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
India is closely watching developments in the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka after the government invited expressions of interest from domestic and international investors for the management and redevelopment of
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka that a major company linked to a politically connected businessman may have secured a significant financial advantage by acting ahead of
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is considering the introduction of a landmark “generational tobacco ban” inspired by the recently implemented anti-smoking model in the Maldives, as policymakers and public health
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According to local media in Colombo, the ambitious plan to establish South Asia’s largest commercial and logistics complex within the Port of Colombo has been officially cancelled, marking a significant reversal in
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The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a sweeping 50% surcharge on customs import duties for all imported motor vehicles, under an emergency order issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his
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“Breaking news is constant these days. What is this breaking news? Some MPs support him. This minister supports him. But these are the same people who supported others before. G.L. Peiris stood
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Editorial Sri Lanka’s banking sector is facing a widening credibility crisis driven by multiple allegations of large-scale financial misconduct, internal collusion, and regulatory failure. The names now being repeatedly discussed are not
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A major historical dataset released yesterday by the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has documented 10,427 killings and disappearances during the Indian Peace
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Recently, through close coordination between China and Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud to China after they were arrested in earlier crackdown operations. On
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Editorial The death of the former Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines has unfortunately shifted public attention away from what should have become a national outrage demanding immediate resignations and criminal accountability.
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The “Colombo Maritime Dialogue” convened yesterday (13 May) in Peliyagoda, bringing together diplomats, policy experts, and maritime scholars from across Asia to discuss evolving security and development dynamics in the Indian Ocean
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A major renewable energy project in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota region has come under intense scrutiny following allegations that around 1,000 acres of forest land bordering the Hambantota Elephant Management Reserve have been
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Governor of Sri Lanka’s Western Province, Mohomad Hanif Yusuf, has reportedly submitted his resignation letter to the President, according to senior government sources. Following the submission,
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Last March, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, proposed a China–India–Sri Lanka trilateral cooperation framework in Sri Lanka. He stated that such cooperation would be important for the region’s progress. He
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Sri Lanka celebrates, next week, the eradication of the bloodthirsty separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a conventional threat to the survival of this nation, at least in our hearts,
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