Month: September 2025
Finance Ministry to procure new fleet of double cabs
The Ministry of Finance has begun gathering input from Ministry Secretaries, Chief Secretaries of Provincial Councils, and Department Heads ahead of plans to...
Ceylon Electricity Board seeks 6.8% tariff hike
Sri Lanka’s debt-ridden state power utility, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), has requested a 6.8% electricity tariff increase for the final quarter of...
Handunnetti dodges questions on undeclared land acquisition
Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Sunil Handunnetti, came under intense scrutiny on Sunday night after he repeatedly refused to explain discrepancies in...
Former immigration chief jailed for two years
Former Controller General of Immigration and Emigration Harsha Ilukpitiya was today (23) sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the...
ICC charges ex-Philippine President Duterte with crimes against humanity
Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been charged with three counts of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC),...
The outside-in story that helps explains turmoil in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
Nilanthi Samaranayake External dynamics help explain the recent political upheaval seen across several smaller South Asian countries. Nepal has just experienced historic protests...
Sri Lanka’s inflation rises to 1.5% in August
Sri Lanka’s inflation rate, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), increased to 1.5% in August from 0.7% in July, primarily...
Cyber predators thrive as child exploitation cases surge
Sri Lankan police have raised alarm over a surge in online sexual exploitation targeting children and women, with 28 children and 118 women...
Singapore firm rejects $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that...
Dayasiri calls for united opposition ahead of PC elections
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has called on opposition parties to urgently unite under a common alliance to contest the forthcoming...
