Letter To Modi
Sri Lanka’s Tamil political parties, namely the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the Tamil Makkal Koottani (TMK), the Tamil Eelam...
What’s in store?
They announce every few days how many days they can supply fuel and electricity, leaving people in constant uncertainly of their future. The Ministers do...
Growing Tensions
On 28 October, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the militant Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara to head a presidential task force on legal reforms, shocking many...
As India and China Compete, Smaller States Are Cashing In
This month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Sri Lanka and the Maldives. On the surface, the trip was part of an effort by China...
Fertilizer Spat Underlines Struggles With International Trade Deals
In September of last year, the Sri Lankan government banned a shipment of 20,000 tons of fertilizer, worth $6.9 million, from China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech...
Posturing for the UNHRC session
With the situation in Sri Lanka coming up for discussion at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 3, the Sri Lankan government as...
The island of a thousand errors
The government of Sri Lanka is showing an alarming lack of knowledge over how the international economy works. Which seems fair enough since they've recently...
Forex Crisis and National Economy
Speaking at the webinar “Impact of Forex Crisis and Solutions for National Economy” held on 23 January 2022, the Governor of the Central Bank of...
Covid-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses of democratic leaders
The Human Rights Watch World Report 2022, reviewing human rights practices and developments in more than 100 countries around the globe, was released this week....
Economists tell: default on bond, buy food
Sri Lankan rupee banknotes sit in a bucket at a fruit stall in Colombo. The country is running out of imported food, fuel, medicine and a...
UN paints bleak picture
The United Nations (UN) expects Sri Lanka to face numerous challenges this year, mainly as a result of the coronavirus. According to a UN report,...
Critical Week in Bid to Stabilize Economy
Sri Lanka’s leaders face critical tests next week of how they plan to pull the South Asian nation out of an economic tailspin, with a...
Operation Flycatcher: disrupting Sri Lanka’s terrorist networks
Boosting the ability of frontline border officers to detect travelers as potential terrorists was the focus of a counter- terrorism (CT) and border management operation...
India-led Quad can rescue Sri Lanka?
Wang Yi’s on the move. In his first trip abroad this year, the Chinese foreign minister will visit a bunch of Indian Ocean states, including...
What way out for Sri Lanka?
The historical and traditional glory of Sri Lanka have justifiably made millions of Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka and in other countries as well...