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12/07/2015

Sri Lanka listed as a country already in a debt crisis by UK-based group.
http://www.businessinsider.com/greece-isnt-the-only-debt-crisis-2015-7

Greece’s plight is far from unique: 23 other countries are also wrestling with their own debt crises.

08/07/2015

Verité Research explains the Bond debacle :
"While calculations of the resulting monetary loss have been erroneous and hugely exaggerated, the biggest loss is probably not monetary; it is the loss of trust and confidence"

http://www.dailymirror.lk/78805/central-bank-s-30-year-bond-debacle-what-is-the-loss

The Sri Lankan Central Bank’s issue of a 30-year bond on February 27, 2015 ran into immediate controversy. The main reason was that markets were expecting the bank to take up only around Rs.1 billion, but the bank accepted bids upwards of Rs.10 billion.

06/07/2015

"Even if is not said openly, the U.N. report was considered when deciding the date," Champika Ranawaka, power and energy minister and one of Sirisena’s close allies, told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/06/us-sri-lanka-politics-election-idUSKCN0PG0D120150706

Sri Lanka's August elections have been timed to stop a comeback by war-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who remarkably may see his popularity rise in coming months if criticized for war crimes in a

03/07/2015

Interviewer: Do you think President Maithri betrayed his mandate by the people?
Vasu : Yes.

01/07/2015

Former President Rajapaksa : We will contest the general election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGNd1hpapk

We will contest at the next General Election and form a new government, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at his home in Medamulana this morning (01). ...

13/06/2015

The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/12/sri-lankas-wounds-of-war/

The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war.

23/05/2015

The last 10 years saw a renewed illiberalism in economics, politics, ethnic chauvinism and another bias towards China in foreign policy, Razeen Sally, Associate Professor at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

http://www.economynext.com/Economic_liberalism_missing_in_Sri_Lanka_s_policy_mix__Sally-3-1898-1.html

21/05/2015

Public anger over sexual assault and murder of schoolgirl spills over into violent demonstration in Jaffna

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/gang-rape-prompts-protests-sri-lanka-north-150520182532004.html

Public anger over sexual assault and murder of schoolgirl spills over into violent demonstration in Jaffna