Year: 2025
Sri Lanka’s tea industry faces collapse as Govt moves to scrap SVAT
Key stakeholders in Sri Lanka’s tea industry have have raised serious concerns over the government’s proposed removal of the Simplified Value-Added Tax (SVAT)...
Police shake-up: Top brass, OICs transferred in major reshuffle
A fresh wave of transfers involving senior and mid-level police officers has been announced, with changes taking immediate effect, police headquarters said today....
SC flags clauses in Electricity Bill as unconstitutional
Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih informed Parliament today that the Supreme Court has found certain provisions in the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill to be...
Energy sector governance under scrutiny: Questions mount over policy direction and transparency
Serious questions about governance practices within Sri Lanka’s energy sector are emerging, as concerns grow over potential conflicts of interest, policy inconsistencies, and...
Indian Defence Ministry’s Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders acquires majority stake in Colombo Dockyard
In a major strategic move, India’s public sector company, Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL), has announced that it will be acquiring a majority stake...
Sri Lanka arrests Indian fishermen because their rights were given up during Emergency: Jaishankar
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday that Sri Lankan authorities are arresting Indian fishermen because of an Emergency-era agreement that gave...
Govt tax hike on printed books triggers 20% price surge
The National Book Traders Association has reported a sharp 20% increase in printed book prices following the imposition of an 18% Value Added...
Namal denies claims of seeking chief prelates’ intervention to prevent family arrest
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has refuted allegations that his father, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, sought the intervention of senior Buddhist monks to stop...
Final lap for a champion: Cycling legend A.M. Sumanaweera passes away
Sri Lanka’s cycling fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most iconic figures, A.M. Sumanaweera, who passed away this week. A...
Iran’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’, nation’s UN ambassador says
Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that the Islamic republic’s nuclear enrichment “will never stop” because it is...
