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Vasudeva tests positive for Covid as MPs contact tracing continues

MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara has been one of the first contacts of infected MP Rauff Hakeem

January 11, 2021 1 min read

Covid 19 enters Parliament but the work will go on

Members of Parliament Rauff Hakeem and Dayasiri Jayasekara are Covid positive but officials say no disruption of duties ...

January 11, 2021 2 min read

SJB calls on Police chief to protect Harin Fernando

SJB Parliamentarian asks for protection after he says President Rajapaksa said he could be “killed like a dog.”

January 10, 2021 5 min read

More protests in Jaffna over removal of war memorial

University Grants Commission Chairman Snr Prof Sampath Amarathunge says the monument was not suitable for the Sri Lanka ...

January 10, 2021 3 min read
Sri Lanka has reached IMF targets, China remains only hurdle: Justice Minister

“We went at the last minute, after confidence in us had waned."

IMF contemplates loan to Sri Lanka even without China's assurances: report

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said Sri Lanka can expect the 2.9 billion dollar IMF extended fund facility in March.

Sri Lanka's police media spokesman's office suspended

ECONOMYNEXT - The police media spokesman's office was suspended with immediate effect, official sources said Monday, si...

Our Police Corresponden
May 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's political numbers game at May Day

ECONOMYNEXT, Sri Lanka's political parties used this year's May Day rallies to demonstrate their strength in a spirited ...

Our Political Correspondent
May 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's 'historical error' in choosing new IGP: activists

ECONOMYNEXT, The Constitutional Council's selection of a new IGP through a secret ballot carried out in the absence of t...

Our Political Correspondent
April 23, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka's Constitutional Council split over new IGP

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's newly-established Constitutional Council on Monday decided on Pujith Jayasundara, 56, as the ...

Our Political Correspondent
April 18, 2016 4 min read

Hillary and Cameron hold key to Sri Lanka recovery

The acrimonious US presidential race and Britain's referendum on Europe may appear far removed from Sri Lanka, but both ...

By Our Political Correspondent
April 18, 2016 2 min read

Boston Globe's grim faux front page shows a Trump's nationalist America

ECONOMYNEXT - The Boston Globe has published a satirical front page painting a grim picture of a nationalist America if,...

April 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka China joint statement: Full Text

ECONOMYNEXT - A joint statement has been released in Beijing following Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's v...

April 9, 2016 9 min read

Chinese support for Sri Lanka based on policies, not personalities: Xi

ECONOMYNEXT - Chinese President Xi Jinping has told visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that Beijing...

April 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's defence secretary admits breaking the law

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's top defence official publicly declared Thursday that he was openly breaking the law by deployi...

Our Political Correspondent
April 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Prime Minister begins China visit

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in China on April 06 on an official visit to boost...

April 7, 2016 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to review billion dollar ArcelorMittal tin house deal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will review a billion dollar deal to build 65,000 tax-payer financed houses by ArcelorMittal for...

April 6, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka to negotiate $125mln damages sought by China Port City

(Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is heading to Beijing on Wednesday to negotiate a $125 millio...

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal
April 6, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka starts moves to grant Tamils more autonomy

Sri Lanka's parliament Tuesday launched a process to draw up a new constitution aimed at preventing a return to ethnic w...

April 6, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's IGP race splits the police

ECONOMYNEXT - Intense campaigning and lobbying by the two seniormost officers in the police to replace outgoing Inspecto...

Our Police Correspondent
April 2, 2016 3 min read

Harsha de Silva answers Sri Lanka ex-President

ECONOMYNEXT - Harsha de Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has responded to a hard-hitting statement by ex-Presid...

March 29, 2016 14 min read

Sri Lanka's white-elephant airport attracts more wildlife

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's second international airport is facing a new threat from an ever increasing herd of wild deer ...

Our Political Correspondent
March 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa challenges govt to jail family

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today launched a scathing attack on the administration of h...

Our Political Correspondent
March 17, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka 2015 state worker salary hike, tax cuts, irresponsible: ex-President

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's new administration has fulfilled irresponsible election promises in giving large salary increa...

March 15, 2016 7 min read

Sri Lanka slips back to killing fields

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's police found charred bodies of five people burnt inside a white van, just north of the Bandara...

Our Police Correspondent
March 11, 2016 1 min read

US Millennium Challenge Corp backs Sri Lanka policy reforms

ECONOMYNEXT –Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government aid agency, is to strike a partnership wit...

March 10, 2016 2 min read