Year: 2025
Activists and residents in Jaffna reveal ancestral lands still to be released
It has been revealed that the repeated claims made by successive presidents, including the current head of state, regarding the release of ancestral...
Resolution unanimously passed to remove Chabad House in Eastern Sri Lanka
A local council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate removal of a Chabad Jewish Cultural Center, built in the Eastern...
No zero-tariff deal: Sri Lanka falls short in US trade talks
While Sri Lanka remains hopeful of concluding a proposed trade agreement with the United States before August, the Government has made it clear...
Chilli farmers cry foul over unfair prices
Chilli farmers in Mahawilachchiya have raised serious concerns over deeply unfair market practices, claiming they are being forced to sell their produce at...
Spike in jumbo deaths: 21 dead in recent days
Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakody said that 21 wild elephants have been shot dead in recent days, leading to a special government...
How China’s ‘big winner’ BYD conquered Sri Lanka’s high-tariff car market
By Dimuthu Attanayake Aggressive pricing, shrewd tax engineering and a trusted local partner have propelled China’s BYD to a commanding position in Sri...
Rohini demands probe into Bimal’s ‘daughters of murderers’ remark
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Kaviratne has called for the immediate appointment of a special Parliamentary committee to investigate a...
Fraud Investigation Bureau to question Trade Minister over alleged forged property deal
The Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau today submitted a detailed report to the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court concerning an alleged Rs. 3 million fraud...
Revenue gaps threaten Sri Lanka’s path to stability, IMF warns
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Evan Papageorgiou, IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, concluded a five-day visit to Colombo today,...
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger...
