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Sri Lanka’s Energy Crisis Is Weighing On its Economy
Discussions around Sri Lanka’s energy crisis may have died down since reports of a major financial crisis in the Asian country circulated last summer,...
TN chief minister wants PM Modi to intervene for release of Indian fishermen
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take necessary diplomatic steps to secure the early release of...
Only 13 countries, territories had ‘healthy’ air quality in 2022 – report
Only 13 of the world’s countries and territories had “healthy” air quality last year, according to a new report, as air pollution surged to...
SVB Crisis: The Liquidity Crunch We Predicted Has Now Begun
There has been an avalanche of information and numerous theories circulating the past few days about the fate of a bank in California know...
HSBC acquires the UK subsidiary of SVB for £1
A deal has been agreed for HSBC to buy the UK arm of the failed US Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the government has announced.
Customers...
Upcoming LG election ‘critical’ for the island nation – US
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung has deemed the upcoming Local Government (LG) election ‘critical’ for the island nation.
Speaking at the 2023 National...
Toronto District School Board to take steps to ban caste-based discrimination
Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian diaspora communities in Canada have seemingly engaged in caste discrimination among themselves and the Toronto District School Board has...
Negative reports prevent Sri Lankan National Intelligence Chief from testifying
As Sri Lanka’s 6th Periodic Review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) came to an end on Thursday, one senior...
The G20 could help fix Sri Lanka’s debt crisis
In February, the finance ministers of G20 countries met to discuss the challenges facing the global economy. It was a missed opportunity to help Sri Lanka,...
Xi Jinping re-elected as president of People’s Republic of China
Delegates of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC, parliament) unanimously voted for re-election of Xi Jinping as president of the...
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Sri Lanka will not become an economically viable country without a political resolution –...
I must state here that our current referendum campaign does not hinge the consent of the Sri Lankan state. A referendum for independence in...
Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka: A Sister is searching for her younger brother
A father died seeking justice for his son. While the mother was ill, the sister was searching for her younger brother. The testimonies speak...
Tamils call Prabhakaran their Saviour and National Leader – Justice C. V. Wigneswaran
Q Recently in Parliament the words “Tamil Homeland” and “Tamil National Leader Prabhakaran” were used and objected to by the Government Members who wanted those...
India gave all intelligence support to win the war – Solheim
After 2008, India’s mood changed. That was the first time thought that the Sri Lankan government could win the war. It was then...
‘Land acquisition in upcountry helps Sinhalese to dominate plantation areas’: Prof. Dr Chandrabose
Neither the upcountry politicians nor the Sri Lankan government intends to give lands to transform the life of plantation workers, Professor Dr. A.S. Chandrabose...
