by Our Correspondent in Colombo A prominent Chinese economist has called for a substantially expanded economic and commercial relationship between China and Sri Lanka, proposing the revival of a bilateral free-trade agreement,
Having comfortably defeated the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) moved against him on the late afternoon of March 21, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, MP, disclosed the direct role played by a section of the
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Though peace continued to prevail in Sri Lanka through 2023, the politico-economic crises that engulfed the country in 2022, persisted. There was, however, relative improvement in the overall situation. No terrorism-linked fatality
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s International Affairs Secretary, Sajin Vas Gunawardena, was found engaged in a confidential discussion with the American Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Jiyoon Chung (Chung Ji-yoon), earlier today, while
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The IMF team is in Colombo for the Second Review of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) loan agreement with Sri Lanka and will meet with some civil society organisations and think tanks
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By the time President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had arrived in Singapore in the second week of July 2022, a few days after fleeing Sri Lanka, he firmly believed that then Prime Minister Ranil
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The GDP growth rate of Sri Lanka for the year 2023 was estimated as a 2.3 percent negative growth rate, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) said in a statement on
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Editorial Elections are looming, or so claim many politicians, yet more than 70% of households in the populace struggle to put daily meals on the table for their families. The opportunistic former
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Click here to read Part Four of this series 5.1 Introduction The concept of rural development through city-centred regional development, discussed above, is to build from the present status of rural development
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Recent statistics released by Russian authorities shed light on the involvement of foreign mercenaries in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, revealing a significant presence from South Asian countries alongside others globally. According
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Sri Lanka stands out as the sole country in South Asia to maintain its High Human Development status in the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Report. Amidst a landscape of mixed
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