Year: 2025
Probes to be expedited against 20 ex-ministers, MPs
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been instructed to expedite investigations against 20-odd ministers and MPs in previous governments. Public security minister Ananda...
Govt. to prohibit media from re-publishing govt. leaders’ past remarks
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman has charged the government was planning to prohibit media reports against it and publishing again the...
Grief, politics, and justice: A week of contrasts in Sri Lanka
By Our Political Editor The passing of veteran actress Malini Fonseka cast a long emotional shadow over the nation last week. Known as...
Trump tariffs can stay in place for now, appeals court rules
US President Donald Trump can keep collecting import taxes for now, an appeals court has said, a day after a trade ruling found...
Hundreds of thousands of acres in east ‘seized by state bodies’
A lawmaker from eastern Sri Lanka has brought to light in Parliament the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land, once cultivated by local farmers...
Sri Lanka urged to adopt consistent tourism branding
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry continues to suffer from inconsistent and fragmented marketing strategies despite strong post-pandemic recovery and record earnings of over USD...
Ntuli and Mondol clash in heated scuffle in Bangladesh vs SA Emerging Test
Tshepo Ntuli got into a scuffle with Ripon Mondol during a four-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and South Africa Emerging Team in...
Mahindananda sentenced to 20 Years, Nalin to 25 in Rs. 53M corruption case
The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar today sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, and former Trade Minister...
Is AKD against the Sri Lankan state?
By Dayan Jayatilleka Contrary to Anura Dissanayake and the JVP-NPP’s claim of this island’s inferior history of 76 years in contrast to a...
Sri Lanka boosts PCR testing to track emerging COVID-19 variant
The Ministry of Health has stepped up Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing in selected hospitals across Sri Lanka in response to the detection...
