Year: 2025
Ceylon Tea risking market share as African competitors benefit from lower tariffs
Sri Lanka’s tea exporters are bracing for a shifting competitive landscape in the United States market as new import tariffs come into effect...
GMOA threatens island-wide strike
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has issued a stern warning to the Ministry of Health, threatening to launch an island-wide strike if...
CCP advise JVP on timeline for Sri Lanka’s socio-political transformation
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has advised Sri Lanka’s Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) that meaningful transformation in the country requires a government to...
Anura won’t stay for a second if people call for his removal – Handunetti
Industries Minister Sunil Handunetti dismissed attempts to create protest movements against the present government, asserting that such initiatives must come from the people,...
SJB to bring no-confidence motion against Deputy Defence Minister
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) has announced its intention to bring a no-confidence motion against Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekara. The decision...
Private pharmacies exploiting patients amid drug shortage
Medical professionals have raised concerns over opportunistic pricing methods adopted by private pharmacies. They allege that private pharmacies are exploiting the country’s ongoing...
Yoshitha, grandmother’s money laundering case postponed to October
The Colombo High Court yesterday (4) postponed the hearing of the high-profile money laundering case against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda...
Rs. 57 Mn in MP salaries go untaxed in NPP party account – Shiral Lakthilaka
Attorney-at-law and political commentator Shiral Lakthilaka said that the salaries of 159 National People’s Power (NPP) Members of Parliament amounting to Rs. 4.77...
COPF approves new guidelines to ease overseas investment rules for Sri Lankan firms
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has approved a key set of updated guidelines aimed at easing restrictions on outward investments by Sri...
Tourism Minister and Deputy clash over USD 3.7 Bn revenue claim
Tensions have surfaced within the tourism ministry after Deputy Minister Prof. Ruwan Ranasinghe publicly disputed a recent statement by Cabinet Minister Vijitha Herath,...
