As reported earlier today, the United States has pledged $17 million to modernise digital operations at the Port of Colombo. In a subsequent statement, US Ambassador Eric Meyer outlined the commercial rationale
Today (22 May), the Matara Magistrate’s Court in Sri Lanka issued an arrest warrant for former minister Basil Rajapaksa after the court concluded that he had repeatedly failed to appear for scheduled
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The number of police stations attacked by JVP rebels during the uprising that began on April 5, 1971, was 74. Out of these, 57 police stations were attacked and damaged. A total
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The United National Party has issued a strong statement accusing the government of failing to contain the rapid depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar, warning that the country
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The recent occupation of a property in Malwana by a group of student activists does not bode well for Sri Lanka’s already fragile investment climate. Beyond the immediate question of law and
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Editorial Recent market commentary, including assessments commonly echoed by outlets such as Bloomberg-style currency tracking desks, has described the Sri Lankan rupee as one of the weakest-performing currencies in the region in
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The annual Commemoration of War Heroes was held on Tuesday, and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his address, pledged to fulfill the aspirations of those who had made the supreme sacrifice for
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Thiruvengadam Velupillai Prabhakaran was a man who held Eelam Tamil politics under his control for nearly three decades. There has been no other figure in history who exercised such complete dominance over
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Political and foreign affairs commentator Mohan Samaranayake meticulously deals with the overthrowing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022, in a manner that exposed the failure on the part of the then ruling
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International media described the Hambantota Port and Mattala Airport as a Chinese debt trap. In 2017, the Maithri-Ranil government leased the Hambantota Port to China. India opposed the government’s decision. However, the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A senior official serving in the President’s Secretary’s office in Sri Lanka has reportedly been asked to step down, amid conflicting accounts from multiple unnamed government sources
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by Our Political Affairs Editor This so-called “declaration” emerging from the rhetoric of Mullivaikkal remembrance is not a roadmap for justice, nor a credible political programme for the future. It is, at
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna A strongly worded declaration released in connection with the 17th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal remembrance yesterday in North has sparked renewed international attention on long-standing Tamil political
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Tensions erupted at Wellawatta Beach on Monday ( yesyerday) during an event organized by Colombo-based NGO activists to commemorate what they described as the “Tamil Genocide,” with
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What was expected to be a routine internal gathering of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) central committee in Vavuniya instead escalated into a deeply chaotic and confrontational episode that has sent
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Sri Lanka is confronting a serious shortage of specialist doctors capable of treating blood cancers and performing bone marrow transplants, according to senior medical experts who say the country’s healthcare system is
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