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
Blaming foreign intelligence agencies has long been a part of Sri Lankan politics, particularly among left-nationalist political blocs since the end of the civil war. During times of political turmoil, conspiracy narratives
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This is not the first time such a thing has happened in Sri Lanka. In 2023, when I returned home to visit my grandpa, I stood and watched the queues snake around
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The Indian Ocean, once envisioned as an “Ocean of Peace,” is entering a phase of strategic uncertainty that Sri Lanka cannot afford to ignore. Developments unfolding far beyond its shores, particularly in
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Why didn’t Premadasa queue up when Saddam was killed? ‘All this is because of Trump…’‘He managed the country beautifully…’‘Oh… what can the government do?’ ‘During Gota’s time, oil was lost because of
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Tensions flared at the University of Jaffna as students gathered at the main entrance to protest police summons issued in connection with a controversial incident during Sri Lanka’s Independence Day. In the
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What are the thieves who have committed shameful acts of theft and have been exposed before our courts doing now? The topic of the extremely infamous and corrupt transaction allegedly carried out
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed a petition by the Sri Lankan Navy seeking to block disclosure of expenses related to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape from the country in July 2022.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Speaking in Parliament this morning, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Sri Lanka had rejected requests from both Iran and the United States to use the country’s ports
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by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka is now drifting into a deeply compromising role within the global cybercrime ecosystem, not as a passive victim but as an enabling ground for organised online fraud
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Editorial Sri Lanka now presents a deeply unsettling spectacle, not as a nation merely grappling with fiscal fragility or administrative disorder, but as an island where corrosive indulgence is being repackaged as
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Recent observations by Michel Yakovleff have drawn attention not merely for their tone, but for what they expose about a profound tension within the international security community: the hazards of engaging in
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A high-level Sri Lankan defence delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), began a two-day official visit to Japan to participate in the 2nd Japan–Sri Lanka Defence
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As soon as Anura became President, the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka met with him. During the meeting, he handed over a personal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, inviting Anura to
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A significant development has emerged in Sri Lanka’s high-profile Airbus bribery investigation, with former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena reportedly admitting in court that he paid Rs. 60 million to former President
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Sri Lanka is facing the prospect of a steep increase in fuel prices, with a liter of diesel potentially rising to as high as Rs. 600, according to warnings from Dayasiri Jayasekara.
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