Year: 2025
197 imported vehicles seized by Customs
A total of 197 imported vehicles have been detained by Sri Lanka Customs in recent days. The vehicles were held due to concerns...
Fuel distributors allege Govt efforts to sell CPC filling stations to foreign firms
The Petroleum Dealers’ Association has raised concerns over the government’s alleged attempts to transfer filling stations owned by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC)...
Month after pullout by Adani Group, Sri Lanka says it’s ready to renegotiate $442 mn energy project
Sri Lanka has said it remains open for renegotiations on the USD 442 million wind energy project after India-based company Adani Group pulled...
Trump did on live TV what other US presidents would just do in private
By Andrew Mitrovica Psst. Over here. Over here. You want to hear a trade secret? The bulk of journalists who cover the so-called...
Minor incidents like fuel queues shouldn’t be considered as national problems – Deputy Minister
Small incidents like sudden power outages and fuel queues should not be blown out of proportion to an extent where such disruptions are...
Testimonies collected amid “the stench of burning and corpses” published in new report
A report that pieces together survivor accounts of a 35-year-old massacre in Sri Lanka committed by Indian troops sent to the island for...
COPE reveals that SLBFE sent 683 underage workers for domestic work
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has raised significant concerns over the operations of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), alleging...
Govt provides Rs. 100 billion tax relief to W.M Mendis
The government has announced a measure to waive interest and penalties on overdue income tax, provided the outstanding amounts are cleared within six...
Ranil says he won’t enter L-board parliament
Those who possess Ferrari licenses dislike to be together with L-board holders, said former president Ranil Wickremesinghe, when the media inquired from him...
Sri Lanka strengthens protection for local products with launch of Geographical Indications Registry
The National Intellectual Property Office (NIPO), under the patronage of the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Co-operative Development, officially opened the...
