Shenali D Waduge India will not allow a separate Tamil Eelam in India. Sri Lanka will also not allow a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Yet from Justin Trudeau to provincial politicians in Canada, an overwhelming sympathy for Tamils can be seen. Given that the stalwarts propagating Eelam are mostly located in Canada & […]

by Professor Sunil J.  Wimalawansa Preamble: This article was published in June 2006 as a three-part series in the Sunday Financial Times (Part 1: https://www.sundaytimes.lk/060618/ft/2.1.html).  There were several requests to republish this article in full. Since the entire piece was not published then, the author is grateful to the editor of Lanka Web for the […]

By Sunil Kumar When the President  of Sri Lanka  urges all Sri Lankans to work together to build a prosperous country free of bankruptcy and all the ills of the recent past it is an assertive call to the nation which needs to be responded to beyond conjecture or speculation. The protocols  surrounding his call […]

Dilrook Kannangara In an unprecedented development, US Democratic Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC) and US Republican Congressman Bill Johnson (OH) introduced a bipartisan Resolution last week calling for a referendum for Eelam Tamils to be democratically and equitably represented” as well as a lasting peaceful political solution”. This has been played down by local news media […]

Sufian Siddique Independent researcher and freelance columnist, Dhaka Wars and conflicts are increasing worldwide. People from any part of the world are not good. But we are better than other countries – it must be admitted. In terms of infrastructure, Bangabandhu’s golden Bangladesh has progressed quite a bit overall. Especially, the country has been at […]

BY PAUL WISEMAN Courtesy The San Diego Union-Tribune  WASHINGTON —   If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America’s economy would hardly sink alone. The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Orders for Chinese factories that sell electronics to the United […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A day after Pastor Jerome Fernando had expressed an apology via a live video stream over his controversial remarks, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said an apology will not prevent the police from taking action against him. Pastor Fernando who is under investigation over his controversial remarks made against Buddhism, Islam […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A mobile brothel operated by an Aragalaya activist has been raided by the Walana Anti-Corruption Unit and seven individuals including four women taken into custody, Police said. The arrests were made following information that a 29-year-old Aragalaya activist in Moratuwa was operating a brothel. The suspect was arrested by a police […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Wimal Weerawansa said following the Aragalaya, ‘Plan B’ is now in operation. “US Envoy to Sri Lanka Julie Chung doesn’t send naughty Twitter messages anymore. She has become very good. She makes it a point to tweet even if someone sneezes,” Weerawansa said. 

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While establishing 50 new centres for the process of obtaining passports without delay by end June, it has been decided to issue e-passports by the end of this year, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. He told the media that 50 new centres at fifty District Secretariats will be established to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Suhurupaya building will be converted to a one-stop-shop to obtain passports, NICs and all other documents related to births, marriages and deaths, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. He told a news briefing that the one-stop-shop will be open for the public within two months. Apart from that, the Registrar […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Numerous investment proposals initiated by the Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing with leading Chinese companies have not taken off the ground due to what a top source called ‘lack of any serious enthusiasm at the Colombo end and the absence of committed, knowledgeable and goal -oriented bureaucrats for a long period […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a significant move to address Sri Lanka’s fuel supply challenges, a contract agreement was signed with Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company. The agreement, signed today (22), marks a crucial step in ensuring a steady and uninterrupted fuel supply for the nation, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The signing ceremony took […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is mulling measures to lure back Chinese tourists in a bid to alleviate an unprecedented debt crisis, its tourism minister said, as the South Asian nation tries to stabilize the economy. The country is targeting half a million Chinese tourists in 2024, nearly double its pre-Covid visitor levels, Tourism Minister Harin […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) inflation eased to 33.6% year-on-year in April, after a 49.2% rise in March, the statistics department said on Monday. The NCPI captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. Food prices eased sharply to 27.1% in April from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says that according to the agreement signed between Sinopec and the Ministry of Power and Energy, the state-owned Chinese company will be granted a 20-year license to operate 150 fuel stations currently operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). In a tweet, the minister said that […]

Courtesy Adaderana State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an anti-China workshop” on Monday, a day after Beijing summoned Japan’s envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at the group’s summit in Hiroshima. Group of Seven (G7) declarations issued on Saturday singled out China on issues including Taiwan, nuclear arms, […]