Photo courtesy of Asia News Twelve years ago today The Sunday Leader Editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge, was brutally murdered in broad daylight within a high security zone. His killers have never been punished....

by Gulbin Sultana February 10, 2011 Much water has flown down the Mahaveli since President Rajapaksa made his swearing-in speech, on November 19, 2010, wherein he indicated that he would adopt a developmental approach to ‘enhance Sri Lanka’s greatness in...

by Namini Wijedasa Now we have news that, in a cabinet reshuffle due next month, five deputy ministers are to be allotted portfolios. This will instantly raise the number of ministers from 41 to 46. It is reported too that...

Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating, which is on par with Kenya and Ukraine, may be raised as funds from a $2.5 billion International Monetary Fund loan improved the “external liquidity situation,” Standard & Poor’s said, speaking to Bloomberg News. The rating agency in October raised its outlook