Sri Lanka
No orders placed in last 48 hours – Petroleum Dealers’ Association
Fuel distributors across the country have gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo to hand over a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake....
Govt to probe ties between security forces and criminal underworld
An intelligence report is currently being compiled regarding all defense personnel with close ties to underworld organizations. According to a senior security official,...
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)...
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...
