Year: 2025
Sri Lankan exporters struggle as Colombo Port delays force shipping lines to reroute
Sri Lankan exporters are once again grappling with mounting uncertainty as severe operational delays at the Port of Colombo prompt major international shipping...
Report: Japan won’t recognize a Palestinian state given US ties
Japan will not recognize a Palestinian state for now, a decision likely taken to maintain relations with the United States and to avoid...
UNP opens door to reconciliation with SJB defectors, lifts membership suspensions
The United National Party (UNP) has lifted all disciplinary actions and membership suspensions previously imposed on party members who defected to the Samagi...
Trade Minister opens up about building Rs. 275 million fortune
A wave of public scrutiny has engulfed Trade and Commerce Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe following the release of his official asset declaration, which reveals...
Farmers face devastating losses as mystery disease threatens to decimate paddy crops
Farmers in Maha Bulankulama, Anuradhapura, are facing the imminent destruction of around 10 acres of paddy cultivation due to an unidentified disease that...
Australia shares rules for world-1st under-16 social media ban
Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells outlined rules for social media companies to follow as the nation prepares to enforce a ban on social...
How Gen Z-led protests are rattling governments across Asia
By Mithil Aggarwal, Janhvi Bhojwani and Jay Ganglani. From Nepal to Indonesia, young people disenchanted by corruption and a lack of jobs have...
How to train your dog – and not lose your mind
My family has never been closer to the brink of collapse than when we got a puppy. We spent hours reading articles and...
Substandard drugs flooding private pharmacies, says MCPA
A leading medical association in Sri Lanka has raised serious concerns over the growing circulation of potentially substandard low-cost medicines in private pharmacies,...
IUSF tells Govt to allocate 3% to education in 2026 Budget
The Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) has called on the Sri Lankan government to significantly boost funding for the education sector in the upcoming...
