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Sri Lanka arrests four military personnel in connection with rehab centre death

The death resulted in a mass breakout of over 700 prisoners from the rehab centre

July 3, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka's gazetted 22nd amendment bill is a diluted version of itself: CPA

"The present gazetted Bill represents a significant weakening of the previous limited proposals by the Minister."

June 30, 2022 5 min read

Row at Sri Lanka fuel queue leaves four injured: police

The four injured persons are currently recuperating at the Wellawaya Hospital.

June 25, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lankan landowners without deeds to be legally granted ownership

Title deeds were issued in Puttalam and Kurunegala Divisional Secretariats parallel to the programme.

June 24, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka to draft insolvency law

But these provisions were considered insufficient to meet current needs.

Fresh call to uncover Sri Lanka mass grave secrets

'We are good at burying in this country but not at unearthing the truth'

Sri Lanka may have lost Rs9.6bn in 2015/16 bond sales: forensic audit

Sri Lanka may have lost up to 9.6 billion rupees through multiple bond auctions between February 2015 and March 2016, wh...

January 23, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka stagnant in global corruption perception index - TISL

Sri Lanka has made no progress in its ranking on Transparency International’s corruption perception index, the global ...

Nisali De Silva
January 23, 2020 2 min read

Viraj Dayaratne appointed Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission

Attorney Viraj Dayaratne has been appointed as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, an official statement...

January 22, 2020 1 min read

Ranjan challenges govt. to appoint a Commission of Inquiry

Ranjan Ramanayake is challenging the government to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into his leaked phone conversations s...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 22, 2020 3 min read

Five forensic audits into EPF, Treasury bonds cost Rs.275mn: Central Bank

Sri Lanka's central bank said five forensic audits into the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and issuance of Treasury Bon...

January 21, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to probe ragging suicides as thousands drop out of university

Sri Lanka as appointed a committee to probe over 2,000 victims of ragging, a type of extreme physical, mental and sexual...

January 19, 2020 2 min read
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Five suspected pickpockets of Sri Lanka origin arrested in Australia

Police in Melbourne, Australia have arrested seven person including five from Sri Lanka in suspicion of pick pocketing, ...

January 18, 2020 1 min read

Ranjangate: Release the tapes of conversations with government members - Harin

Actor-politico Ranjan Ramanayake has audio recordings of phone conversations he had with the members of the current gove...

January 16, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka ban on incorporating foreign firms over security concern

Sri Lanka has banned the incorporation of companies with foreign shareholders over a security concern and no legitimate...

January 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka to control foreign university placement offices after student deaths

Sri Lanka will introduce a regulatory framework for agencies that place students in foreign universities after three un...

January 16, 2020 2 min read
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Ragging drives out 2000 students from Sri Lanka state universities: Minister

Over 2,000 students who entered state universities after passing exams have left after entering due to 'ragging' a type ...

January 15, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka suspends incorporation of foreign companies

Sri Lanka's registrar of companies has suspended incorporation foreign owned companies in the island.

January 14, 2020 1 min read

Azerbaijan tragedy: Remains of Lankan students to be repatriated

Postmortems of the three Sri Lankan university students who died in a fire in Azerbaijan last Thursday have been complet...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 13, 2020 2 min read

ETI Finance sale to Blue Summit to be probed by Sri Lanka Presidential Commission

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a commission to probe the sale of assets of ETI Finance Ltd, a tr...

January 13, 2020 2 min read
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Eran demands release of bond scam forensic audit report

United National Party (UNP) MP Eran Wickramaratne demanded yesterday that the forensic audit report on the alleged bond ...

January 9, 2020 2 min read

AG requests Speaker not to release bond scam forensic report

The Attorney General has requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya not to release the forensic audit report on the alleged Centr...

January 7, 2020 1 min read

Sumathipala can be tried in court based on ICC anti-corruption report - Harin

MP Thilanga Sumpathipala can be tired in court based on the ICC's findings against him, Former Sports Minister Harin Fer...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 7, 2020 3 min read

136 visa overstayers busted

In an islandwide search operation that began Sunday night, the police arrested 136 foreign nationals for overstaying the...

January 7, 2020 1 min read

Perpetual Treasuries suspension extended for 6-months: central bank

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said the monetary board has extended the suspention of activities of Perpetual Treasuries ...

January 6, 2020 1 min read

Army to investigate illegal sand mining

The Cabinet has approved a proposal by Environment Minister S M Chandrasena to investigate complaints of illegal sand mi...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 3, 2020 1 min read
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