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The Compass That Leads to Chaos: Why the JVP is a Risk Sri Lanka Cannot Afford
As Sri Lanka gears up for the 2024 presidential elections, the political landscape is alive with a peculiar…
Bankrupt Sri Lanka To Seek Debt Moratorium Until 2028
Sri Lanka’s president said Wednesday he was seeking a moratorium on foreign debt repayments until 2028, following a…
Most Sri Lanka ruling party MPs want to back Wickremesinghe: state minister
A large majority of the parliamentary group of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) believe that President…
Sri Lanka hopes to clinch debt repayment moratorium: President Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka hopes to avoid repaying debt till December 2027 after the completion of the ongoing restructuring process…
Foreign power didn’t want me to quit: SL ex-president hints at India’s role
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ousted as the president of Sri Lanka in a popular public uprising in 2022, on Thursday…
Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it…
‘Grim reminder’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war
Ceremony held at memorial site in Mullivaikkal village despite reports of heavy surveillance and allegations of intimidation Sri…
Fallout between the Maldives and India is ‘absolutely’ benefiting Sri Lanka, says tourism minister
Calls for Indian travelers to boycott the Maldives is “absolutely” helping Sri Lanka’s travel industry, the country’s Tourism…
Sri Lanka’s Tamils face arrest as they remember the dead
The recent arrest of four Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province — when they commemorated their loved ones…
Sri Lanka failed 16 IMF agreements, latest deal must be honoured: minister
Sri Lanka violated all 16 of its past agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and if the…