Year: 2025
Energy sector governance under scrutiny: Questions mount over policy direction and transparency
Serious questions about governance practices within Sri Lanka’s energy sector are emerging, as concerns grow over potential conflicts of interest, policy inconsistencies, and...
Indian Defence Ministry’s Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders acquires majority stake in Colombo Dockyard
In a major strategic move, India’s public sector company, Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL), has announced that it will be acquiring a majority stake...
Sri Lanka arrests Indian fishermen because their rights were given up during Emergency: Jaishankar
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday that Sri Lankan authorities are arresting Indian fishermen because of an Emergency-era agreement that gave...
Govt tax hike on printed books triggers 20% price surge
The National Book Traders Association has reported a sharp 20% increase in printed book prices following the imposition of an 18% Value Added...
Namal denies claims of seeking chief prelates’ intervention to prevent family arrest
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has refuted allegations that his father, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, sought the intervention of senior Buddhist monks to stop...
Final lap for a champion: Cycling legend A.M. Sumanaweera passes away
Sri Lanka’s cycling fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most iconic figures, A.M. Sumanaweera, who passed away this week. A...
Iran’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’, nation’s UN ambassador says
Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that the Islamic republic’s nuclear enrichment “will never stop” because it is...
18 top state officials under corruption probe, five flee country
An investigation has been launched into the conduct of 18 high-ranking state officials accused of facilitating large-scale fraud and corruption involving political figures,...
Rice imports sink local paddy market, farmers left struggling
With the paddy harvesting for the Yala season commencing in the country, paddy farmers are grappling with plunging prices and growing financial distress....
Renewable energy sector on the brink of collapse due to Govt policy
The local renewable energy sector is facing a severe crisis following a government decision to slash electricity purchase tariffs by up to 30%,...
