Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 5 per cent in 2025 as the country continued its recovery from the 2022 economic crisis, but its investment climate remains challenging, with foreign investors reporting policy
Following excerpts adapted from the latest United Nations Human Rights Commissioner’s report on Sri Lanka Published today, 6th September 2023 Sri Lanka is still facing a difficult economic, social and political situation.
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CLICK HERE TO READ PART ONE OF THIS SERIES by Special Correspondent Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special bench of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is caught between a rock and a hard place, both externally and internally. Externally, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is getting turbulent with the big power confrontation between the
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The Finance State Minister is reported to have said that the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has decided to refund the five per cent withholding tax levy (WHT) deducted on the interest
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To Members of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, The IMF programme in Sri Lanka is devastating the common people of Sri Lanka, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised among them.
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The recent statements by His Eminence Malcom Cardinal Ranjith and the ongoing discourse between India and Sri Lanka demand our immediate and resolute attention. Cardinal Ranjith’s stark
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Recently, the full tragedy of over 400 Sri Lanka-trained nurses being declared unsuitable to work in the USA because of their lack of English proficiency has shocked all of us. Despite opposition
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Link to part 4 The IMF program in Lanka and its implications The IMF agreement with Sri Lanka emphasises fiscal consolidation, which requires the government to achieve a budget surplus within two
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In a startling revelation, the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has sounded the alarm on what it calls a sinister plot to undermine Sri Lanka’s sovereignty by turning it into a digital colony
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Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, recently declared his intention to chart a new political course amidst continuing turmoil in the Opposition. The war-winning Army Chief, 72, on 11 August, launched a campaign
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The Pakistan High Commission in Colombo recently hosted a spectacular “Pakistani Food Festival & Cultural Show” in honour of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, coinciding with
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A presidential & parliamentary election are due. People are also eagerly awaiting to vote. Most citizens just want an election. They are clueless as to who should come to power & what
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Link to part 3 National debt and human rights The implication of debt on human rights is also of significant concern. Many countries in the world are either already in a debt
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor He is nothing more than a ceaseless chinwagger, a hollowness personified in the realm of politics, and an individual who has recklessly gambled with the very national
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“On this earth there are pestilences and there are victims – and as far as possible one must refuse to be on the side of the pestilence.” ~ Camus (The Plague) “Patriotism,”
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