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
The government of Sri Lanka has revealed that hundreds of prisoners remain on death row, underscoring the continuing weight of capital punishment within the country’s criminal justice system. According to a 2025
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A political controversy has erupted in Sri Lanka after Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Anura Karunathilake resigned from a Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the release of 323 containers from Colombo Port without
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC The hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, held on 11 February 2026, took place just one day before national elections
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued a stern warning that all transactions between residents must be conducted exclusively in Sri Lankan Rupees, unless explicit permission has been granted under the
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I was appointed as the Managing Director of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Chairman of Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd. (TPTL – Indian Oil Company/Petroleum Corporation of Sri Lanka joint venture) in February
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After the 2008 Mumbai bomb attacks, relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated sharply. Following this, both countries decided not to play cricket matches in each other’s territories. Subsequently, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
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The first Marxist coalition government in Sri Lanka was formed by the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). The Finance Minister of this government was LSSP
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Sri Lanka is taking steps to seek compensation from countries that once occupied the island for antiquities looted and for the lives and property lost during the colonial period, Foreign Affairs Minister
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Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe has said the country’s key economic objective is to maintain inflation without allowing it to rise above 5 percent, as the island nation seeks
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There are serious errors in recent public statements made by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna General Secretary Tilvin Silva regarding Sri Lanka’s coal crisis, according to Frontline Socialist Party Education Secretary Pubudu Jayagoda. Speaking
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A county mayor in South Korea has sparked widespread controversy after suggesting that women from Sri Lanka and Vietnam be “imported” as brides to address population decline in rural areas, prompting criticism
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Sri Lanka had weathered political, economic and climatic maelstrom in the last three years after the Aragalaya – spontaneous uprising of the people – dethroned the Rajapaksas from power in 2022. During
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Please click here to read Part 2 of this series Reversing Political Entropy The physics metaphor proves instructive. Reversing entropy requires constant energy input. For Sri Lanka’s government, this means rebuilding trust
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by Luxman Aravind Though Sri Lanka parades one of the highest literacy rates in South Asia and flaunts it as evidence of civilisational maturity within global development indices, the country has repeatedly
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We are all human beings, and our nationality and religion are simply accidents of birth -Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (British American structural biologist and former president of the Royal Society) In this day and
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