Opinion

The recent spate of activity that lends to the perception that there is an ongoing active crackdown on corruption has various neutral observers saying there is no connection between corruption-busting, …

Sri Lanka has finally got approval for the delayed fourth review of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) US$3 billion bailout package. Sri Lanka had to raise the electricity tariffs for …

The ongoing China-India contestation for supremacy in South Asia is poised to escalate, particularly as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China advance plans for a new regional organisation that could supplant the …

Following a contentious election season, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) re-elected Dr. Sanjeewa Thennakoon as the Association’s President amid renewed public scrutiny and institutional pressure. With the healthcare sector …

Is it difficult to imagine a visa-less future? As things stand, Sri Lankans not having to obtain visas for travel is becoming increasingly a thing of the past. Visas are …

The four-day visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Volker Türk to Sri Lanka was marked by deeply moving engagements with victims, civil society actors, and political …

The June 2025 visit of Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to Sri Lanka unfolded during a profound global interregnum, a liminal period marked by the collapse …

As global geopolitics increasingly impact energy markets, Sri Lanka faces serious concern over fuel security, renewable energy ambitions, and energy sovereignty. In this exclusive interview, the Minister of Energy Eng. …

The election of a non-UNP, progressive Mayor for Colombo will be, of course, duly recorded, replete with cliches. Watershed, pathbreaking, unprecedented, breaking the mould are all descriptions that are bound …

The International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Dr. Gita Gopinath was upbeat when she spoke about Sri Lanka’s hard earned recovery since sovereign debt default was announced in 2022. Sri …