Year: 2025
Colombo Port transshipment decline continues for 4th month
The Port of Colombo’s transshipment volumes recorded a 5.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline in April 2025, reaching 495,456 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), marking...
Handunnetti vows to send Rajapaksas, Ranil behind bars
Minister Sunil Handunnetti has vowed to send the Rajapaksas and Ranil Wickremesinghe behind bars over numerous frauds. He told parliament the court case...
61 yr. old dies from Covid-19
A 61-year-old man has died from Covid-19 in Anuradhapura. He was among six covid patients admitted to the general hospital there. The five...
Sri Lanka has four Jewish Synagogues – Minister
Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told parliament today that Sri Lanka is home to four Jewish synagogues....
Ranil maps out new geopolitical vision for Indian Ocean
A closed door session titled “Geopolitical Cartography of the Indian Ocean and the Himalayas” was held on May 30 at the Institute of...
Tears of joy: Bimal moved by public reaction to leased aircraft
Minister of Civil Aviation Bimal Ratnayake said that SriLankan Airlines, once teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, has made a remarkable recovery within...
Justice Minister under fire for undermining judicial independence
Opposition parliamentarians, backed by several civil society organisations, are preparing to initiate legal action against Minister of Justice Harsha Nanayakkara, alleging that recent...
Trump issues new travel ban covering a dozen countries
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation banning travelers from 12 countries and partially restricting travelers from seven others, starting on Monday,...
Sri Lanka’s plastic dilemma: Nation of delayed action and purpose
By Lakshan Madurasinghe Another year, another World Environment Day, and another theme to rally behind. This year, it’s ‘Ending Plastic Pollution’. Decades of...
Watchdog without teeth: DPA lacks capacity to enforce data laws
Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne has acknowledged ongoing recruitment delays at Sri Lanka’s Data Protection Authority (DPA), despite its formal establishment...
