Month: August 2025
Rs. 57 Mn in MP salaries go untaxed in NPP party account – Shiral Lakthilaka
Attorney-at-law and political commentator Shiral Lakthilaka said that the salaries of 159 National People’s Power (NPP) Members of Parliament amounting to Rs. 4.77...
COPF approves new guidelines to ease overseas investment rules for Sri Lankan firms
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has approved a key set of updated guidelines aimed at easing restrictions on outward investments by Sri...
Tourism Minister and Deputy clash over USD 3.7 Bn revenue claim
Tensions have surfaced within the tourism ministry after Deputy Minister Prof. Ruwan Ranasinghe publicly disputed a recent statement by Cabinet Minister Vijitha Herath,...
India calls out EU and U.S.′ trade with Russia after Trump threatens steeper tariffs on New Delhi
India said it was being “targeted” by the U.S. and the European Union over its imports of Russian oil after U.S. President Donald...
England and injured Woakes denied as India win fifth Test thriller to draw series
Left arm in a sling, face riven with agony, Chris Woakes could only look on helplessly from the far end. Mohammed Siraj detonated...
Over 2 million Sri Lankan children absent from Dhamma schools
Nearly 2.2 million school-aged children in Sri Lanka are currently not receiving any form of Dhamma education, according to Deputy Minister of Buddhism,...
Family injured in collision involving President’s Secretary’s vehicle
Four members of the same family, including two young children, were hospitalised following a road accident involving the official vehicle of President’s Secretary...
BASL presses for immediate appointment to RTI Commission
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged the government to fill the long-standing vacancy in the Right to Information (RTI) Commission...
Uptick in gun violence: 76 shootings, 41 deaths in Sri Lanka this year
Sri Lanka has recorded 76 shooting incidents across the country since the beginning of the year, resulting in 41 deaths and injuries to...
Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app’s data got leaked
The Tea app describes itself as “the safest place to spill tea” about potential online matches, allowing its subscribers to conduct background and...
