Month: July 2025
Speaker accused of misusing state resources
Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne has allotted for himself a unit at Lauris Apartment complex, while using his official residence for various occasions, alleged Nava...
Sri Lanka: Three things for NPP to ‘Come of Age’
By R. Hariharan For the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) group led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD), the local government (LG) elections...
Sri Lanka to exit IMF programme by end of 2027, says Bimal
Minister Bimal Rathnayake announced that Sri Lanka will formally withdraw from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme by December 2027. Speaking at a...
80 MPs fail to submit asset declarations
Eighty Members of Parliament have failed to submit their mandatory declarations of assets and liabilities by the June 30 deadline, according to parliamentary...
Opposition parties gear up to form common alliance
Opposition political parties are preparing to initiate discussions aimed at forming a new common opposition alliance. The preliminary round of talks is scheduled...
Sri Lanka has no intention of ceding Katchatheevu island, says Foreign Minister
Sri Lanka has no intention to cede the Katchatheevu island, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said, calling the “rumblings” in India an issue between...
Defaulted taxes and penalties surge to Rs. 175.6 Bn in 2024 – IRD
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has reported that Sri Lanka’s total collectable tax defaults and penalties reached Rs. 175.6 billion by the end...
Nissanka, Head and Pretorius prosper in ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings
Pathum Nissanka, Travis Head and Lhuan-dre Pretorius have all made huge gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after their match-winnings efforts...
IMF flags data misreporting by Sri Lankan Govt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has reviewed Sri Lanka’s inadvertent provision of inaccurate data regarding the central government’s stock of expenditure...
Probe called into prawn, crab farm in nature reserve by Sanga, Mahela
Ex-cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are running a large-scale prawn and crab farm in a 400-acre area in the Vidataltivu nature reserve,...
