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
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala revealed in Parliament today that the Indian-owned Taj Samudra Hotel had alerted the State Intelligence Service (SIS) via email, just minutes after suicide bomber Abdul Latheef Mohamed
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Sri Lanka has to navigate its foreign policy within turbulent waters, considering its pivotal location in the Indian Ocean. Being the neighbour to India—a regional power, which some consider an emerging superpower—India
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India’s Adani Green Energy is seeking reimbursement of several million U.S. dollars from the Sri Lankan government after pulling out of two major renewable energy projects, according to local media reports in
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During the JVP’s second insurgency, various foreign intelligence services took notice, and from early 1989, the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency began providing military advisory support to the Sri Lankan government to suppress
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Mr President, This letter is neither a routine diplomatic overture nor a rhetorical exercise in grievance. It is a carefully considered appeal issued by the editorial team of the Sri Lanka Guardian,
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For the ruling National Peoples Power (NPP) group led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD), the local government (LG) elections held during May 2025 was one of the coming-of-age tests at national
More The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) has called on the public, trade unions, and civil society organizations to unite in opposing the reported acquisition of a 51% controlling stake in Colombo
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Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has been named the Best Workplace in Sri Lanka™ 2025 by Great Place to Work®, marking the first time the company has secured the top position in the large-sized
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo India has reportedly begun discreetly stockpiling large quantities of fuel—both oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG)—in the decades-old Trincomalee oil tank farm in eastern Sri Lanka. Reliable
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S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was not created by D.S. Senanayake. Bandaranaike was a leader who emerged from the Sinhala Maha Sabha. D.S. enlisted Bandaranaike to secure the Sinhala Maha Sabha votes for the 1947
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Sunil Handunnetti took a bad bath over the English language in China—an exhibition not merely of linguistic inadequacy, but of staggering delusion. His overconfidence in the face
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No doubt there are, and will be, diverse opinions expressed by many about drug shortages in Sri Lanka. The writer too expressed his views as noted in articles published in December 2022
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At the World Economic Forum 2025, Sunil Handunneththi, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of Sri Lanka, presented the country’s current trade agenda during a focused discussion with Kimberly Botwright, Head of
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Editorial Today, Sri Lanka celebrates the eightieth birthday of Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, whose political trajectory remains intricately entwined with the nation’s turbulent postcolonial evolution marked by ethnic discord, contested sovereignty,
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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga known
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