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Foreign ministry sources indicate that the NPP government holds a strong interest in Trump for several reasons. Firstly, they anticipate a decline in U.S. pressure regarding human rights, democracy, and reconciliation. Secondly, the historical ties between the JVP and Russia...

Nine years ago, now powerful government ministers Sunil Hadunnethi, Nalinda Jaytissa, and Wasantha Samarasinghe visited the U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka to deliver a petition protesting the American sanctions on Cuba. For decades, the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) has maintained...

Chinese Minister of Ethnic Affairs, Pau Yue, is set to arrive in Sri Lanka today and will be touring the island from the 19th to the 23rd. Following the Northern War, Sri Lanka primarily engaged with Western countries on matters...

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a major uproar in Sri Lankan politics in 1992. This was due to the release of files from the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, which revealed how the KGB had provided...

Sri Lanka is known as the Hub of the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka earned this title through Maritime Cooperation. Maritime Cooperation is an essential tool for Sri Lanka for transportation, trade, foreign direct investment, and security. Historically, Sri Lanka has...

After Gotabaya Rajapaksa became president in 2019, the media reported that he had summoned the head of US Aid in Sri Lanka and asked if they were funding an anti-government social media campaign. Gotabaya summoned the head of the US...

Anura Kumara and the NPP government seem to be talking about the China visit with more fanfare than Anura’s India visit. The NPP government seems to be trying to portray the Hambantota Oil Refinery as an achievement during Anura’s China...

Previous week the cabinet approved the signing of an MOU with China's Xinhua News Agency for the state-run media outlet in Sri Lanka, before Anura visited China. Diplomatic corps in Colombo raised eyebrows on this. Xinhua News Agency is a...

After the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987, successive Sri Lankan heads of state visiting India consistently assured Indian prime ministers that the 13th Amendment would be fully implemented. These assurances were reiterated in joint statements issued by the...

During Anura Kumara's visit to India, Qin Boyong, Vice President of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Sri Lanka. While Anura was in India, Qin met with government ministers and monitored Anura's activities in India. Meanwhile, in Anura's...