Year: 2025
Govt repurposes vacant official ministerial residences after lack of interest from private sector
Plans to lease the official residences of former presidents and cabinet ministers to private buyers or for commercial projects have so far failed...
Public healthcare in crisis as hospitals struggle without doctors
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has raised serious concerns over a severe shortage of medical personnel, noting that Sri Lanka’s hospital system...
Sri Lanka’s vulnerable homes: Thousands still depend on mud, rocks, palmyra and straw for walls and roofs
More than 100,000 houses in Sri Lanka continue to be constructed using mud and rocks for walls and Palmyra leaves, cadjan, or straw...
Electricity Consumers’ Association calls for probe into LTL share reduction
The Electricity Consumers’ Association (ECA) has raised serious concerns over the Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) gradual reduction of its 70% shareholding in Lanka...
Govt’s palm oil ban drains foreign exchange, threatens plantation industry
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon has called on the Government to urgently lift the ban on oil palm cultivation, warning that continued restrictions...
IPL 2026 auction likely to move overseas
In a significant shift from its earlier stance, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now leaning toward hosting the...
Israel’s top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Police in Israel have arrested and detained the military’s top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian...
Sajith, Lakshman depart for India
Opposition Leader and the Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa departed for India on Monday (03) on an three-day official...
NPP suffers crushing defeat in Kotapola cooperative election
The National People’s Power (NPP)-backed group has lost control of the Kotapola Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, one of Sri Lanka’s largest and most influential...
Shutting 100 Sathosa outlets a move to benefit private retail giants, says SJB
Former Provincial Councillor Waruna Rajapaksha says the National People’s Power (NPP) Government is deliberately undermining Lanka Sathosa, alleging that the decision to close...
