Wednesday 31st January, 2024 Sri Lanka is going through difficult times, which are interesting nonetheless. In a dramatic turn of events replete with irony, a political crisis that Maithripala Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksa created more than half a decade ago, has received media attention

by Sanath Nanayakkare Beyond Wealth, a leading company which provides professional investment advisory services (PIAS) in Sri Lanka, recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary while entering into a strategic tie-up with TIW Capital Group, a multi-asset, multi-geography global asset management company headquartered in Singapore. For two decades, TIW Capital Group (TCG) has been amassing tech exp...

The recent conclave involving Gen. He Weidong, the vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), and the newly appointed Chinese academicians has ignited speculations among China analysts, suggesting an escalating schism between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and a faction within the military. This gathering, reported by Chinese state media on January 10, witnessed Gen. […]

by Lasanda Kurukulasuriya Sri Lanka’s remarks at the meetings of the 19th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement in Uganda, must surely have had observers of international relations, especially relating to West Asia, scratching their heads. President Ranil Wickemesinghe in Kampala on Friday (19 Jan.) said he welcomed the fact that the 19th Summit gave […]

ESG-KOICA Youth midterm Volunteer Programme commenced in Sri Lanka on Nov 20, 2023 and twenty-five (25) volunteers have been dispatched as the first batch to carry out activities in the social sector which is expected to provide high-quality education and activities aiming at Sri Lankan students, during their three months long assignment. The ESG-KOICA youth […]

The death on Thursday of State Minister Sanath Nishantha on the Katunayake expressway when his luxury sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed headlong into the back of a container carrier in the early hours of the morning generated the predictable publicity in the evening news bulletins of the various television stations and Friday’s newspapers. What caused […]

Netflix sign-ups boomed at the end of last year as customers prodded by the firm’s crackdown on password-sharing created their own accounts. The streaming giant added more than 13.1 million subscriptions in the three months ended in December. That was the most for any quarter since 2020, extending a streak of growth that started last […]

In the global political landscape of 2024, Reuters provides a comprehensive overview of key elections shaping the economic and geopolitical landscape across diverse regions. From Europe, where the rise of Eurosceptic far-right parties poses challenges to the European Union’s integration, to Russia, where Vladimir Putin is set for another term amid heightened tensions with the […]

The ICC Team of the Year recognises 11 outstanding individuals who have impressed throughout 2023, be it with the bat, the ball or their all-round exploits. Chamari Athapaththu (c) (Sri Lanka) The veteran Sri Lankan started the year with a Player of the Match performance in Cape Town in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, […]The post World Cup stars dominate ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Yea...

In recent days, there is internal strife within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with each faction accusing the other of being rebellious and seeking to side-line them. Behind this lies a singular motive: how to eliminate their opponents and gain control over the party’s Central Committee. Over the past year, several incidents have occurred that […]

by Reemus Fernando St. Aloysius’ College, Rathnapura athlete Lahiru Achintha will celebrate his 15th birthday on April 13. He has three more years to enter the Junior Category (Under 20) in athletics events. Yet the youngster in a display of remarkable endurance power stunned his senior

by Susantha Hewa       It is not surprising that we hear of incidents where persons appear in society from time to time claiming to have abnormal healing powers or posing as saviours. There are other instances where a miracle may happen causing mass hysteria; devotees flock to see some miraculous change in a sacred statue […]

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI) hosted a panel discussion ‘Sri Lanka as a Destination: From Antiquity to Modernity’ as part of its outreach activities to promote ‘Cultural Diplomacy’ in Koggala on Saturday (13 January 2024). Held with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop at the Long Beach Hotel, Koggala, this interactive discussion was organized as […]

The “Patriotic Education Law” (爱国主义教育法), the brainchild of the CCP Central Propaganda Department, was approved in a revised version on October 24, 2023, by the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee and came into effect on January 1, 2024. It has been hailed as one the most important recent Chinese laws, as it reorganizes the […]

Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday slammed Finance Ministry officials for their failure to protect the fisheries industriy and the fishing community. Addressing a meeting held at his Ministry, Minister Nanayakkara said that as a result of lack of understanding of realities, the Finance Ministry officials had not been able to prepare a […]

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Maldives and Sri Lanka had achieved hepatitis B control, the World Health Organization announced yesterday after an expert panel verified that the two countries have had consistently high coverage of hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants and a low prevalence of the deadly disease, corroborated through serological surveys conducted recently in both countries. “I congratulate […]

As respective exchange hits record-highs, the nation might be hoping to practice influence and work on its terms. In 2023, Mexico turned into the US’s top exchanging accomplice, outperforming China. Similarly, as the Mexican and American economies coordinate, however, so have the Mexican and Chinese economies, with China now the previous’ quickest developing unfamiliar financial […]