If someone thought that marriages are made in heaven, it not always is. If one of the two is not a Sri Lankan and the wedding has to be performed in Sri Lanka, then the Ministry of Defence (MoD)...
Addressing an online event on “Countering use of crypto-currencies to finance terrorism” recently, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander General Shavendra Silva called for a South Asian treaty to counter the transnational and connected nature of terrorists and...
For Sri Lanka, big ticket foreign investment matters right now more than at any time in the post-Independence era.
Overseas investors would be keenly watching the Sri Lankan Government’s handling of the much-maligned Indian private sector funding for the Colombo...
As always, India-baiters in Sri Lanka’s strategic community and foreign policy commentators, missed the real significance of last week’s visit of External Affairs Minister
S. Jaishankar from the northern neighbourhood – still harping on Cold War era diatribes which have...
Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka), Dream 1, 2017
On 9 July 2022, remarkable images floated across social media from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital. Thousands of people rushed into the presidential palace and chased out former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, forcing him to...
