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With no incidents of terrorism or a threat of its resurgence within Sri Lanka, most counter terrorism activities undertaken by the government in 2011 targeted possible LTTE overseas finances, a United States government report said. 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2011', an annual report issued by the The US State Department - reviews the counter terrorism events worldwide last year, said...
- Lanka targets overseas LTTE finances - US (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka targets overseas LTTE finances - US (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Illegally Holding Hundreds of Prisoners: Amnesty (Category: Breaking News)
- Establish NGO advisory and diaspora division (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has entered into a MOU with counterparts of several foreign countries in a bid to keep a tab and tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. Accordingly, the FIU, which comes under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has signed the MOU with its counterparts in countries such as Mongolia, Russia, ...
- Asylum-seeker boat from Sri Lanka capsizes off Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sala says, its “Language Companion” sees heavy demand (Category: Breaking News)
- Plans afoot to distribute school text books (Category: Breaking News)
- Boat carrying 200 sinks off Australia – over 75 asylum seekers perish (Category: Breaking News)
“…the licence of an unrestrained clique is almost always enjoyed at the expense of genuine liberty of others”. AC Grayling (Toward the Light of Liberty) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Will the corrosive Rajapaksa ethos prove to be a far more abiding yoke than even Rajapaksa rule? Will Rajapaksa politico-administrative mores become transformed into governance-traditions, and thereby ...
- Sri Lanka President urges public to remain calm and to stop violence (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa double-speak holds Sri Lanka captive to its history (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Freedom Party commemorates 61st Anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa govt should be faulted for callous response towards floods devastation (Category: Breaking News)
( April 29, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka has once again, like many times in recent years, sought the assistance of China to help avert a balance of payments crisis and also fund two key projects, official and political sources said. In a visit just before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year, that was kept under wraps, a team of officials led by Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera we...
- IOC eyeing oil refining in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Does Sri Lanka need India to run Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- China to provide US$ 600 million to finance the phase II of the Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- IOC considering setting up a US$ 3.5 billion worth oil refinery in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has once again, like many times in recent years, sought the assistance of China to help avert a balance of payments crisis and also fund two key projects, official and political sources said. In a visit just before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year, that was kept under wraps, a team of officials led by Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera went to China and secured assurances of a US$1....
- Persian Prop (Category: Business)
- Refining Revision (Category: Business)
- China set to build new Sri Lanka refinery, says Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Oil Plan (Category: Business)
Shift The Human Rights Council made a shift from May 2009 by voting (March 22) to criticize the Sri Lankan government for “not adequately address... serious allegations of violations of international law” when conducting its final phases of war against the liberation guerrilla army LTTE (Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam), which ended, May 18, 2009, with government-caused ...
- Resolution against Sri Lanka passed at UNHRC sessions (Category: Business)
- Why A Tamil Common Candidate In The Presidential Election? (Category: Breaking News)
- UN motion on war crimes against Sri Lanka adopted (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Tamils & Palestinians: International Justice In The Dark? (Category: Breaking News)
Fat burners do not burn fat, literally; aphrodisiacs are frustratingly passionless; tablets to prolong passion fall short of the desired duration; green tea is trying to slim fat bodies; memory enhancers inevitably cause dementia; Minoxidil and hair formulae keep heads balding; and beauty products create superficial, transient beauty. There are medications to elongate the phallus ...
- Right To Information Act (Category: Breaking News)
- National constitution should be a social contract between the people and the state (Category: Breaking News)
- Bloated public sector – a major impediment to development (Category: Breaking News)
- Loss from inefficiency and waste far exceeds corruption losses: Eran W (Category: Business)
Let’s learn the right lessons from the Geneva outcome, not the wrong ones. It is not the case that a small country such as Sri Lanka cannot fight a diplomatic battle with the mighty USA and win. Minutes after the Sri Lanka vote at the HRC this time, the Cubans moved a resolution on the composition ...
- Krishna to make special statement on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuba out voted at UN Human Rights Council over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India concerned over resolutions at UNHRC (Category: Breaking News)
- US Pot Boils While Govt. Steps Up Diplomatic Offensive (Category: Breaking News)
Amid mounting speculation of potential oil reserves in Sri Lanka's seawaters, Indian media reports have suggested that India might be looking for a greater involvement overstepping China and Russia, who are also believed to be interested in oil exploration deals with the island nation.
