The last week’s revelation of a seeming sex trafficking racket by a group consisting of employment agents and state officials is not something that we hear for the first time. So many times before we have seen Sri Lankan women speaking from so-called safe houses in Middle Eastern countries over social media explaining the horrifying experience they have been undergoing. We have read thousands of newspaper reports on such i
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader and Trincomalee district MP Rajavarothayam Sampanthan wrote a politically important letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on September 14, 2022. In that detailed missive, the veteran Tamil MP pinpointed several measures being enacted under the current regime affecting th
Although six convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released by the Indian Supreme Court on November 12, four of them have been again detained as they are Sri Lankans who had entered India without proper travel documents. They are being lodged in a special camp in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu.
The G20 (Group of Twenty) -initially an informal gathering of 20 of the world’s largest economies- was formed in 1999, in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. An attempt to co-ordinate global policy on trade, health, climate, and other issues.
Presenting his first budget on Monday, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe said a new economic order would be introduced to suit world trends and highlighted that Sri Lanka would embark on this new path through the 2023 budget.
There are two questions. First, does research really matter or rather does research drive decisions when it comes to policy planning? Second, what is the role or research institutes or, put another way, do policy-makers understand the worth of such bodies?
Public consultation on Western Province tariff revision today at BMICH
SLTB launches luxury bus service between BIA and Makumbura
Emirates on track to become world’s 1st Autism Certified Airline
JICA assures continued aid to Sri Lanka
More than 100 turtles found dead
Any Sri Lankan behind smuggling Rohingyas? Probe begins
State expenditure for 2025 increased to Rs 4.2 trillion