India grants LKR 2.37 billion for 33 development projects in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province
Colombo, October 28 (Newswire) – The Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement development projects in the Eastern Province under the Indian Multi-Sectoral Grants programme. According to the MoU, signed on April 5, 2025,...
Indian Commission to issue Visas directly from Nov 3
Colombo, October 30 (DailyFT)-The Indian High Commission in Colombo announced that IVS Lanka, its current outsourcing partner for visa, passport, and consular services, will cease operations on 31 October 2025. Starting 3 November 2025, all related services will be managed directly by the High Commission...
Healing a society after three decades of war cannot be reduced to checklists in Geneva
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, October 30 – In May 2009, as the guns fell silent over Nandikadal, Sri Lanka claimed victory not only on the battlefield but also in Geneva. When the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted Resolution S-11/1, Colombo hailed it as a diplomatic...
Provincial Councils polls, a political imperative for both Tamils and Sinhalese
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, October 26 -Calls for early Provincial Council (PC) elections have intensified in Sri Lanka all over the island, the Tamil north and the Sinhalese South. Believing that the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) government has begun to lose public support after a...
Colombo terminal with Adani funding tops Sri Lanka’s FDI inflows in 2025
The Board of Investment announced that FDI inflows including foreign commercial loans for investments to BOI-approved enterprises have reached $827 million during the period January to September 2025
On the possibility of taking the Lankan Tamil issue to the ICC
Sri Lanka Tamil parties should assess the impact of the various steps they have taken thus far to secure justice on issues of alleged war crimes and accountability before they contemplate the next step.
Mass expulsion of Northern Sri Lankan Muslims in 1990: Why did the LTTE do it?
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, October 18 – On October 30 1990, the LTTE ordered all Muslims in Jaffna to leave within two hours, forcibly expelling them from their homes and stripping them of possessions, jewellery and documents, leaving them with only 150 rupees and...
There is no denying that Sri Lanka’s Sirima Bandaranaike was an incorruptible figure
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj/DailyFT Colombo, October 17- Twenty-five years have passed since the world’s first woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike passed away on 10 October 2000. Parliamentary elections were being held on that day and the grand old lady of Sri Lankan politics was returning to...
It’s time Sri Lanka tapped it’s rare earth and mineral resources
Sri Lanka can build a new export pillar and become a trusted supplier to global industries
Why is the Sri Lankan government reluctant to hold provincial council elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, October 13 – Recent pronouncements by Sri Lankan government leaders regarding provincial council (PC) elections raise more doubts than hope that the elections will be held any time next year. The latest announcement came from Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath who told ...
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