By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan governments have, during the past several years, ruined the relationship, progressive forces cultivated with China, over the past seven decades, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) Dr. G. Weerasinghe says.Commenting on the decision by the government to delay the arrival of Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang […]

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two years in office – a period of unprecedented political turmoil, uncertainty and further deterioration of Parliament – should be thoroughly examined. In fact, the UNP, with the support of the then President Maithripala Sirisena, paved the way for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s candidature, at the 2019 presidential election, by blocking Mahinda Rajapaksa’s path […...

The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking donor support to reach 3.4 million people in Sri Lanka with food and nutrition assistance as nearly a quarter of Sri Lanka is facing food shortages for millions.Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence is spinning off a “serious food crisis,” says the World Food Programme Representative and […]

Chinese research vessel saga By Rathindra Kuruwita There would be constant pressure on Sri Lanka to distance itself from China in the future, Ramindu Perera, lecturer at the Open University Law faculty said, commenting on the controversy surrounding the Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5.Sri Lanka, thus, must figure out how to benefit from the […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs M.U.M. Ali Sabry is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to take part in the forthcoming 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting yesterday and today.The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is composed of 27 members, consisting of 10 ASEAN member states, Dialogue Partners, Observers and includes Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), […]

India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India s trade secretary said. .

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy has called on the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry at the Foreign Ministry.

By Saman indrajith The Russian energy company that sent representatives to Sri Lanka recently had presented the government with an MoU, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader, Wimal Weerawansa said in Parliament on Wednesday. If the Wickremesinghe administration was willing to sign the MoU, the Russians would supply fuel to Sri Lanka on credit, Weerawansa said. […]

The world has just been given a grim reminder of the mind-numbing costs of legitimate political dissent against state repression in Myanmar. The country’s military rulers have had no qualms about executing four pro-democracy activists, including well known political activist Kyaw Min Yu and former legislator Pho Zayar Thaw. Besides being made to witness absolute […]

Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri Lanka found itself struggling to make […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is counting on his Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe to develop relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. In a congratulatory message to Wickremesinghe, President Vladimir Putin noted that the relationship between Russia and Sri Lanka are of traditionally friendly nature. “The Russian-Sri Lankan relations are of traditionally friendly nature. I [&...

By Steve A. Morrell Rupee earnings from tea from January to June this year is Rs.164.2 billion. This translates into a 28 per cent increase in earnings from tea over corresponding earnings from tea during the same period last year, which amounted to Rs. 127 billion, an Asia Siyaka (AS) tea research report said. In […]

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met with Russia s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Yury Materiy this morning (25).

Washington D.C., July 21 (AFP) –CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed “dumb bets” on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka’s economic collapse, saying it should serve as a warning to other nations. “The Chinese have a lot of weight to throw around and they can make a very appealing case for their investments,” […]

Political analysts have predicted Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to be the forerunner in the presidential