Internal conflicts stymie Lankan opposition’s electoral pr...
February 15 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe
It is a matter of time before Sri Lanka’s Grand Old Party, the United National Par...
US imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan army chief over war cri...
February 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Shavendra Silva
The US has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka’s chief of army staff, Lt Gen Shavendra Silva, for war crimes comm...
Sri Lanka: A key piece in the great game of the Indian Oce...
February 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
“Whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate Asia… the destiny of the world will be decided on its waters” &ndas...
Over 10,000 people infected with dengue in Sri Lanka in Ja...
February 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that 10,607 dengue cases were recorded from across the country in January, an increase o...
Chinese influence never left Sri Lanka
February 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory in l...
Lanka’s current and previous regime accuse each other of f...
February 8 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Mahinda Rajapaksa and Mangala Samaraweera
It is only after the parliamentary elections, expected to be held in April, that the...
Hit by coronavirus, Sri Lankan tourism industry pleads for...
February 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) yesterday urged the Government to consider extending the relief package for the tourism ind...
Russia offers training facilities to SL military
February 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Russia has offered more training facilities for the Sri Lankan military and pledged to increase assistance to improve air operation cap...
Lankan President puts his cards on the table through his I...
February 5 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Goatabaya Rajapaksa giving his first Independence Day speech, Feb 4, 2020
Sri Lanka’s 72ndyear of independence from British...
Sri Lanka drops Tamil national anthem from Independence Da...
February 4 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
For the first time since 2016, there will be no Tamil national anthem at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations in Sri Lanka and it wil...
Fate of UNP hangs in the balance
February 3 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Sajith Premadasa
After weeks of wrangling, United National Party (UNP) leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has managed to retain his po...
Sri Lanka eyes US$ 18.5bn export earnings this year
February 1 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka’s export sector has been given an ambitious revenue target of US$ 18.5 billion this year, where merchandise exports are...
Pakistan offers to share intelligence with Sri Lanka
February 1 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan has offers to share intelligence with Sri Lanka to combat drug trafficking, terrorism and extremist activities.
Pakistan&rsqu...
Sri Lanka’s role in Sino-Indian competition in South Asia
January 29 ,2020
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By: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
How China and India will manage their bilateral relations, even as their competition intensifies, remains a major question, with implic...
Lanka’s battle to keep the corona virus out
January 29 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Surgical masks in Colombo are reportedly sold out as Sri Lanka is seized by panic over the possible spread of the Coronavirus following...
Chief of Pakistan Naval Staff arrives in Sri Lanka
January 27 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Admiral Zafar Mahmood, Chief of the Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday...
Sri Lanka’s new govt to investigate war missing
January 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka's presidency said Friday that death certificates for thousands of people missing presum...
Lankan President’s initiative to rescue tea and tourism
January 23 ,2020
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By: Colombo Correspondent
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksais the only Head of State and government to take an interestin two of the most important sectors...
Sri Lanka president acknowledges thousands of war missing...
January 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has acknowledged for the first time that more than 23,500 people missing for a decade since the...
Sri Lanka diplomatic pendulum swinging back?
January 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka and India vowed to strengthen military ties and widen maritime links with neighbors after security talks, the president&rsquo...
Forging closer Swiss -Lanka ties through commercial diplom...
January 16 ,2020
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By: Srimal Fernando
Sixty-five years on from establishing formal diplomatic ties between Switzerland and Sri Lanka, both nations ha...
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