Sri Lanka
Pelwatte sugar factory faces imminent shutdown
The state-owned Pelwatte Sugar Factory is teetering on the edge of collapse, burdened by a stockpile of over 16,500 metric tonnes of unsold...
Probes to be expedited against 20 ex-ministers, MPs
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been instructed to expedite investigations against 20-odd ministers and MPs in previous governments. Public security minister Ananda...
Govt. to prohibit media from re-publishing govt. leaders’ past remarks
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman has charged the government was planning to prohibit media reports against it and publishing again the...
Hundreds of thousands of acres in east ‘seized by state bodies’
A lawmaker from eastern Sri Lanka has brought to light in Parliament the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land, once cultivated by local farmers...
Mahindananda sentenced to 20 Years, Nalin to 25 in Rs. 53M corruption case
The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar today sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, and former Trade Minister...
Sri Lanka boosts PCR testing to track emerging COVID-19 variant
The Ministry of Health has stepped up Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing in selected hospitals across Sri Lanka in response to the detection...
Postal workers launch token strike
The Union of Post and Telecommunication Officers has announced that postal workers across the country have launched a token strike from midnight yesterday...
Massive data breach hits Pensions Department, 617GB of data leaked
The Pensions Department of Sri Lanka has come under scrutiny following claims that it was targeted by the notorious Cloak ransomware group, with...
