New Parliament needed to go beyond 19A

The point about the Nineteenth Amendment is that, though most have not read the Amendment Bill that was finally passed by Parliament - and, in the case of the general public, not even seen it - those who support its basic trajectory and even those who are disappointed with it,

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After Rajapaksa's departure:

Chinese influence wanes

Yet Sri Lanka needs infrastructure, and China has more money than India. Sri Lanka has signed on as a founder of the Chinese-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which is based in Beijing and designed to compete with the World Bank

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Kerry’s message to Colombo

US Secretary of State John Kerry’s two-day visit to Sri Lanka last weekend was a further step to reset US ties with Colombo as part of military preparations against China. Relations between the US and Sri Lanka were strained under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa,

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