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- Pricey tea in times of global meltdown
- Tea growers in Sri Lanka have been told to cut down on production to keep the prices high. The move comes in the wake of reluctance from international buyers, ...
- Sri Lanka needs ‘agricultural renaissance’
- Just before and after Sri Lanka was liberated, it was cited as a model low-income nation with extraordinary human development index. Somewhere down the line ...
- Human waste creating a stink in Sri Lanka
- Personal hygiene may be taken seriously by the people; yet toilet waste is finding its way into water bodies. Public indifference and a lack of action are ...
- ‘Reintegration of child soldiers is a development issue’
- Development agencies lack funds for successful reintegration, says UN Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy. Rehabilitation of child soldiers ...
- Insecurity hits Sri Lankan tourism
- The global financial crisis and terror threats have crippled Sri Lanka’s lucrative tourism industry. The sector accounting for a large part of the country’s ...
- Green star-rating for Sri Lankan schools
- To spread awareness on global warming among students, the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association will introduce compulsory environmental star-rating for all public ...
- Sri Lanka's war widows continue to suffer
- Three decades of war between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels have left an estimated 33,000 war widows. Despite government’s claim that several measures have ...
- Government to ensure supply for trapped civilians
- Sri Lankan government has said that maintaining food supply for the quarter of a million affected Tamilian population in the war-torn areas is its top ...
- Journalists learn tricks of survival
- Colombo-based Free Media Movement and other international organisations are providing safety training to journalists. Deemed as the third most dangerous place ...
- Sri Lankan farmers learn to fight soil salinity
- Due to increased soil salinity in Sri Lanka, farmers were forced to leave large parts of land uncultivated. They are now learning new ways to grow rice using ...
- Supreme Court is Sri Lankans' last ray of hope
- The executive’s high-handedness and inefficient governance in Sri Lanka is making the citizenry resort to Supreme Court for justice. The country’s apex court ...
- Sri Lanka: New regulations intrude media freedom
- Media groups in Sri Lanka will challenge the government's new regulations that seek to control television broadcasting as well as the popular MMS. Any ...
- Sri Lanka's war budget draws flak
- Mounting offensive operations against the LTTE, the strife-torn island nation has increased its defence spending to an all time high. While reflecting concerns ...
- Sri Lanka's new telecentres to take ICT to masses
- The Sri Lankan government has set up 64 'Nenasalas' or ICT service delivery centres in three districts of the country's eastern province. Providing content in ...
- Tamil Tiger faction to stop child recruitment
- Someone who himself joined Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a 17-year old boy has spoken out against children getting into the armed culture. Better known ...
- Humanitarian crisis looms large over IDPs
- Rain-induced floods and food shortage are adding to the problems of Sri Lanka's civilian population trapped in the fighting between the government forces and ...
- LTTE chief says struggle to continue
- In his annual speech broadcast on radio and the internet, Velupillai Prabhakaran said the rebel forces will fight the government's war of aggression for the ...
- Indian PM concerned over the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils
- With LTTE and Sri Lankan forces locked in a battle, the Tamil population in the country is feeling seriously threatened. Indian Prime Minister has now taken up ...
- Sri Lanka’s ePensions project takes off
- Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka has rolled out the government’s ePensions project. To ensure timely disbursement of payments, a ...
- Sri Lanka steps up release of non-combatant refugees
- The Sri Lankan government is said to have markedly stepped up the release of more than 300,000 displaced Tamils from camps in the north. Everyday between ...
- Donor frustration over IDP camps in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan government has tightened its grip on the internally displaced people living in camps. Donors are saying that they are less likely to provide funding ...
- Lankan army accused of carnage
- A Tamil Tiger spokesperson has claimed that Sri Lankan army is indulging in carnage of civilians – not even sparing hospitals and orphanages. The government ...
- Next 48 hours decisive for Sri Lanka
- With Sri Lankan forces going for a final assault on Tamil rebels, the conflict is said to have reached a 'decisive point.' The no-fire zone is now the last ...
- Fighting for 'lost heroes' in Sri Lanka
- Visaka Dharmadasa has been relentlessly providing support to thousands of families in Sri Lanka in tracing missing soldiers during the civil war. Besides ...
- Bouquets follow brickbats for jailed Lankan scribe
- Sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment earlier this week for allegedly inciting violence, Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam has been conferred ...
- LTTE gone, Sri Lankan fishermen hope for a good catch
- Trincomalee’s fishing community is all set to get a new lease of life after the end of Sri Lanka’s brutal war with the Tamil separatists. As the government ...
- UN rejects Lanka toll cover-up
- The UN chief has dismissed allegations that his agency deliberately covered up a high civilian death toll during the last phase of the Sri Lankan conflict. ...
- Heavy casualties in Sri Lankan shelling
- Up to 1,000 people have reportedly died in the last two days of fighting in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, a coalition of international human rights group has urged the ...
- UN pays tribute to slain editor’s courage
- On the World Press Day, the posthumous recipient of the UNESCO award on press freedom – Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickrematunge continues to inspire ...
- Lankan women still struggling for their rights
- Women and Media Collective, an NGO, recently showcased the struggles of Sri Lankan women, their progress in a male-dominated and conflict-ridden country for 25 ...
