The Pathfinder Foundation’s proposal to establish a fisheries research institute on Kachchativu is presented as an exercise in scientific cooperation, but its critics may see a far more troubling prospect. The financial
When Mrs Bandaranaike’s left-wing government swept into power with a two-thirds majority in 1970, it inherited a business landscape dominated by the UNP. Previous attempts at nationalisation by S. W. R. D.
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“Nothing is sacred anymore,” Prof. Nelum Deepika Udagama remarks at one point during this conversation, reflecting on the way education, law, and public institutions have been pulled into the logic of the
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Comrade Rohana Wijeweera, the founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), was arrested and subsequently murdered 36 years ago on November 13. His disappearance in 1989 symbolised the turbulent end of the
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Sri Lanka has wrapped up a wide-ranging trade and investment mission in Canada that spanned Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, Saskatchewan, and Vancouver, marking one of the country’s most extensive commercial outreach efforts in
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Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry has announced a new quota allowing 1,500 unskilled workers from Sri Lanka to enter the country, a measure designed to strengthen the industrial sector. The initiative
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by Luxman Aravind President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s hush-hush address to Parliament, delivered after his subordinates literally lost their footing in the chaos of the Trincomalee debacle, revealed a leader floundering behind closed doors while pretending to command the
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Close on the heels of the first-ever joint tactical counter-terrorist exercise ‘Wolverine Path 2025,’ involving Russian and Sri Lankan troops, at the Army Training School, in Maduru Oya (25 Oct to 4
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Editor’s Note: The following essay has been prepared based on excerpts from the article published in the Journal of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series, Volume XLIII,
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When President Ranasinghe Premadasa first carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in 1990, he never imagined that it would mark the beginning of his downfall. In that reshuffle, he appointed Lalith Athulathmudali, who
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It was 1989 (30 years ago), and I was working at SLNS Tissa, the Naval Base in Trincomalee. I was responsible for land operations and running the Habarana–Trincomalee Naval convoys. Midshipman Ravi
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will celebrate his eightieth birthday next Tuesday. Whether we admire or despise his politics, there is no denying that he decisively shaped the destiny of this island for
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Hambantota International Port (HIP) has reported a remarkable surge in cargo volumes, reaching over 6 million metric tons by September 2025, representing a 151 percent increase compared to the same period last
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor A few years ago, a delegation of senior U.S. defence officials arrived in Sri Lanka with a request that was as curious as it was disquieting. “We
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In 2014, the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC), a state-owned entity, submitted a proposal to establish an aircraft maintenance facility in Sri Lanka. The Chinese proposal aimed to provide
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by Economic Affairs Editor Every few years a new development slogan arrives in Sri Lanka, wrapped in glossy reports and the logos of foreign agencies. This time it is the “circular economy.”
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