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The Queen’s Exit
The image of Sheikh Hasina, the once revered ‘queen’ of Bangladesh, fleeing to neighbouring India is one that…
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…
Sri Lanka to probe Russia’s recruitment of nationals for Ukraine conflict
Sri Lanka is sending a high-level delegation to Russia to investigate the involvement of hundreds of Sri Lankan…
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…
IMF reviews CEB and CPC operations
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer and other officials yesterday met…
Sri Lankan health unions to strike as government talks near collapse
The Health Trade Union Alliance (HTUA), a combine of several trade unions in the Sri Lankan health sector,…
Questions to those questioning Sri Lanka’s IMF program
There has been a lot of criticism about Sri Lanka’s 17th IMF program from people of various backgrounds.…