Year: 2025
Madagascar’s president has left the country after Gen Z protests: Officials
Madagascar’s president has fled the African nation, the head of the opposition and other officials said on Monday (Oct 13), the second time...
Neglected and stranded: Estate workers protest road closure in Nanuoya
A group of plantation workers staged a protest today (13) on the Thalawakale–Nuwara Eliya main road at Radella, demanding the reopening of a...
Audit finds Rs 42 million loss at SLTB over flawed ticket roll procurement
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has suffered financial losses amounting to over Rs 42 million due to serious procurement irregularities in the...
Clean sweep and tough loss: Mixed start for Sri Lankan paddlers in India
Sri Lanka’s men’s and women’s teams began their campaigns with impressive victories at the 28th ITTF–ATTU Asian Table Tennis Team Championship, currently underway...
Colombo Municipal Council fails to recover over Rs 4 billion in tax arrears
Sri Lanka’s Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has raised serious concerns over the Colombo Municipal Council’s (CMC) failure to collect more than Rs...
Every day, 15 women diagnosed and 3 die from breast cancer in Sri Lanka
Health authorities in Sri Lanka have revealed that an average of 15 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day, with three lives...
TPA casts doubt on Govt’s plantation wage hike plan
The Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement to raise daily wages for plantation workers but raised serious concerns over how...
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world
Top economists are demanding urgent action on debt relief in Washington this week, as analysis from the campaign group Debt Justice shows struggling...
The day Sri Lanka stood alone
By Vox Civis Another of the regime’s self-proclaimed ‘pillars of strength’ is taking heavy flak these days and with good reason. For months,...
Several SJB MPs to resign and contest Provincial Council elections – Sajith
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has revealed that several Members of Parliament elected under the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) banner will resign their parliamentary...
