Year: 2025
Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters decry port delays as rivals overtake regionally
An apex body of Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters on Friday demanded reforms at the Colombo port and claimed that traders are losing their...
Govt’s solar power deal will drain billions from consumers
The Electricity Consumers’ Association (ECA) says the government is attempting to approve 10 large-scale solar power projects through a Cabinet subcommittee, bypassing standard...
“Sri Lanka is without a political leadership”
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa’s official trip to India this week immediately after prime minister Harini Amarasuriya tour to New Delhi has gained significant...
NPP’s transformation from humility to hubris
By Vox Civis One of the constants of life is that human beings evolve with time. But in Sri Lanka, that evolution seems...
Intel agencies say Dawood Ibrahim’s drug cartel now working with LTTE
The Dawood Ibrahim syndicate is believed to be colluding with the banned LTTE to move drugs through South India. The issue was flagged...
Meal supplies stop at govt. hospital in Kegalle
In-house patients and staff of Mahapallegama government hospital in Kegalle have been left without meals since 04 November, hospital workers say. The meal...
Venues shortlisted in India and Sri Lanka for ICC T20 World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has identified a set of venues across India and Sri Lanka for the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup,...
Vessel omissions at Colombo Port threaten Sri Lanka’s export sector, says FTZMA
The Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA) has raised serious concerns over the rising number of vessel omissions at the Port of Colombo,...
NPP-controlled Soranathota PS budget defeated
The budget of the National People’s Power (NPP)-controlled Soranathota Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated yesterday (07) by a margin of three votes. The council...
Govt to spend Rs. 12,500 million on Double Cabs for MPs
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that all Members of Parliament (MPs) will be provided double cab pickup trucks as their official vehicles under...
