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Sri Lanka

No orders placed in last 48 hours – Petroleum Dealers’ Association

Fuel distributors across the country have gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo to hand over a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake....

Politics

Namal threatens to present Private Member’s Motion against misuse of parliamentary privileges

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has announced that he will bring forward a Private Member’s Motion if the government fails...

Sri Lanka

Govt to probe ties between security forces and criminal underworld

An intelligence report is currently being compiled regarding all defense personnel with close ties to underworld organizations. According to a senior security official,...

Sri Lanka

197 imported vehicles seized by Customs

A total of 197 imported vehicles have been detained by Sri Lanka Customs in recent days.  The vehicles were held due to concerns...

Sri Lanka

Fuel distributors allege Govt efforts to sell CPC filling stations to foreign firms

The Petroleum Dealers’ Association has raised concerns over the government’s alleged attempts to transfer filling stations owned by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC)...

Business

Month after pullout by Adani Group, Sri Lanka says it’s ready to renegotiate $442 mn energy project

Sri Lanka has said it remains open for renegotiations on the USD 442 million wind energy project after India-based company Adani Group pulled...

Opinion

Trump did on live TV what other US presidents would just do in private

By Andrew Mitrovica Psst. Over here. Over here. You want to hear a trade secret? The bulk of journalists who cover the so-called...

Sri Lanka

Minor incidents like fuel queues shouldn’t be considered as national problems – Deputy Minister

Small incidents like sudden power outages and fuel queues should not be blown out of proportion to an extent where such disruptions are...

Sri Lanka

Testimonies collected amid “the stench of burning and corpses” published in new report

A report that pieces together survivor accounts of a 35-year-old massacre in Sri Lanka committed by Indian troops sent to the island for...

Sri Lanka

COPE reveals that SLBFE sent 683 underage workers for domestic work

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has raised significant concerns over the operations of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), alleging...