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SRI LANKA: Social Price of Labour Exports Rising – President
Thousands of young Sri Lankan women work hard in the Middle East to support their families back home, but what worries President Chandrika Kumaratunga most is that they leave behind a trail of social problems with few easy remedies.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Infighting Threatens to Derail Peace Process
Sri Lanka's peace process got a welcome respite last week when, for the first time in seven years, a Cabinet minister and a top Tamil rebel leader discussed the prospects for lasting peace.SRI LANKA: Govt Taken to Task for Environmentally Unsound Project
Sri Lanka's vocal environmental lobby is turning the heat on a move by the government to build a hydroelectric power project in the country's central hills.SRI LANKA: Peace Promises Economic Dividends for East Coast
Wasantha Anurakumara has to only take a few steps on this beach along Sri Lanka's north-east coast to come across the rich minerals that give the fine grain sand a black hue.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Ceasefire Draws Foreign Investors Back
With the guns of war stilled and the prospects for peace bright, investor interest is again being drawn to the deep, calm waters of Trincomalee, one of the world's greatest natural harbours on Sri Lanka's east coast.SRI LANKA: Livelihood Gives Women Way to Cope with Disabilities
In addition to grinding poverty, Hettihami Chandrawathie has to endure the pain of her son's illness, one that stunts growth.SRI LANKA: Govt Strengthens Hand Ahead of Peace Talks
Sri Lanka's plans to strike a seemingly harmless military pact with the United States and hand over a partly abandoned oil storage facility to India has brought a new dimension not only to the country's peace process but also to South Asian politics, analysts say.SRI LANKA: Anxious Mothers Get Respite as Peace Process Unfolds
Visakha Dharmadasa dreads the knock on the door or the midnight telephone call. "Families like us shudder when a policeman comes to our doorstep or when there is a call at night. We fear it is about our sons. It is absolute trauma."POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Peace Train Carries Peace Hopes, Doubts
Children waved, and women washing clothes on stones alongside village streams looked up with amusement, while rice farmers with sarongs tucked at their waists raised their heads as Sri Lanka's first peace train chugged toward the north of this island nation.SRI LANKA: Differences Emerge on how to Fix Education System
While most Sri Lankans agree that the country's education system deserves a failing grade for being outdated and inefficient, there is disagreement among decision-makers about exactly what education reforms should be.ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA: Laws to Plug Power Crisis Worry Activists
Environmentalists and scientists in Sri Lanka are up in arms against new laws that allow the set-up of emergency power plants, saying they would stifle legitimate protests and override environmental concerns although they are aimed at addressing serious power cuts in the country.SRI LANKA: Laws to Plug Power Crisis Worry Activists
Environmentalists and scientists in Sri Lanka are up in arms against new laws that allow the set-up of emergency power plants, saying they would stifle legitimate protests and override environmental concerns although they are aimed at addressing serious power cuts in the country.SRI LANKA: Laws to Plug Power Crisis Worry Activists
Environmentalists and scientists in Sri Lanka are up in arms against new laws that allow the set-up of emergency power plants, saying they would stifle legitimate protests and override environmental concerns although they are aimed at addressing serious power cuts in the country.SRI LANKA: Rebel Leader Says Right Words, but Real Test is Ahead
Most Sri Lankans agree that Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, made the right statements about peace in his first press conference in 12 years Wednesday, but continue to wonder whether he can really be trusted this time.SRI LANKA: In Upcoming Poll, Women Make Their Own Way to Politics
Prior to hitting the campaign trail for local government polls to be held later this month, Nimalka Fernando got another taste of the sexism that prevails in Sri Lanka's political culture.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Impatience for Peace Growing
The first phase of political negotiations between the Sri Lanka government and Tamil separatist guerrillas may take between six months to even a year -- a process that has many people now impatient to see an end to the country's 19-year-old conflict.SRI LANKA: Go Slow on Oil Palm Plantations, Activists Say
Sri Lanka is replacing some of its traditional rubber plantations with oil palm, a controversial move that first drew criticism from the rubber industry and is now drawing the ire of environmentalists.SRI LANKA: Goodwill Gestures Fail to Reach War-torn Area
Residents of the war-torn Jaffna peninsula are still to enjoy a two-week-old goodwill gesture, including the lifting of an economic embargo, made by Sri Lanka's new government to those living in conflict-affected areas.SRI LANKA: Prospects for Peace Improve with Holiday Truce
Driven by a desperate desire for peace, the new government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and Tamil rebels are inching closer to a new round of peace talks.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: New Govt’s Tainted Record Worries Activists
The United National Party (UNP) scored a comfortable victory in Sri Lankan national polls earlier this month, reflecting people's desire for change amid a flagging economy and a costly war, but human rights activists are not rejoicing.SRI LANKA: After Poll, Voters Seek End to Divisive Politics
Sri Lanka's opposition party is winning the Dec. 5 national poll sufficiently to form the next government, but analysts say the sharing of power between the opposition and the current president is needed to get this war-ravaged country back on its feet.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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