President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in bilateral talks with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) international forum in Beijing on Wednesday...
by Dr Shamsul Bari and Ruhi Naz The importance of people’s right to information (RTI) for good governance and sustainable development is often loudly proclaimed but quietly ignored...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka has received a proposal from private bondholders and is assessing it, a senior government source said as efforts are underway to also restructure...
By Uditha Devapriya Israel’s Western allies, the US in particular, believe that any investigation into Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip will “exacerbate tensions” and...
Sri Lanka’s ODI skipper Dasun Shanaka has been ruled out of the ongoing World Cup in India due to a thigh injury. Chamika Karunaratne, who was...
By Uditha Devapriya One of Sri Lanka’s most distinguished yet underrated economists, S. B. D. de Silva died five years ago, on June 15. His magnum...
Not all countries in the region are growing fast, and three—Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka—are in acute crisis South Asia has emerged as a beacon of...
By Shihar Aneez Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is facing a dearth of skilled workforce with most having already left the country, a...
There was a pall of silence over who accompanied our President to the Big Apple for the Big Meeting of the United Nations. Hence our curiosity...
The US on Wednesday announced a USD 19.23 mn (Rs 6.2 bn) grant to support economic growth and democratic governance activities. It was made during an...