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,
There had been several court cases pertaining to unprecedented happenings and developments that ended up with democratically elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa having to flee the country on 13 July, 2022, with mobs
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Editorial In Sri Lanka’s socio-economic corpus, there festers a malignant industry—one whose roots burrow deeper than commerce and whose consequences are far more sinister than mere consumer discontent. It is not agriculture,
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Sri Lanka Customs has detained nearly 1,000 Chinese-made BYD electric vehicles after discovering discrepancies in the declared motor capacities used for tax calculation — a move that could expose a multimillion-rupee tax
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The Sri Lankan government is facing sharp criticism following explosive claims by Wasantha Mudalige of the National People’s Struggle Movement, who alleges that 3071 acres of land across strategic regions—mainly in Trincomalee—are
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Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has reaffirmed his strong opposition to same-sex marriage while urging Sri Lankans to uphold and protect the traditional family structure based on the union between a
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Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake performed a miracle that paved the way for the Maithri-Ranil government in 2015. Maithri, Ranil and Anura were able to label the Rajapaksas as thieves because of
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Sixteen years ago, Sri Lanka emerged from one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in modern Asia. The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended a nearly three-decade war
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Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Mujibur Rahuman has accused Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD and its local agents in Sri Lanka of orchestrating a sophisticated tax evasion scheme—one that could be draining millions
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by Mendaka Samarasinghe “Do you really believe Anura is running this show alone?” a senior business editor asked me recently over coffee in Cinnamon Gardens. “He’s got help—old help.” I didn’t have
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by Durga Velayutham Spies are human beings too—though society treats them as disposable tools, useful only when convenient. They bleed, they age, they falter. Like anyone else, they navigate twenty-four hours burdened
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