Year: 2025
Sri Lanka Parliament set to strip privileges of former presidents
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that the bill to withdraw presidential privileges extended to former presidents and their widows can be approved...
Nepal’s prime minister resigns after worst protests in decades amid claims of corruption
Nepal’s prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned as anti-corruption demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19...
UK highlights Sri Lanka’s failure to deliver tangible progress on human rights
The United Kingdom has urged Sri Lanka to make “tangible and sustained progress” on human rights and accountability, emphasizing the need to investigate...
Nearly 1,900 dead in Sri Lanka road accidents so far in 2025 – Police
Sri Lanka has recorded 1,870 deaths in 1,757 fatal road accidents between January 1 and September 4 this year, according to police figures....
Thailand’s top court orders former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
Bangkok— Thailand’s top court ordered the influential former prime minister and billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra to prison for one year on Tuesday in a...
UNP pledges to work with SJB
The United National Party (UNP) says it has decided to continue working in cooperation with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and other opposition...
CEB trade unions escalate work-to-rule campaign over restructuring concerns
Trade unions affiliated with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have stepped up their ongoing work-to-rule campaign, now entering its fourth day, citing continued...
Ex-JVP politicians demand return of salaries taken by party
A group of former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) politicians is preparing to launch a formal movement demanding the return of salaries and allowances...
Sri Lanka cracks down on illegally modified vehicles following Ella tragedy
Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry has announced the immediate enforcement of strict measures targeting vehicles operating with dangerous and unauthorised modifications, in the wake...
Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba resigns weeks after election debacle
Calls for his resignation had grown since his Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing loss in July. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has...
