Bonds fall heavily with U.S. pressure
Sri Lanka’s government bonds fell heavily on Wednesday as the United States ratcheted up pressure on the country’s government over its ties with China. U.S....
Bonds slump after U.S. calls
Sri Lanka’s government bonds fell heavily on Friday after the United States urged the country’s government to make “difficult but necessary choices” regarding its ties...
Make “difficult but necessary choices”
The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make “difficult but necessary choices” to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practises, a senior...
British tribunal rules against Ban
The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC) has given judgment in Arumugam and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, (judgment here), allowing an appeal brought...
Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
The term Indopazifischer Raum (Indo-Pacific Space) coined by German geopolitical thinker Karl Haushofer in 1920, is perhaps the first academic statement on the Indo-Pacific. Haushofer observed the...
Neither successful nor diplomatic
A sly strategy of the Ambassador of the United States has been successful. That’s diplomacy. Well-experienced diplomat, as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina...
Project had its merits
Senior Lecturer in the Transportation Engineering Division of Moratuwa University says that the Japanese-funded Light Railway Transport (LRT) project in metropolitan Colombo, which was abruptly...
Minuwangoda COVID cluster under control – Minister
Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has appointed a committee headed by the Labour Commissioner General to look into allegations levelled against the apparel factory...
China to deepen cooperation with Sri Lanka
China will further strengthen its cooperation with Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Algeria and Serbia under the framework of the Belt and Road...
Propaganda plays a central role
Have China’s efforts to regain its loss of credibility in the wake of its clumsy handling of the information on the Covid-19 virus outbreak from...
Reprisals continue
The report of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights was...
Hard-pressed to secure funding?
Moody's on Monday downgraded Sri Lanka's sovereign credit rating by two notches, saying the South Asian nation would be hard-pressed to secure funding to service...
Modi stresses on devolution of power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for full implementation of a constitutional provision by the new Sri Lankan government to ensure devolution of powers...
Not a reflection on the situation currently prevalent in Sri Lanka
The Actg. Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka at UN replying to the United Nations Special Rapporteur's report during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur...
Accountability will be sought either at home or abroad.
The Human Rights Council opened its forty-fifth regular session on 14 September 2020, hearing a global human rights update from Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations...