By Asiri Fernando in The Morning, Aug 14, 2022 • Govt. permits vessel to call at H’tota on Tuesday• Concerns over Sri Lankan Govt.’s handling of issue• Trade and debt restructuring deals with China on hold Sri Lanka’s efforts to improve trade and conclude the planned Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China along with the debt restructuring programme with the Chinese have been put at risk by the diplomatic dispute over the controversy surrounding the…
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By Uditha Devapriya in Ceylone Today, Aug 11, 2022The writer is an international relations analyst, researcher, and columnistDivided from the Indian subcontinent, yet also deeply connected to it, Sri Lanka has never had an opportunity of forging and shaping a foreign policy of its own. The high point of its foreign relations, under the three Bandaranaike administrations over a period of 20 years, did signal an effort, and a sincere one, towards this end. Yet…
report in Daily Mirror online, 12 August 2022 at 08:26 pmThe first ever Dornier aircraft obtained from India will be inducted to Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Fleet on 15th August to enhance the maritime surveillance capabilities of Sri Lanka. The SLAF said during the Defence Dialog between India and Sri Lanka on 09th January 2018 in New Delhi, Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) sought the possibility of obtaining two (02) Dornier Reconnaissance Aircraft from…
report in The Morning, Aug 12, 2022• Stationed 600 nautical miles away• Harbour Master claims no approval requestedChinese space and satellite tracking research vessel Yuan Wang 5, which was scheduled to dock at Hambantota Port last morning (11), did not arrive at the port as scheduled, and instead remains 600 nautical miles away from the port, awaiting the necessary approvals, following a request by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to defer the arrival of…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror online, 12 August 2022 at 08:14 amThe government has reportedly taken over the handling of the diplomatic issue regarding the Yuan Wang 5 ship directly through the Chinese Embassy in Colombo instead of going through the Sri Lankan mission in Beijing, Daily Mirror learns. Sri Lanka asked China to postpone the port call of this ship following security threats cited by India. The Yuan Wang 5, en route from…
by Dinitha Rathnayake in The Morning, Aug 11, 2022The incidence of a racket involving persons travelling on three-wheelers and falsely claiming to have suffered accidents and injuries, using such to extort money from innocent drivers by creating a commotion and furore in public places, has been reported from various parts of the Colombo District. According to an investigation by The Morning, it was revealed that several persons who had been travelling in three-wheelers in the…
report in The Morning, Aug 11, 2022The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill was presented to the Parliament by Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs, and Constitutional Reforms Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC last morning (10). The Amendment Bill, which had been referred to as the 21st Amendment to the Constitution Bill so far, will in fact be the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill, as another draft 21st Amendment to the Constitution Bill presented by the…
report in The Morning, Aug 11, 2022The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne, drawing his attention to complaints received by the BASL from its members relating to arrests and detentions being carried out without adherence to due process “in a manner akin to abductions”. The BASL said it has received complaints from its members and the Colombo Magistrate’s Court Lawyers’ Association regarding the arrests of…
by JAMILA HUSAIN in Daily Mirror, 11 August 2022Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return back to Sri Lanka in November after his 90 day Thai visa runs out, and as he runs out of options to receive temporary shelter in another country, the Daily Mirror learns. Political sources said that Rajapaksa will leave Singapore today and visit Thailand where he will stay for 90 days on a visit visa and he had not sought asylum…
Reuters report, Aug 11, 2022China’s real estate crisis is casting a darkening cloud over governance and financial prospects of once highly valued property management companies, triggering a rout in their shares and making investors cautious. Already battered share prices have fallen a further 7 per cent this month as investors have reacted to the latest instances of such companies lending support to cash-strapped developer parents. “The capital market has lost confidence in some of the…
by JAMILA HUSAIN in Daily Mirror, 11 August 2022Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return back to Sri Lanka in November after his 90 day Thai visa runs out, and as he runs out of options to receive temporary shelter in another country, the Daily Mirror learns. Political sources said that Rajapaksa will leave Singapore today and visit Thailand where he will stay for 90 days on a visit visa and he had not sought asylum…