#Sri Lanka
Justice Minister under fire for undermining judicial independence
Opposition parliamentarians, backed by several civil society organisations, are preparing to initiate legal action against Minister of Justice Harsha Nanayakkara, alleging that recent...
Sri Lanka’s plastic dilemma: Nation of delayed action and purpose
By Lakshan Madurasinghe Another year, another World Environment Day, and another theme to rally behind. This year, it’s ‘Ending Plastic Pollution’. Decades of...
Watchdog without teeth: DPA lacks capacity to enforce data laws
Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne has acknowledged ongoing recruitment delays at Sri Lanka’s Data Protection Authority (DPA), despite its formal establishment...
Supplementary medical staff strike over Govt’s ‘broken promises’
The Joint Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) launched an islandwide strike today, citing the government’s continued failure to address long-standing issues...
11 dead in stampede outside cricket stadium in southern India
At least 11 people have been killed and many more injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in the southern Indian state...
COO of Lanka Sugar Company’s Pelwatte Unit asked to resign over a social media post
The Chief Operating Officer of the Pelwatte unit of Lanka Sugar Company (Pvt) Ltd, Nuwan Dharmaratne, has tendered his resignation, with his departure...
Sathosa scandal: Minister and MP in ‘resign-if-wrong’ showdown over president’s advisor!
A heated exchange erupted in Parliament today (03) as Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe dared SJB MP Mujibur Rahman to resign if he could...
Tensions rise as Navy, fishermen clash in Trincomalee waters
A tense confrontation unfolded yesterday (3) off the coast of Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee, when Sri Lanka Navy personnel engaged in an anti-poaching operation encountered...