India, China and Russia are interested about Sri Lanka's potential oil reserves, reports say.
Thousands of jobs at risk By Indika Sri Aravinda The tea industry, the country’s second largest net foreign exchange earner is facing a potential crisis as a result of the economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the US government, the Sri Lanka Tea Board said. Tea Board Chairperson Janaki Kuruppu told The Sunday Leader that ...
- No change in Sri Lanka's tea exports to Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- No change in Sri Lanka's tea exports to Iran despite US exemption (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis in the Middle East jolts tea industry – Minister (Category: Business)
- Feb. tea output slips marginally (Category: Business)
(Srilankamirror) - The Russian centre will hold an art exhibition to celebrate 55 years of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Russia. The exhibition will be held from 6:30 p.m. onwards on February 19th 2012 at Palm Lounge, Galle Face Hotel. The event will feature art exhibits of artist Valeriy Belenikin. The artist’s conception of his work is based upon truth and the myste...
- A Painting Exhibition by Pathma Wijesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Pathma Wijesinghe’s art exhibition opens (Category: Breaking News)
- Matha special screening for journalists (Category: Breaking News)
- Teledrama concept by Shashi Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Nothing is closer to the law of the jungle than a system of distorted laws and procedures” Haaretz Editorial (2.1.2012) President Rajapaksa won the Eelam War, with the help of countless others (including the imprisoned Gen. Fonseka). In fairytales, the hero who saves a country from some deadly peril is rewarded with ...
- Rajapaksas have rendered the judiciary as subservient as the armed forces or the police (Category: Breaking News)
- UPFA MP Says Hakeem Will Lose (Category: Breaking News)
- We will create an education system that protects dignity of labour – President (Category: Breaking News)
- We will create an education system that protects dignity of labour – President (Category: Breaking News)
Below is an interview with Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke published in the French Diplomatic Review – La Lettre Diplomatique (The Diplomatic Letter) Two years after the end of a three decades conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011 confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent discovery of ...
- France assures assistance to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- French President Emmanuel Macron pledges strong support for debt restructuring in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- France continues support for Sri Lanka’s renewable energy plans (Category: Breaking News)
Hatton National Bank plc (HNB), the only local bank to be a member of the Asian Bankers’ Association (ABA), reaped the dividends of this relationship at the height of the Great Recession which hit the world four years ago. Rajendra Theagarajah, HNB’s Managing Director/CEO and the incumbent ABA Chairman told reporters on Wednesday that his ...
- Asian Bankers converge in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ASIAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION MEETS IN COLOMBO (Category: Business)
- HNB opens Customer Center in Mullaitivu (Category: Business)
- Rajendra appointed to CSE Board (Category: Business)
Parliamentrians claim that Bank Ki-moon’s baseless Expert Panel Report is a futile attempt made to paralyse the country’s development path. Minister Sarath Amunugama said that the country at this juncture should protect the war heroes. The Expert Panel had been appointed surpassing the international laws and to seek its recommendations. It is very clear ...
- Population can't be capped: minister (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Brazil and Sri Lanka aim to expand ties - Patriota (Category: Breaking News)
- G.L.Peries to be the next prime minister of SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ratnasiri tipped to be PM again no portfolios for new comers (Category: Breaking News)
by M.D. Nalapat That old habits die hard is clear from the way in which the functionaries of the European Union seek to influence the developing economies on the best way to manage their nations. And woe betide those leaders...
- India would have to do something if Colombo continues to encourage China and Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- China and India playing the great game in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- House watchdog told of Army’s shameful failure to provide proper meals for troops (Category: Breaking News)
By Malathi De Alwis On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka officially declared the end of a 30-year civil war fought between. Sri Lankan government forces (GoSL) and Tamil militants, namely the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Such a sea...
- India’s Chinese Bogeymen (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuba out voted at UN Human Rights Council over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China and India playing the great game in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- For India, Sri Lanka is not indispensable, but for Sri Lanka, India is indispensable (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka “The contest is never over, the field never quite ours.”- Dave Robicheaux in James Lee Burke, ‘The Tin Roof Blowdown’ (2007) Is it only me, or is not sad that there is no review in the Sri Lankan public space, of the first decade of the 21st century and the new millennium? Should we not be looking back at the road that has been travelled by the world, by our co...
