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SJB accuses Govt of corruption in coal imports, vows legal action
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has issued a strongly worded statement alleging large-scale corruption in the country’s coal import process, claiming...
Govt withholds Rs. 9 billion over substandard coal imports, says Minister
The Sri Lankan government has withheld more than Rs. 9 billion in payments to a coal supplier following concerns over substandard shipments, according...
Sri Lanka faces test of reform as “System Change” agenda stalls
By The Pulseline News Desk Nearly 18 months after sweeping to power on a promise to transform Sri Lanka’s political culture, President Anura...
Criticism of Govt.’s intent to establish ‘one-party rule’
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham In recent times, Opposition political circles have been raising criticisms that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the leading party of...
A vote won, a nation lost: The moral collapse behind the coal controversy
By Vox Civis Parliament last Friday (10) witnessed yet another familiar spectacle of a no-confidence motion debated, defended, defeated, and, in the process,...
The fork in the road: Stick or twist for the NPP-JVP
By Kusum Wijetilleke It will soon begin to dawn on the National People’s Power (NPP)-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Government, and in particular on...
When power meets accountability
What Sri Lanka’s government must do when a minister faces criminal charges By Lionel Bopage In any democracy, power and accountability are inseparable....
Sri Lanka’s energy crisis: A disaster of past actions
By Dinouk Colombage “Oil and gas have always been political commodities” – Daniel Yergin Sri Lanka’s energy sector is facing a growing crisis;...
