China and Sri Lanka first became connected through Buddhism and later through the Maritime Silk Road. The friendship between the two peoples has transcended time and continues today. For decades, many residents
“The future is cloth waiting to be cut.”Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara
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“The essence of democracy is that the common people must be given the right to shape their own destiny.” S.W.R.D Bandaranaike The Layout The upcoming general election in Sri Lanka in November
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The Sri Lankan Government has officially abolished the “Janasabha” (National People’s Council), a participatory democratic model designed to increase public involvement in decision-making processes. The decision took effect on 30 September 2024,
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Riga, Latvia / Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Uralchem Group has announced that the maritime vessel MV Asian Majesty, anchored in the Bay of Riga with 55,000 tonnes of potash since early
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Hilmy Cader, CEO of MTI Consulting, has urged the government to place a stronger emphasis on the caliber and empowerment of CEOs in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) rather than creating undue focus on
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Editorial We stand at a perilous juncture where the boundary between investigative journalism and sensationalist conspiracy-mongering has become perilously blurred. The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka starkly exemplify this troubling
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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the fourth President trying to get to the bottom of the April 2019 Easter Sunday carnage, the only
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Editor’s Note: The following is the editorial from the October 16, 2024, edition of The Island, a Colombo-based daily newspaper. Only the title has been changed; the rest of the content remains
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President Anura Dissanayake allocated 50 million rupees to assist those affected by the devastating floods that have swept across the country. This decision comes in the wake of severe weather conditions impacting
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by Laxman Aravind In the aftermath of political turmoil, Sri Lanka finds itself caught in a vicious cycle of deception, with the National People’s Power (NPP) party presenting a leadership characterised by
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