Colombo, February 3. It is widely acknowledged that Sri Lanka has not been in such dire straits economically as it is now in its 74 th. year as an independent nation. Seven decades of erratic economic policies adopted in...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, February 3: The recently announced multi-faceted US$ 200 million plan to develop Galle harbor both as an enhanced commercial port and as a water sports and leisure hub hosting cruise ships, is an attractive proposition.
Indeed, the Public-Private...
The Sri Lankan Tamil parties have sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help to establish a Federal Constitution in Sri Lanka in place of the present unitary one on the plea that the...
The Sri Lankan government has been making frantic efforts to meet the expectations of the Western countries on the human rights issue in the country, ahead of the February-March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,...
Colombo, January 27: Turkey, which is emerging as a power for the second time in history after the Ottoman Empire, is spreading its wings beyond the Middle East to South, South East Asia and Africa. Under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...
Harvard immunologist Dr Shiv Pillai said that Covid-19 will become endemic and can't be eradicate, underlining concerns that the Omicron wave may have a prolonged effect in India
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The Sri Lankan Minister for Trade, Bandula Gunawardana, and the Junior Minister for Regional Cooperation, Tharaka Balasuriya, are on a seven-day visit to Pakistan from January 20 to 27. The Lankan ministers are leading a delegation described as “important”...
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sat down with FP to talk about Russia, China, relations with Europe, and year one of the Biden presidency.
By Amy Mackinnon, a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy.
JANUARY 18, 2022, 3:01...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized the opportunity to assert his nation's position in Eastern Europe at a time when the United States is both mired in domestic division and fixated on challenging China.
Tied down at home and abroad,...
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COLOMBO -- As Sri Lanka's dollar scarcity worsens, a fresh crop of unusual signs has surfaced about spreading shortages of basic goods. "Candles not available due to gas shortage" was one. It was placed at...
India on Tuesday extended a US$ 500 million credit to Sri Lanka for emergency purchase of petroleum products. In a tweet, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka tweeted to say that “a friend holds out a helping hand...
Colombo, January 15 (newsin.asia): The Human Rights Watch’s latest report on Sri Lanka comes down heavily on the rights record of the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It observes serious deficiencies in every sphere.
In March 2021, the UN Human...
