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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 ...
Pathfinder Foundation’s Security Brief – Why “technology” is key to Sri Lanka’s maritime security
Colombo, October 13 – Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean, along the vital East-West shipping lanes connecting the Straits of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and Malacca, grants the country considerable geopolitical and economic significance. With a vast maritime territory that includes a territorial sea...
Pathfinder Foundation Participates in 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China
Colombo, October 13 – Admiral Dr Jayanath Colombage, a distinguished fellow of the Pathfinder Foundation, took part in the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, held in Beijing, China, representing the Pathfinder Foundation and Sri Lanka. This year’s forum was held under the main theme of “Upholding...
Sri Lanka’s “Black October” – the 1990 mass expulsion of Northern Province Muslims by LTTE
The mass expulsion of Muslims from the North in October 1990 was a humanitarian tragedy. Uprooting people from their historical habitat at gunpoint and driving them away after depriving them of their cash and jewellery was despicable and unpardonable. I have often written about this...
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