Year: 2025
Mannar Wind Project: Sri Lanka to return only refundable deposit to Adani Group
Sri Lanka will return only the refundable portion of financial deposits made by the Adani Group for the now-stalled Mannar Wind Power project,...
India’s Reckoning with Trump’s Tariffs
By Bodapati Srujana There are two reasons for the U.S. tariffs imposed on India: first, India’s refusal to open its agricultural market to...
Sudden, heavy rain in Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal kills more than 400 people
Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 400 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said,...
Religious institution faces leadership crisis amid political controversy
A prominent religious institution in Sri Lanka is experiencing significant internal upheaval as mounting pressure builds for its senior leader to step down...
Former Speaker urges Govt to reconsider MP pension cuts
Sri Lanka’s former Speaker of Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, has urged the government to reconsider its decision to slash pensions for retired Members of...
Modi’s Trincomalee pipeline push meets bureaucratic silence in Colombo
Despite high-profile commitments and a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Sri Lanka, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this...
Billions wasted on idle industrial estates?
Observations from the Ministry of Industry audit reports reveal numerous losses that have been incurred due to project abandonment, long-term idleness, or underutilisation...
SLMC backs ITAK-led hartal in North and East
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has announced its full support for the hartal called by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), scheduled...
Sri Lanka Athletics election postponed indefinitely
The eagerly anticipated Annual General Meeting and election of Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA), originally slated for 18 August 2025, has been postponed due...
Sri Lanka’s power sector crippled as nearly 20% of engineers leave for overseas jobs
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has revealed a significant loss of engineering talent, with 226 engineers migrating abroad over the past three years,...
