Month: September 2025
Govt’s LGBTQ tourism plans: Cardinal Ranjith opposes decisions taken at ‘highest levels’
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has opposed the Sri Lankan Government’s efforts to promote LGBTQ tourism, warning that such initiatives could...
Unqualified company linked to fraud awarded coal tender, says FSP
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) says the National People’s Power (NPp) government is facilitating corruption by awarding a key coal import tender to...
Schools plagued by rising drug abuse among children
The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) has identified school children in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, especially in Colombo’s low-income areas, as the...
Police and Customs ranked among most corruption-prone institutions, CIABOC survey reveals
A recent survey conducted by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has revealed that the Sri Lankan public views...
China’s ex-agriculture minister sentenced to death with reprieve for huge bribes
China’s state-run media report that a court in the country has sentenced a former agriculture and rural affairs minister to death with a...
COPE risks becoming ‘Quasi-Executive Agency’, says ex-chair Dr. Charitha Herath
Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Dr. Charitha Herath, has raised serious concerns over a proposal to expand the committee’s...
Thriposha production grinds to a halt over bureaucratic red tape
Production of Thriposha, a nutritional supplement for mothers and children, has been suspended since 21 September due to delays in securing import licences...
India defeat Pakistan by five wickets in controversy-hit Asia Cup final
Tilak Varma has held his nerve with an unbeaten innings of 69 runs as he has steered India home in a five-wicket win...
Moragoda meets head of India’s National Human Rights Commission in Colombo
Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation and former Cabinet Minister Milinda Moragoda met with Shri Bharat Lal, Secretary General and CEO of India’s National...
NPP has little to show after a year in office – Ideas Front (Video)
Samabima Party Leader Deepthi Kumara Gunarathne has said that while former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s politics may lack populist slogans, it produced tangible political...
