Sri Lanka
Chief Prelate urges President to probe Trincomalee temple incident
The Chief Prelate of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya, Most Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithri Murthy Thero, has written to President Anura Kumara...
ITAK demands resignation of Tamil NPP MPs over Trincomalee Buddha statue dispute
The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) on Sunday called for the immediate resignation of all Tamil members of the National People’s Power (NPP),...
Two monks injured as Police remove Buddha statue at Trincomalee temple
Tensions flared in Sri Lanka’s eastern port city of Trincomalee late on Sunday after police removed a Buddha statue from the premises of...
Cybercrimes in Sri Lanka soar past 6,700 this year
The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Forum reports that more than 6,700 cybercrimes have been recorded so far this year. According to the...
Low crop prices leave Rajarata farmers in crisis
Farmers in the Rajarata region are facing severe challenges as they struggle to sell their harvests, with traditional pumpkin cultivators among the hardest...
Legal Officers’ Association hits back at govt. plan to divide AG’s Department
The National People’s Power (NPP) government has faced opposition from the Legal Officers’ Association of the Attorney General’s Department over its plan to...
GMOA launches trade union action today
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) began trade union action on Monday (17), asserting that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s 2026 budget has failed...
Sri Lanka to hire 75,000 public sector workers amid plans to ‘rightsize’ bloated bureaucracy
Sri Lanka’s public sector, long criticized for inefficiency, political patronage, and weak productivity, is under renewed scrutiny as the government announced plans to...
