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
by Our Correspondent in Colombo A grave public health crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka as the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has released a damning report exposing dozens of widely-used beauty and
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Editorial The recent influx of Bangladeshi immigrants into the suburban zones of Colombo, particularly around Katunayake and its adjacent environs near Bandaranaike International Airport, demands urgent and dispassionate scrutiny. What has thus
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The 2025 Dragon Boat Festival China–Sri Lanka Friendship Cup Dragon Boat Championship was held recently in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The event was attended by Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, Sri Lanka’s Minister of
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor in Colombo A wave of frustration is sweeping through several foreign diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka, as envoys publicly voice their outrage over what they describe as
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Tucked away in one of Colombo’s quieter quarters, the Turkish Ambassador’s residence reveals itself not through ostentation, but through quiet elegance and curated cultural depth. The whitewashed
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The recent sinking of the MSC ELSA 3 off the coast of Vizhinjam, Kerala, serves as a stark reminder of the potential ecological and economic consequences of maritime incidents. This event, detailed
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The Sri Lanka–China Trade and Investment Forum 2025 convened today in Colombo, bringing together a high-profile delegation of over 115 senior representatives from 77 leading Chinese enterprises, alongside key figures from Sri
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NDB Bank has further strengthened its commitment to enabling Sri Lankan students to pursue global academic opportunities through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ABEC (Australian Business Education Centre), a
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Capital Metals PLC (AIM: CMET), a UK-listed mineral sands exploration and development company, has announced a significant strategic investment agreement with Ambeon Capital PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s leading diversified conglomerates. The
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Prabhakaran showed greater interest in Sri Lanka’s mineral sands than previous Sri Lankan governments. He instructed the LTTE not to attack the country’s mineral sand resources. At the same time, he blocked
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka, struggling to cope up with the deepening economic-political-social crisis, agreed, in late July 2024, to implement an IMF-led economic recovery programme, backed by Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Having self-declared
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For decades, institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have operated under the guise of global development and stability — but their deeper function has often been to
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“What sheer unfeeling idiocy”. ~ Rolf Hochhuth (The Deputy) May 2024 marked the 15th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana presided over the annual ‘war-heroes’
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Editorial When a nation begins to collapse, it seldom does so with a grand flourish. The disintegration is silent, incremental, and often politely ignored—until the collapse becomes too catastrophic to conceal. In
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Editorial There are deaths that arrive like storms—tempestuous, obliterating, and total—and then there are those like the passing of Malini Fonseka: a slow extinguishing of a sacred lamp, dimming not into obscurity,
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