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Sri Lanka to crush illegally imported vehicle parts to be sold as scrap metal

Most illegal spare parts that need a license are imported by mixing them with legal spare parts

February 21, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to erase Slave Island tag 178 years after British abolished slavery in Ceylon

The Ceylon Government finally abolished slavery in 1844, after breaking the institution through several gazettes.

February 3, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka awaits salvage of X-Press Pearl wreck to make second damage claim

Salvage had been delayed due to bad weather

February 1, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka President says will fully implement 13th amendment

Land and police powers have to be implemented

January 27, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

"We remain hopeful that the ceasefire will pave the way for enduring peace and stability in Lebanon and in the region,"

Fitch puts Adani firms on rating watch on governance, Sri Lanka reviews deals

Outcome of US could reflect significantly weaker corporate governance practices of the group

Ex-directors of Sri Lanka state-insurer charged over Rs500mn fraud

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse's chief of staff was indicted Friday for embezzling millions of dollars fr...

August 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s ex-Chief Justice may have violated constitution

Former Chief Justice Sarath Silva may have openly violated the constitution by presenting himself as legal counsel for e...

Our Police Correspondent
August 23, 2018 3 min read

SriLankan Airlines appointed agents flouting rules, paid excessive commissions: witness

State-run SriLankan Airlines' top management had paid excessive commissions flouting operating rules and had appointed s...

August 21, 2018 5 min read

SriLankan Airlines appointments in 2017 ad hoc, 'political issues' cited: witnesses

Management of loss-making SriLankan Airlines Employees had filled senior positions and made promotions in ad hoc ways wi...

August 20, 2018 2 min read

Noyahr abduction: Sri Lanka ex-president says ‘can’t remember’

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa told the CID Friday that he was unable to recall two crucial telephone calls which in...

August 17, 2018 3 min read

Third ranked firm wins deal after SriLankan Airlines changed tender specs: witness

SriLankan Airlines had cancelled a tender for security scanners in 2014, changed specifications and entirely dropped oth...

August 14, 2018 4 min read

Buddhist monks lied in Sri Lanka contempt case: Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal which sentenced controversial Buddhist monk Galagodaaththe Gnanasara to six years of rigorous impris...

August 12, 2018 3 min read

Fresh fears of illegal phone tapping of politicians, police in Sri Lanka

Reports of an illegal phone tapping operation from a “safe house” in Pita Kotte has sparked fears that top p...

August 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's hard-line Buddhist monk sentenced to six years in jail

Sri Lanka’s firebrand Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday by the ...

August 8, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan probe finds BoC letter requesting shares be registered to EPF, state banks

A former Bank of Ceylon Chairman had written to then Treasury Secretary PB Jayasundera asking shares of SriLankan Airlin...

August 7, 2018 3 min read
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AG not to blame: PCoI

Apropos our report headlined “SriLankan airlines staffer fears for her life after testifying,” the President...

August 2, 2018 1 min read

Kuwaiti woman bites Sri Lanka customs officers

A Kuwaiti woman bit a woman customs officer and assaulted four others at the Bandaranaike international airport Friday w...

July 27, 2018 1 min read

Presidential Commission questions security lapses at SriLankan Airlines

ECONOMYNEXT- Two explosives detectors operating at the cargo arm of SriLankan Airlines since 2016 are low-cost machines ...

July 26, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines assets used in Rajapaksa’s presidential campaign

ECONOMYNEXT- Security officers and vehicles of the state-run airline had been used in the 2015 presidential campaign of ...

July 26, 2018 1 min read

Suren Ratwatte appointed SriLankan CEO without board approval

ECONOMYNEXT - SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Suren Ratwatte was appointed to his post without a board decision, a wi...

July 26, 2018 5 min read

More than 600 arrested for Australia people-smuggling

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Tuesday - More than 600 people-smugglers have been arrested across six countries since Austral...

July 24, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka arrests buddy of opening batsman over rape allegation

Sri Lanka’s police arrested a close associate of opening batsman Dhanushka Gunathilaka following a complaint that...

Our Police Correspondent
July 23, 2018 2 min read

Witness fears for life after giving evidence at SriLankan Airlines probe

A witness who bared details of a 400 million rupee procurement scam in state-run SriLankan Airlines involving a party wi...

July 20, 2018 6 min read

Sri Lanka police arrests man for sharing beer with toddler

Sri Lanka's police Tuesday arrested a man for sharing a bottle of beer with his one-year-old son and detained three othe...

July 17, 2018 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines ad deals of over Rs400mn to one family; documents missing

ECONOMYNEXT - State-run SriLankan Airlines had given advertising deals of over 415 million rupees to firms controlled by...

July 17, 2018 4 min read