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Using Indian rupee for trade with Sri Lanka a next step: official
Expanded economic links between Sri Lanka would present opportunities to use the Indian rupee for trade…
An opportunity to break with the past
By Jehan Perera The passage of the budget by a comfortable majority confirms that the government’s…
Political Solution Before Next Independence Day By Jehan Perera –
The passage of the budget by a comfortable majority confirms that the government’s parliamentary majority is…
IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka
BY DR. Asoka Bandarage On September 1, 2022, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with…
The shape of 2023
Hope for the future anchored in some relief in the here and now would be essential…
Sri Lanka in deep talent drain in latest currency crisis
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka businesses are facing a drain of talent, top business executives said as…
RW’s Political Rating & Fitch’s Credit Rating By Ameer Ali
With shortened and even total disappearance of human queues standing in hot sun or getting drenched…
Sri Lanka offers East Container Terminal to Japan: President
Sri Lanka has offered the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port to Japan, President…
THE NEED FOR justiciability OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Socio-economic rights are fundamental to every human being. The concept of socio-economic rights encompasses a vast…
Weerakkody reminds parliament of Ranil’s murky past
By Saman Indrajith When former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga presented a constitutional amendment as a solution to…
India, China use own geopolitical strategy to keep crisis-hit Sri Lanka in check
India sends RAW chief after lending $500 mln loan RAW chief met President Wickremesinghe, former finmin…
CPEC seen as option by Sri Lanka to boost trade with Pakistan
Sri Lanka is seriously looking at China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the project can help improve…
Throwing an innocent child out of Samagipura Flats: Medical experts, rights activists blame government for promoting drugs
The balcony from which the toddler was thrown Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi An incident of…
AI: Lanka at brink of humanitarian crisis
The dramatic fuel shortages that accompanied mass protests in Sri Lanka earlier this year may have…
A question of legitimacy
Dissident SLPP MP and former Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana has said something noteworthy during the ongoing…
Cardinal Ranjith demands drastic changes of existing political system
by Norman Palihawadane The laws of this country now in operation have been promulgated to empower…
Why is Public Service Commission dragging its feet on serving justice to Shani and Ranjan?
The Public Service Commission (PSC) reportedly has blocked two retired senior public officers, their due salaries/ pensions…