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Jaffna tense as war memorial is destroyed

Authorities destroy memorial for war dead in University under cover of darkness, police ask protestors to disperse

January 9, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s blue whale is a superb athlete. Is she also a scholar?

Considerations on cetacean brainpower

January 9, 2021 9 min read

Twitter suspends Donald Trump's account for glorification of violence

Social media network Twitter.com has suspended US President Donald Trump's private account for violating its policies on...

January 9, 2021 5 min read

Government considering opening Tuition classes on Jan 25 – Prof GL

The government is seriously considering the re-opening of tuition classes throughout the country on January 25th when sc...

January 8, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka Treasury Secretary's hands tied over election spending?

Sri Lanka's Elections Commission has said process is suspended for the moment

Sri Lanka president says IMF extended fund facility expected in March

A reduction of bank interest rates is also being considered.

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
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Thai Deputy PM in Sri Lanka to promote tourism, industry

ECONOMYNEXT – Thai Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs Somkid Jatusripitak has arrived in Sri Lan...

March 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s UNP cozies up to Chinese Communists

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party, which before being elected vowed to scrap a big Chinese i...

March 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's new regime revives Rajapaksa's censorship of websites

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's new government which came to power promising media freedom, has revived a move to censor news ...

March 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's ex-leader Rajapaksa reads riot act to Sirisena

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today accused his successor, President Maithripala Sirisena...

Our Political Correspondent
March 1, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka police complicity in high profile murders revealed

ECONOMYNEXT - The direct police involvement in two high profile murders have been established, but a more alarming cover...

Our Political Correspondent
February 28, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka in darkness after Key's 'shining light' comment

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka suffered a total blackout Thursday a day after visiting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key des...

Our Political Correspondent
February 25, 2016 2 min read

Kiwis debate Sri Lanka's controversial baby jumbo gift

ECONOMYNEXT - New Zealanders have begun debating whether their country should the accept a baby elephant gifted by Sri L...

February 25, 2016 2 min read

Jumbo controversy over Sri Lanka's gift to Key

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's gift of another baby elephant to New Zealand during Prime Minister John Key's current visit ha...

Our Political Correspondent
February 24, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka sailors in hot water for backing Yoshitha

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's navy on Monday suspended four sailors who publicly expressed solidarity with the jailed son of...

Our Political Correspondent
February 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka PM declares war on Derana over cat insult

ECONOMYNEXT - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Saturday slammed the private Derana television network for allegedly i...

Our Political Correspondent
February 13, 2016 2 min read