Year: 2025
Sri Lanka has no intention of ceding Katchatheevu island, says Foreign Minister
Sri Lanka has no intention to cede the Katchatheevu island, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said, calling the “rumblings” in India an issue between...
Defaulted taxes and penalties surge to Rs. 175.6 Bn in 2024 – IRD
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has reported that Sri Lanka’s total collectable tax defaults and penalties reached Rs. 175.6 billion by the end...
Nissanka, Head and Pretorius prosper in ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings
Pathum Nissanka, Travis Head and Lhuan-dre Pretorius have all made huge gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after their match-winnings efforts...
IMF flags data misreporting by Sri Lankan Govt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has reviewed Sri Lanka’s inadvertent provision of inaccurate data regarding the central government’s stock of expenditure...
Probe called into prawn, crab farm in nature reserve by Sanga, Mahela
Ex-cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are running a large-scale prawn and crab farm in a 400-acre area in the Vidataltivu nature reserve,...
Another 900,000 apply for ‘Aswesuma’ welfare benefits
‘Aswesuma’ already has 1.8 million beneficiaries, and another 900,000 have applied for the welfare benefit scheme, said social security minister Dr. Upali Pannilage....
Sri Lanka sees rise in child accidents
Prof. Ruwanthi Perera, Consultant Paediatrician at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, has raised serious concerns over the growing number of accidents...
Sri Lanka’s GDP could fall by 1.5% from US tariffs – IMF
Sri Lanka’s GDP could decline by up to 1.5 percent if the United States reinstates a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports...
Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties back US-Israel war against Iran
By W.A. Sunil The criminal war waged by the US and Israel’s Netanyahu government against Iran has once again exposed the pro-imperialist character...
Trump says likely to start informing countries of US tariffs Friday
United States President Donald Trump said he plans to start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates as soon as Friday,...
