Month: October 2025
Vehicle importers challenge Treasury’s 35% surcharge proposal in court
A group of vehicle importers has raised objections to a Treasury proposal seeking to impose a 35% surcharge for the release of vehicles...
Bill to criminalise corporal punishment could lead to anarchy, says former Justice Minister
A proposed bill to criminalise corporal punishment in Sri Lanka has drawn fierce criticism from former Justice Minister and President’s Counsel Dr Wijeyadasa...
Sri Lanka moves toward establishing Independent Prosecutor’s Office
Sri Lanka has taken a significant step toward reforming its justice system, with the government appointing an expert committee to lay the groundwork...
Sri Lanka and India co-host first-ever Women’s Blind T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka will co-host the inaugural Women’s T20 World Cup – Cricket for the Blind, alongside India in November 2025, in what is...
Thajudeen murder: SJB claims cover-up continues under current government
Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman says the National People’s Power (NPP) government is harbouring individuals linked to the cover-up of the 2012 murder of...
Namal calls for impartiality in high-profile criminal investigations
National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), MP Namal Rajapaksa, says that certain investigative bodies are manipulating evidence and misusing legal...
Kidney treatment: Docs group claims AVF needles shortage
The Medical and Civil Rights Professional Association of Doctors (MCPA) claimed that there is currently a severe shortage of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) needles...
BYD’s Sri Lanka steering into electric mobility shadowed by Nepal CG Corp tax issues
Sri Lanka’s biggest blue-chip, John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), is steering into electric mobility through a high-profile partnership with Nepal’s Chaudhary Group (CG...
Former Congolese president Kabila sentenced to death for war crimes
Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court in Kinshasa. The...
Families of the disappeared continue hunger strike in Jaffna
A relay hunger strike led by the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared in the North and East entered its fifth day...