- International investor confidence on Sri Lanka improving Minister Amunugama (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
By Indi Samarajiva Behind every conspiracy, there’s a Private First Class, getting the coffee. There have always been leaks. WikiLeaks is just a digital bucket. The Leaks Bradley Manning had been busted down to Private First Class for assaulting an officer. It was the latest in a series of troubles for the 22 year old ...
- Assange calls on US to end witchhunt against WikiLeaks and release Manning (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Wikileaks Lead To Transparency In Diplomacy? (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Wikileaks Hurt America? (Category: Breaking News)
- Wiki-leaker to be court martialed (Category: Breaking News)
by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...
- Asia economy: Consumers to the rescue? (Category: Business)
- Economic power shifting to Asia from the West? (Category: Business)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
China has become Sri Lanka’s top bilateral lender up to September 2010, displacing Japan. Sri Lanka has racked up 2,481 million US dollars in bi-lateral and multi-lateral financing up to September 2010, the highest ever volume of foreign financing commitments, with China leading the way with 668 million US dollars of export credits. According to ...
- Million dollar scam: 17 Chinese arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese aid for infrastructure development (Category: Breaking News)
- Million-dollar gift windfall (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Tar Pit (Category: Business)
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The other day I was discussing contemporary Sri Lankan trends over lunch with a friend, an LSE educated professor who is on the faculty of the LSE, who promptly proffered his parallel: “Russia’s Putin and Russia under Putin… but can the model sustain without natural gas and oil reserves?” He also ...
- Sri Lanka is a malfunctioning democracy with a tendency to neo-patrimonialsm (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Intellectual’ critics of the administration in Sri Lanka are least conspicuous in search for ... (Category: Breaking News)
- “Stop This Circus”, Says The Clown Of The Circus (Category: Breaking News)
- Reading the results of the Municipal Elections (Category: Breaking News)
BY Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The other day I was discussing contemporary Sri Lankan trends over lunch with a friend, an LSE educated professor who is on the faculty of the LSE, who promptly proffered his parallel: “Russia’s Putin and Russia under Putin… but can the model sustain without natural gas and oil reserves?” He also thought that there was a quintessential continuity between ...
- A Different Discourse For A Smarter Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's main opposition MP says Sajith Premadasa proposed as next UNP Leader (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Intellectual’ critics of the administration in Sri Lanka are least conspicuous in search for ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition MP accuses Sri Lanka President of violating Mahinda Chinthana (Category: Breaking News)
By Anusha Ondaatjie and David Yong Sri Lanka received more than $6 billion of orders for its global sale of $1 billion in government debt, according to an official, who asked not to be identified because the details have yet...
- Sri Lanka Gets $6 Billion of Orders for 10-Year Bonds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka draws $6 Billion of orders in global bond sale (Category: Breaking News)
- Robocash Sri Lanka predicts significant growth in digital retail payments (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, bondholders plan fresh round of debt talks this month - reports (Category: Breaking News)
The Forbes magazine has ranked Sri Lanka high in its list of best countries in the world to do business. Sri Lanka ranks above China (90th), Philippines (91st), Russia (97th) and many of the South American nations. Being at the 83rd place, Sri Lanka is second only to India (77th) in South Asia. ‘President Rajapaksa’s ...
- Beach Rating (Category: Business)
- Top Marks (Category: Business)
- Low Ranking (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka ranks high in Forbes list (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The ongoing visit by the much-decorated chief of the Indian army provides an occasion for an objective perspective on Sri Lanka’s military achievement as well as the reactions to it. The Lankan military victory and our military have earned the respect of military professionals the world over. If they haven’t been exactly hailed or has sometimes been "dam...
- Tamil politics and Tiger strategy in perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- Military opens Nandikadal Lagoon for civilians (Category: Business)
- Vanquishing Bin Laden And Prabhakaran (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-LTTE Chief "KP" speaks out: An Interview With T.Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri Since winning the war, according to media reports, persons in both the public and private sectors have been talking about converting Sri Lanka into various hubs in such sectors as business, aviation, shipping, energy etc....
- Lanka expects India, Japan, New Fortress to join in LNG deal: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Two 600 MW natural gas power plants (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Two 600 MW natural gas power plants (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Two 600 MW natural gas power plants (Category: Breaking News)
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