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Sri Lanka’s garment exports to the US are expected to be affected by President Trump’s tariffs after a 90-day pause announced by him on Wednesday…
Sri Lanka is among the countries currently facing a 90-day pause on the new tariffs—as announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday—and is trying…
The government will seek concessions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka to offset the impact of…
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Following the suspension of the Chandana Liyanage, the assistant secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) on Tuesday over allegation of misconduct…
The 16-man Sri Lanka ‘A’ squad led by national cap…
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This lady from Kirulapone regularly makes Avurudu sweetmeats and other food during the New Year. But she says this year the demand has dropped for…
With the possibility of a global economic recession looming as the US tariff hits economies around the world, Sri Lanka is no better as some…
At least five local commercial banks are eyeing Standard Chartered Sri Lanka (SCB) wealth and retail banking business in the country, industry officials said. These…
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Last week’s VVIP visitor, tweeting as he did almost on an hourly basis about his “good friend” President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was, no doubt, a well-studied approach from the Indian side intended to cement the allegiance of a president and a party that had, till lately, preached vehemently against Indian…
Columns
Can their probes, conducted six years after the 2019 massacres, produce new evidence identifying the perpetrators? Pillayan arrested over the 2006 abduction of Eastern University Vice Chancellor; will…
My dear Avurudu Kumaraya, I thought I must write to you now because you must be having difficulty in deciding what gifts you should bring as you usher…
This year’s Aluth Avurudda is being celebrated today in the traditional manner with customs from time immemorial. The national New Year is being welcomed with family reunions, new…
Narendra Modi left for India after his visit to Anuradhapura, his aircraft flying over the Palk Strait, (Adams Bridge or Ram Setu) as the low islands and reef…
How Modi suavely wooed and won islanders’ hearts with charm and style As a mighty Caesar crossing the Rubicon, India’s Narendra Modi crossed the Palk Strait last Friday…
The issue of prison overcrowding in Sri Lanka is hardly a secret. It has been talked about in Parliament, reported in the media, and acknowledged by civil society…
It was during the British parliamentary election that brought the Labour Party to power after some years of conservatism that I heard a prominent activist damn the stream…
By Sandun Jayawardana The shockwave created by the imposition of a 44 per cent “reciprocal tariff” by the United States on imports from Sri Lanka reverberated across the…
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By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the Trump administration’s hostility towards the United Nations…
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