State of Sri Lanka’s Economy – Research Team Since early 2020, the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government appeared to implement a plan with several components for the external sector. These components included securing of multi-lateral and bi-lateral loans, monetization of selected assets, obtaining Central Bank SWAPs, promoting Hambantota Industrial & Pharmaceutical Zones, Colombo Port City and other […]

ජයන්ත හේරත් හරක් පිටි කිරි ප්රශ්නයක් වී  ඇමෙරිකාව තරමක් සැලෙන්නට පටන් ගෙනය. මිචිගනයේ බේබි ෆොර්මියුලා සමාගමක නිශ්පාදන සිරුරට අහිතකර විස මුසු වීමක්  අඳුනා ගැනීමෙන් සමාගම වසා දමා වෙළඳ පොලේ මේ දක්වා තිබු නිශ්පාදනද රිකෝල් කර ඇත. බේබි ෆොර්මියුලා නැති ළදරුවන් අඬන හඬ ඇහෙන්න පටන් ගෙනය. ගෝ බ්‍රන්ඩන් කියන හඬ  වෙනස් අර්ථයකින් නොඇහෙනවා නොවේය. අවුරුදු 50 […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM United Sri Lanka Association. To: Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs . NZ Parliament. Dear Minister, I am writing to say how pleased I was to read your tweet and that of NZ High Commissioner  in Colombo, informing us  of your decision to make the above […]

The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka Press Release The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka wishes our Buddhist brethren peace and contentment on the auspicious day of Buddha Jayanthi (Vesak) where millions around the world follow the teachings of the Buddha and commemorate the birth, attainment of enlightenment and the passing away of the Buddha. Vesak”, on […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Crises prompt proposals for management, recovery and future prosperity. Of the many we’ve seen, perhaps on account of public profile, the set of proposals submitted by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is one which calls for serious consideration. Indeed, the BASL proposals have been approved by multiple political groups/individuals including the […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. ඩබල් ගේම් මෙහි ඉහතින් ඇති රූප සටහනේ පිට රවුම තුල තිබෙන ලෝභ-ද්වේෂ-මෝහ යන ක්ලේශ තුන ලොව සෑම පංචස්කන්ධයකටම පොදුවේ අදාලය. පන්සිල් පද පහෙන් අවම වශයෙන්වත් බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ මෙම ක්ලේශ හැකිතාක්  දුරට පාලනය කර ගැනීමය. මෙත්තා-කරුණා-මුදිතා-උපෙක්ඛා යන ගතිගුණ ප්‍රගුණ කර ගැනීම මෙන්ම, ලාභෝ-අලාභෝ, අයසෝ-යසෝච, නින්දා-ප්‍රශංසා, සුඛන්ච-දුක්ඛං යන අෂ්ට ලෝක ධර්මතා භාර ගැනීමද […]

 Saeed Naqvi   Whatever the aspiration of the protesters in Sri Lanka, the chaos they created has caused the messiah to appear in the form of the IMF. For the IMF to be effective, it needed a government it could vibe with. That there could not have been a better choice for the job of Prime […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and […]

Jubeda Chowdhury, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Myanmar military wants now strategic engagement with Bangladesh military for various reasons. Myanmar-Bangladesh must have mutual strategic engagement as they share common border. Myanmar-Bangladesh have some common problems which need to be resolved bilaterally as soon as possible. Myanmar, Bangladesh need defense diplomacy for cementing their ties with neighbourly spirit. Myanmar […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday denied reports of ex-LTTE cadre regrouping to launch attacks” in Sri Lanka, as reported by The Hindu, citing sources in Indian intelligence. The article is completely baseless. We have received no intelligence warning of such a security threat,” a Ministry spokesman said. The report, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s new prime minister has told the BBC an economic crisis that has brought misery and unrest is going to get worse before it gets better”. The country is facing fuel shortages and soaring food prices, with some Sri Lankans forced to skip meals. Anger over the government’s handling of the crisis […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided to support a government established under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The ruling party pledged their support during a meeting of its parliamentary group held under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning (May 14). 

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the support of the country’s youths is expected when finding solutions to overcome the current crisis situation. He stated this, delivering a statement following bilateral talks with several ambassadors and high commissioners to Sri Lanka today (May 14). The prime minister met with the ambassadors of South Korea, […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed four new Cabinet ministers today (May 14) to maintain the affairs of the Parliament and other functions of the country legitimately and stably until a full Cabinet is appointed. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the President’s House in Colombo this afternoon. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), […]