#Sri Lanka
Hundreds of thousands of acres in east ‘seized by state bodies’
A lawmaker from eastern Sri Lanka has brought to light in Parliament the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land, once cultivated by local farmers...
Sri Lanka urged to adopt consistent tourism branding
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry continues to suffer from inconsistent and fragmented marketing strategies despite strong post-pandemic recovery and record earnings of over USD...
Mahindananda sentenced to 20 Years, Nalin to 25 in Rs. 53M corruption case
The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar today sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, and former Trade Minister...
Is AKD against the Sri Lankan state?
By Dayan Jayatilleka Contrary to Anura Dissanayake and the JVP-NPP’s claim of this island’s inferior history of 76 years in contrast to a...
Sri Lanka boosts PCR testing to track emerging COVID-19 variant
The Ministry of Health has stepped up Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing in selected hospitals across Sri Lanka in response to the detection...
Postal workers launch token strike
The Union of Post and Telecommunication Officers has announced that postal workers across the country have launched a token strike from midnight yesterday...
Massive data breach hits Pensions Department, 617GB of data leaked
The Pensions Department of Sri Lanka has come under scrutiny following claims that it was targeted by the notorious Cloak ransomware group, with...
Tamil opposition defeats Sri Lanka government bid to acquire northern land
In the face of opposition from land rights activists, including lawmakers from the North and East, the Sri Lankan government has been forced...
