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The Buddha’s Tooth Relic Exposition, also known as the Sri Dalada Vandanawa, which ends today (27) attracted hundreds of thousands of devotees to Kandy to catch a glimpse of the …

Sri Lanka has achieved US$ 4.2 billion in export earnings in the First Quarter of 2025. The country’s export sector has emerged as a beacon of resilience and strategic reinvention …

Sri Lanka’s participation in the Bandung Conference reveals that in many countries, it was the Movements and organised Left that pushed for South-South integration, in defiance of US imperialism. Seventy …

As the country heads towards its Local Government elections on May 6, 2025, political tensions are rising, and familiar patterns are beginning to emerge. Chief among them is the Opposition’s …

In a significant move towards digitising public services and improving transparency, Sri Lanka has launched a pilot project enabling the online payment of traffic fines via the GovPay mobile application. …

“Farmers must be motivated to cultivate to change the perception that farming is a loss-making venture. Young people are not entering the farming sector due to these negative narratives. This …

Prof. Jayati Ghosh is one of the world’s foremost development economists, known for her incisive critiques of neoliberalism and global financial institutions. Currently a Professor of Economics at the University …

The timing of the U.S. tariff announcement could not be worse for Sri Lanka. Just as the country was stabilising after its worst economic crisis in recent history and aiming …

Nestling below the hills, edged by a tree-fringed lake and set among the reaches of the great Mahaweli Ganga, the city of Kandy is still very much a focal point …

In a strongly worded op-ed, Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong has criticised the United States’ recent tariff measures and emphasised China’s commitment to multilateralism and global cooperation. He …