• 30, 000 people will die if mobility is not restricted now
• The government takes one step forward, two steps back
• De- politicise the Covid response and hand it back to health experts
Sri Lanka’s Covid time bomb has...
BY LANKATHILAKA
The government will go back on its own ban and import 30, 000 metric tons of sulphate of ammonia which is a synthetic fertiliser, for use in tea cultivation.
The fertiliser is expected in the country in four...
By Lankathilaka
With the 49th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) just weeks away in the last week in February, the government has been cleaning out the skeletons in its human rights cupboard.
Last week it took...
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka from India at the end of the week with confirmation of a USD 1 billion credit line. Speaking to reporters on his return, a fidgety Rajapakse playing with his shirt pocket...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Bloomberg news last week was cathartic. He admitted he is a failed President, that the country should have gone to the International Monetary Fund six months to one year earlier and the difficulties of...
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
—Jimmy Carter
Has man's love for nature been thrown out of the window because of his greed for money? It is...
• SLSI says no standard for cylinder gas composition
• Momentum for affected families to be compensated
• JVP hints at a government created situation
In the end, it was left to the Court of Appeal to deliver some relief to consumers...
• GoSL categorically rejects OHCHR report
• Sri Lanka and Pakistan sign MOUs for bilateral cooperation
• BASL election a protest vote against the government?
The 46th UN Human Rights Council sessions have begun and they are testing times for Sri...
By Lankathilaka
• Latest US State Department report points to alleged human rights abuses
• Is ASP Perera the victim of a political witch hunt?
• The Government’s war with conservationists continues unabated
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with an unassailable logic in mind, appears...
• Agriculture experts predict looming food crisis
• Airlifting nano nitrogen an unprecedented first for Sri Lanka
• Ceylon Fertilizer Company gets order from commercial High Court against Seawin
By Lankathilaka
The protracted fertilizer crisis from the ban on the import of...
• Government relaxes fertilizer ban
• Protestors and trade unions hold government in their grip
• Principal and teacher trade unions bow to plea of medical specialists to suspend their action
Sri Lankan history has for long echoed with...
Despite recommendations by the committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapakse for quality checks to be carried out on gas cylinders before it is released to the consumer, the explosions have continued.
In one of the latest incidents reported from...
