan arrested over terror offences
A 25-year-old Sri Lankan man accused of being an Islamic State affiliate has been charged with possessing a blueprint to target several “symbolic” Sydney locations....
Taking back a word
Months into the first stint of my Colombo assignment, I noticed something. My copy sounded distinctly better whenever I quoted Sri Lankan Tamil leader R....
Mannar mass grave
Sri Lankan authorities have excavated nearly 100 skeletons at a mass grave in Mannar, located in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, where state armed forces and...
Aid convoy with LTTE pictures arrives in Kerala
A caravan of trucks bearing flags similar to that of the LTTE and a banner with the picture of the slain LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran...
China wants to build in North
China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka’s north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the...
Vulnerable to rising interest rates
Moody's Investors Service says that the credit profile of the Government of Sri Lanka (B1 negative) is supported by the authorities' progress in implementing reforms,...
Japanese and Indian help to develop Trincomalee harbour?
The United States and Japan have both cast their eyes on the Eastern Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee to counterbalance the presence of the Chinese...
Try to move forward
By Prof. Charles Sarvan: The Colombo Telegraph...
Writing on the Wall
Northern Province Chief Minister Canagasabapathy Viswalingam Wigneswaran is a retired Supreme Court judge. Much was expected of CV Wigneswaran when he was first elected chief...
US, Japan Wooing Sri Lanka to Contain China’s Rise in Into-Pacific
Japan has handed over two naval patrol boats worth over $11 million to Sri Lanka in a bid to boost the country's defense. A week...
Belt and Road Initiative leads to wedlock
Nineteen couples from China and Sri Lanka became man and wife at a mass wedding ceremony in Negombo near here on Thursday, symbolizing the people-to...
China leveraging its military, economic and diplomatic clout to establish regional dominance
The United States Annual Report on Military and Security Developments mandated by Congress has made references to Hambantota Port. The report has, in relation to...
UN Rights chief urged to ensure accountability
In a statement released on 18 August 2018, on the appointment of former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet as the new UN human rights chief, the...
Sino-Lankan archaeologists look for Chinese artifacts in Jaffna
An archaeological team from Shanghai Museum have set off for Sri Lanka on a 40-day excavation mission to learn more about the ancient Maritime Silk...
Slow motion disintegration?
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham: The government will complete three years in office today (17), marking a milestone of sorts when the two traditionally rival political parties, the...