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 suspected gunman responsible for the shocking assassination of notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, also known as “Ganemulla Sanjeewa,” inside the Hulftsdorp Court Complex, has been arrested.
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Editorial Sri Lanka is on the verge of a national disaster, teetering precariously as a government—a group of political opportunists disguised as so-called experts—pulls the country into a tailspin of chaos. What
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The Chinese Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Pau Yue, is set to arrive in Sri Lanka today and will be touring the island from the 19th to the 23rd. Following the Northern War,
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by Our Correspondent in Correspondent A man was shot and killed inside a courtroom at the Hulftsdorp complex in Colombo earlier today. The victim, identified as Ganemulla Sanjeewa, was a well-known drug
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Since the successful conclusion of the war in mid-May 2009, despite all the naysayers, and even the likes of the then British Foreign Secretary David Milliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner,
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The latest budget confirms what many have long suspected—those in power lack both the vision and the courage to drive real economic transformation. While policymakers boast of economic recovery, they have once
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce welcomes bold proposals in the budget that align with its recommendations, Sri Lanka Economic Summit discussions, and Vision 2030 goals. The 2025 Budget focuses on stability, governance,
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by Luxman Aravind Sri Lanka’s economic catastrophe has been an apocalyptic warning of what unfettered fiscal mismanagement, political expediency, and economic illiteracy can result in. The policies of successive governments have created
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s 2025 Budget Speech paints a grand vision of economic transformation, promising prosperity, stability, and justice for the Sri Lankan people. However, beneath the
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Since the JVP/NPP’s arbitrary decision to curtail former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security and have him relocated to less expensive accommodation is now being legally challenged through an FR petition lodged with the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo We sat down with Jayantha Gnanakone, whose story is a poignant testament to the devastation endured by Tamils over the years. Beginning in 1958, his family’s businesses
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“Ordered disorder, planned caprice,And dehumanized humanity…” ~ Brecht (The Exception and the Rule) In 2009, Mahinda Rajapaksa conquered Sri Lanka. In 2010, he set out to conquer the world, with an address
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
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Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe has directed Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to initiate an investigation into the leak of a crucial document sent to the Criminal Investigation Department
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Editorial Sri Lanka stands on the brink of catastrophe, torn between the seductive mirage of progress and the unforgiving abyss of political incompetence. Under the disastrous stewardship of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,
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