Japan seeks Sri Lanka recovery for regional stability
Strategically placed Sri Lanka鈥檚 economic recovery was essential for stability in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan鈥檚 foreign minister said Saturday, urging...
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No escape from international human rights scrutiny
IN MARCH 2020, the Sri Lankan government believed that the massive mandate president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had received gave it a licence to get out of the cycle of UN Human Rights Council resolutions by unilaterally opting...
Sri Lanka leases white elephant airport built with Chinese loans
Sri Lanka said Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a foreign joint venture, as the island nation鈥檚 bankrupt government seeks to offload loss-making assets...
Iran president slates West in Sri Lanka visit
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a power and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, but arrived in the country without his interior minister, who is...
Iran president arrives in Sri Lanka, inaugurates power, irrigation project
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and inaugurated a power and irrigation project, unaccompanied by his interior minister who is being sought for arrest over a deadly 1994 bombing...
Justice doesn鈥檛 require mandate but a new govt
ON APRIL 21, Sri Lanka passed the fifth year anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombing that took the lives of about 300 persons and injured and maimed many more. The bombers targeted Catholic and Christian churches that...
UN pushes justice for Lanka鈥檚 Easter victims
The United Nations on Sunday urged Sri Lanka to bridge its 鈥榓ccountability deficit鈥� and ensure justice as the country commemorated the 279 victims of its worst-ever attack against civilians five years ago...
Seven killed as race car ploughs through spectators in Sri Lanka
At least seven people were killed and another 21 wounded when a race car ploughed into spectators at a packed motorsport event hosted by Sri Lanka's army Sunday, police said.
Future Lanka leaders need to grasp nettles
THE New Year celebrations this year were low key compared to the past. The loud sound of crackers and other fireworks that traditionally accompany the dawn of the New Year were less than in the past. The economic burden...
Tigers fall prey to fragile domestic circuit
Bangladesh suffered a clean sweep in their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, courtesy of their disappointing display of batting as they failed to reach 200 in the first three innings, and when they finally did, it was to no avail as they still lost comprehensively...
Bangladesh concede clean sweep
Bangladesh suffered a 192-run defeat in the second and final Test of their two-match series against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Wednesday, resulting in...
Bangladesh stare at defeat
BANGLADESH batters continued their abysmal show to push the team to the brink of another defeat as they still needed 243 runs after the fourth day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Tuesday with only three wickets in hand.
Conundrum of Lanka elections and IMF programme
TRACING history and going back to the colonial era, Sri Lanka鈥檚 president Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that despite the adverse impact of world wars and internal conflicts
We totally failed with the bat: Zakir
Bangladesh batsman Zakir Hasan blamed his team鈥檚 batting and fielding mistakes for their downfall as the hosts were on the verge of losing the second Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram.
Frustration grows for disappointing Tigers
Bangladesh national men鈥檚 team spent another disappointing day on the field as they ended the second day of their ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram trailing by 476 runs.
Top-order blitz takes Sri Lanka to 314-4 in Bangladesh Test
A top-order batting blitz took Sri Lanka to 314-4 and left the tourists firmly in command on the opening day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.聽