#Sri Lanka
Former Speaker urges Govt to reconsider MP pension cuts
Sri Lanka’s former Speaker of Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, has urged the government to reconsider its decision to slash pensions for retired Members of...
Modi’s Trincomalee pipeline push meets bureaucratic silence in Colombo
Despite high-profile commitments and a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Sri Lanka, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this...
Billions wasted on idle industrial estates?
Observations from the Ministry of Industry audit reports reveal numerous losses that have been incurred due to project abandonment, long-term idleness, or underutilisation...
Sri Lanka’s power sector crippled as nearly 20% of engineers leave for overseas jobs
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has revealed a significant loss of engineering talent, with 226 engineers migrating abroad over the past three years,...
Cannabis deal will deepen national crisis, warns drug policy watchdog
The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) has called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately reverse its decision to permit foreign investment...
Sri Lankan Buddhist clergy opposes cannabis cultivation project
One of Sri Lanka’s most influential Buddhist monastic orders has strongly opposed the Government’s decision to approve a commercial cannabis cultivation project, warning...
Sri Lanka’s prison healthcare system riddled with corruption, rights group claims
A leading prisoners’ rights group in Sri Lanka has accused the prison healthcare system of being plagued by corruption and inequality, claiming that...
Owners of X-Press Pearl condemns Sri Lanka Supreme Court’s ruling
Containership owner X-Press Feeders said it is “deeply concerned” with a judgment from the Sri Lankan supreme court, which has ordered the owners...
