Year: 2025
Foreign aid dries up amid diplomatic communication breakdown
Sri Lanka’s post-cyclone recovery effort is increasingly overshadowed by concerns that weak diplomatic communication and inconsistent messaging have undermined international confidence. Despite repeated...
LTL Holdings steps up disaster relief efforts
LTL Holdings, one of Sri Lanka’s foremost engineering companies specializing in power sector services, has stepped up its humanitarian support following recent floods...
Sujeewa says Sajith will contest next presidential election
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujeewa Senasinghe said that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will contest the next Presidential Election in Sri Lanka. Speaking...
Sri Lanka’s tea production falls 8%
Sri Lanka’s tea industry saw an 8.1% drop in production in the third quarter of 2025, the Department of Census and Statistics reported,...
FSP accuses Govt of allowing substandard Indian drugs into Sri Lanka
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has accused the Sri Lankan government of bypassing established regulatory safeguards, claiming agreements with India have allowed pharmaceutical...
RDA, CEB face billions in disaster losses
Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority (RDA) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have incurred estimated losses of approximately Rs. 75 billion and Rs. 20...
Economic growth too weak to meet Sri Lanka’s workforce needs – WB
Sri Lanka’s current economic growth trajectory may fall short of creating enough jobs for the roughly one million people expected to enter the...
One year on, ‘system change’ remains elusive – (Ideas Front video)
Leader of the Samabima Party, Deepthi Kumara Gunarathne, says that despite a year in power, the National People’s Power (NPP) government has failed...
Nissanka, Hasaranga and Pathirana among seven Sri Lankans picked for IPL 2026
The 2026 IPL will include seven Sri Lankan cricketers with a mix of fresh signings at the mini-auction and familiar faces retained by...
Trump expands US travel ban to five more countries
President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from...
