Year: 2025
Sri Lanka cracks down on illegally modified vehicles following Ella tragedy
Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry has announced the immediate enforcement of strict measures targeting vehicles operating with dangerous and unauthorised modifications, in the wake...
Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba resigns weeks after election debacle
Calls for his resignation had grown since his Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing loss in July. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has...
PSA calls for full disclosure of SOEs facing shutdowns
The People’s Struggle Alliance (PSA) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to publicly disclose the full list of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) it...
Sri Lanka risks losing reform momentum, warns International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that Sri Lanka’s new government, elected on a wave of public demand for reform, risks squandering...
Mishara’s maiden fifty seals Sri Lanka’s T20I series against Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe put forward a team effort led by Tadiwanashe Marumani’s fourth T20I fifty to post an imposing 191 for 8. But Sri Lanka’s...
Work on Sri Lanka’s second largest mass grave put on hold
Incomplete excavations at the Chemmani mass grave, identified as Sri Lanka’s second-largest mass grave with 240 human skeletons found so far, have been...
Court of Appeal halts trial against Secretary to Ministry of Public Security
The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order suspending ongoing legal proceedings against Retired Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who currently serves as...
Sri Lanka stunned as Zimbabwe pick up crushing win
“We just need to avoid losing wickets on a regular basis,” said Charith Asalanka at the toss ahead of the 2nd T20I. Unfortunately...
‘No local accountability’: Tamils in east want international intervention
Religious leaders and relatives of affected families claim that no justice can be expected within the country for over 150 persons abducted while...
Speaker to decide on no-faith motion against Deputy Defence Minister
The Speaker of Parliament is expected to announce this week whether the no-confidence motion filed by the Opposition against State Minister of Defence,...
