Year: 2025
Tea industry stagnating while Govt targets remain out of reach
Sri Lanka’s tea industry—long celebrated for its iconic Ceylon Tea—is at a critical juncture, with stakeholders calling for urgent investment in smallholder plantations...
Cabinet nod for $100M ADB loan to boost sustainable tourism
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the signing of a $100 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support a sustainable...
CEB Unions defy President’s ‘threats’
Trade unions at the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have vowed to press ahead with their industrial action, despite the threats issued by president...
NPP voters now admit they were deceived, says Duminda Dissanayake
SLFP general secretary Duminda Dissanayake says that people who had voted the NPP to power now admit that they have been badly deceived....
Sri Lanka dump Afghanistan out of Asia Cup with six-wicket win
Sri Lanka roared to a six-wicket victory in Abu Dhabi to eliminate 2024 T20 World Cup semifinalist Afghanistan from the Asia Cup. Sri...
Farmers face eviction as Govt plans land deal with India
The People’s Struggle Alliance (PSA) says that the government is attempting to evict hundreds of farming families in eastern Sri Lanka to make...
2 state housing banks to be closed down?
The government plans to close down two state banks that grant housing loans, alleged Ceylon Bank Employees Union secretary Ranjan Senanayake. The State...
Dambulla’s ‘Model’ waste management facility collapses, elephants now foraging in trash
A once-celebrated waste management facility in Dambulla, developed with an investment of Rs. 650 million and hailed as a model of environmental innovation,...
India tightens grip over Sri Lanka with defense pact
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka’s JVP-led NPP government has made a dramatic pivot towards India, even utilizing legislative changes it once vehemently opposed....
SJB demands anti-corruption probe into Trade Minister’s assets
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has requested the country’s anti-corruption body to investigate how Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe amassed assets worth Rs 275 million,...
