Confused Signals

Top trade chambers say Tuesdays meeting with the PA-JVP alliance has failed to shed any light on how they plan to manage the economy.The newly formed JVP-PA …

Get Going

The four co-chairs of peace have expressed disappointment over the current political situation and repeated their call on the Sri Lankan government to resume …

Saffron Power

Nationalist party, Sihala Urumaya said Tuesday that it was exclusively fielding Buddhist monks to contest the 225 seats up for grabs at snap parliamentary …

Alliance Calling

Wooing support for its ticket to govern the country, the newly formed SLFP-JVP alliance flirted with the Colombo based business and international community on …

Grand Slam

Sri Lankas Prime Minister has accused the countrys president of jeopardising a ceasefire with Tamil rebels and scuttling economic recovery in his first public …

Project lquote Put Off

The Colombo Commercial Company property facing the Beira Lake is owned by the UDA.A part of the property has been given on a 50-year lease to the Commercial …

Back to Basics

The problem with subsidies is that the rich enjoy them as much as the poor. The cross subsidy on diesel is a classic example. buy prelone online …

Be Careful

Asian countries are enjoying some of their best years after the East Asian crisis. But a top IMF official says the party might end quickly if emerging …

Good Tidings

The US Agency for International Development said it has finalised a five-year US$ 120 mn plan to support peace and reform in Sri LankaVisiting USAID Deputy …

Flying Visit

The US embassy said Mark S Ward, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Asia and Near East Bureau, USAIDs highest-ranking official covering South Asia, visited …

Not Now

Sri Lankas Tiger rebels have asked for direct reconstruction aid as a political crisis in the government here stalled their peace process, but donors have …

Party Pooper

Sri Lankas system of party politics is accelerating into action with the President clearing the way to stockpile state resources under the Alliance flag and …

Roadblock

rnThe sacking of Sri Lankas parliament could hold up at least US$ 176 mn in World Bank aid to the island, whose economy is headed for a serious slow down, a …

Marching Orders

Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga has removed 39 non-cabinet rank junior ministers ahead of parliamentary elections on April 2, a spokesman for her …

Trade off

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka is looking to be the latest casualty of the political uncertainty that …

In Use

Sri Lankas aid utilisation recorded an all time high of nearly US$ 1bn for 2003 and came close to forecast targets despite a politically volatile year that …

Zoo Politics

rnSri Lanka faces another expensive and possibly violent general election nearly four years before its due date leaving the peace process, donor decisions and …

Tigers Domain

The LTTE will decide on how it and the territories under its paw would participate in the April 03, 2004 snap polls. The LTTE warned on Monday that it would …

Dont Worry

The UNF government is upbeat of romping back to power with the promise of peace and economic prosperity, despite being caught behind by the President, a senior …

Dissolved

President Chandrika Kumaratunga dissolved parliament late Saturday, calling for a snap poll on April 2, to break the bitter political deadlock.Parliamentary …