Year: 2025
Lifting ban on Chinese ‘research vessels’: A litmus test for Sri Lanka
By N. Sathiya Moorthy After talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his maiden overseas visit as President, Sri Lanka’s Anura Kumara...
2025 Budget to be presented on 17 February
It was decided at the meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business held in Parliament yesterday (31) under the patronage of the Speaker...
Sri Lanka’s tourism hits new peak
Sri Lanka celebrated a groundbreaking milestone in December 2024, as the island welcomed 233,087 tourists between December 1st and 29th. According to the...
Knighthood for British MP of Sri Lankan origin
Ranil Jayawardena, a former MP and former deputy leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in the United Kingdom has been awarded a...
New leader’s promises will be tricky to keep in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Stunning election wins by a new left-leaning president and his party have changed Sri Lanka’s political landscape – but the cash-strapped island’s new...
From Tea to Tech – Can Sri Lanka Break Free from the Consumption Trap?
By Jithendra Antonio Sri Lanka’s economy feels like it’s stuck in a time loop. For decades, the same cycle has repeated—export raw materials,...
President reveals Govt’s primary development goals for 2025
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has listed the eradication of rural poverty, implementation of the “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative, and building a digital economy...
