Counting and Cracking : The deep truths of reconciliation
MELBOURNE, 1 June, 2024: On my way to the Union Theatre, University of Melbourne, I was a bit tense about...
February 12, 2024
Iran’s Sri Lanka Tea imports under tea-for-oil barter system
Sri Lanka Tea Board president Niraj de Mel told reporters that Iranian tea importers have proposed to increase shipments from...
February 5, 2024
Melbourne celebrates Sri Lanka’s 76th Independence Day
MELBOURNE, 4 February 2024: Sri Lanka gained its independence from Britain on 4 February 1948, around 6 months after India’s...
July 26, 2023
Shankari Chandran wins the Miles Franklin
“Race and racial identity and what it means to be Australian and who gets to decide that … that has...
May 20, 2023
Sri Lanka Tourism Minister to visit Australia in June
MELBOURNE, 19 MAY 2023: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Tourism and Lands Mr. Harin Fernando, is likely to visit Australia in...
April 3, 2023
300,000 Sri Lankans left for jobs overseas in 2022: The Economist
MELBOURNE, 3 April 2023: About 300,000 Sri Lankan have left the country for jobs overseas in 2022, says The...
February 16, 2023
Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day celebrated in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, 4 February 2023: The Consulate General of Sri Lanka here, along with the Sri Lankan Community here celebrated Sri...
August 27, 2022
Student activists in Lanka detained under draconian anti-terrorism law
The three activists were arrested from a student rally in Colombo on August 18 under a 72-hour detention order, while...
August 20, 2022
$25 m more Australian humanitarian aid for Sri Lanka
MELBOURNE, 19 August 2022: To lessen Sri Lanka’s economic crisis Australia will provide an additional $25 million to help meet...
August 6, 2022
Global organisations condemn crackdown of Sri Lankan protesters
13 International organisations have condemned the Sri Lankan authorities’ violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka....