‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests
COLOMBO: A mainly youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days. During the period, the protesters forced a president…
‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin
COLOMBO: Dilith Jayaweera can still recall the moment he realised Sri Lanka was hurtling, unstoppably, towards financial ruin. It was around October 2021 and Jayaweera,…
Meet the fact-checkers decoding Sri Lanka’s meltdown
NEW YORK: In the evening of May 3, the atmosphere at Galle Face Green, an esplanade along the coastline of Sri Lanka’s capital city of…
Putin fumes after Russian plane seized at Colombo airport, summons Sri Lankan envoy
COLOMBO: Aeroflot has suspended its flights to Sri Lanka after the island nation’s aviation authority prevented a flight of Russia’s flag carrier to depart the…
New Australian government releases Sri Lankan family from immigration detention
SYDNEY: Australia’s new government said it would give temporary visas to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family held in immigration detention since 2019, a step…
The United Nations General Assembly adopts Sri Lanka sponsored resolution to declare March 1st as ‘World Seagrass Day’
NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly adopted today (23rd May 2022), a Sri Lanka sponsored Resolution A/76/L.56, declaring 1st March as World Seagrass Day….
A Letter From Sri Lanka: Galle Storm
COLOMBO: Galle Face is Colombo’s showpiece sea front. China and India have cheek-by-jowl real estate here. The Taj Samudra is an old property, dwarfed by…
Sri Lanka protesters defy President, rejecting a cabinet shuffle
COLOMBO: After weeks of upheaval over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and growing resentment to his rule, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa offered the public a sacrifice, urging…
Sri Lankan rupee is world’s worst-performing currency
HONG KONG: Sri Lanka’s rupee has plunged to a record low to become the world’s worst-performing currency, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa struggles to contain a…
Sri Lanka launches online seat reservation system for train travel
COLOMBO: Dilum Amunugama, Minister of Transport on 21 March launched a website and a mobile application for the first time in Sri Lanka for booking…