Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
by Durga Velayudham Diplomacy is not courtesy dressed in fine language; it is power performed with a smile. As Niccolò Machiavelli made brutally clear in The Prince, rulers who depend on affection
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Sri Lanka is staring at a potential electricity crisis as critically low water levels in key reservoirs threaten to disrupt hydropower generation, even as the government faces mounting political turmoil over a
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Teachers’ trade unions are protesting against what they describe as a political witch-hunt against some of their members who did not attend a meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Minister of Education
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“Do you know that when the JVP bombed Parliament, the then National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali almost lost his life?” This question was posed by a senior veteran journalist who had covered
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Professor Wasantha Athukorala of the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Peradeniya has revealed a significant decline in the country’s school population over the past seven years. Between 2019
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The government of Sri Lanka has spent Rs. 1,684.53 million on a feasibility study and land acquisition aimed at expanding the Sapugaskanda refinery and building a second refinery to bolster energy security,
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According to the latest report from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the country’s total outstanding government debt reached 29,994.7 billion rupees by the end of 2025, marking a significant increase from
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India is increasingly asserting its influence over Sri Lanka’s fuel supply chain, raising concerns about energy sovereignty as the island nation grapples with distribution shortages and rising prices. During a recent telephone
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Rear Admiral T. M. J. Mendis (Manil) passed away early morning last Friday (27th March). He was 69 years old. His 70th birthday was due on 20th April 2026. Manil studied at
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A leading academic has ignited debate in Sri Lanka after revealing that a private oil company operating in the country was able to generate its entire annual profit within just three weeks
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Sri Lanka’s efforts to secure refined fuel from Russia, casting uncertainty over a deal announced during a visit by Russian Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin. Despite high-level meetings with local authorities and
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Former US President Ronald Reagan, in 1977, following J. R. Jayewardene assuming office, sent his special envoy, Vernon Walters, to Sri Lanka. Indian media described his visit as “U.S. digs deeper into
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Sri Lanka’s position in the Indian Ocean has long been described as strategic. Yet, the true test of a nation is not in possessing geographic advantage, but in how effectively it translates
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The legacy of the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings continues to haunt Sri Lanka, as a dramatic new chapter unfolded in court with the arrest of former National Intelligence Service chief, retired
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Political trajectories across nations are often influenced less by ideology than by the weight of global crises and their far‑reaching consequences. For Sri Lanka, a small island nation situated at the crossroads
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