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Sri Lanka intercepts more smuggled Kendu leaf

Steep increased in seized tendu leaf also seen in 2022

January 22, 2023 2 min read

Probe into Sri Lanka business executive’s death takes new turn

A toxicology report has opened a new line of inquiry

January 18, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka expropriation drums beat loud over privatized tea farms

Already 13,900 hectares of land has been take back

January 18, 2023 4 min read

Sri Lanka protestors march demanding release of arrested student leader

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January 16, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka in pioneering state treasure hunt

State agencies dig themselves into 30 feet deep hole

Adani Kenya deals cancelled after US bribery linked charges

Adani group was also due to build a transmission line in Sri Lanka in connection with it wind plant

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
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Sri Lanka finance minister apologises for drug dealer accusations

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said he “deeply regrets” saying big...

July 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka lacks progress in protecting rights of women, LGBT community and minorities: UK

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has made limited progress towards ethnic reconciliation and lacks laws protecting women, lesbian...

July 16, 2018 2 min read

EU, Norway, Canada urge Sri Lanka not to resume executions

ECONOMYNEXT – The European Union, along with Canada and Norway, key markets for Sri Lankan exports, have said the...

July 16, 2018 2 min read

Fresh probe into Chinese firm over funding Rajapaksa family

The Inland Revenue department has been asked to investigate payments from a Chinese company to a private fund linked to ...

July 14, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka to end 42-year moratorium on death penalty

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is set to end a 42-year moratorium on capital punishment by ordering the hangi...

Our Political Correspondent
July 11, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka slaps enhanced traffic fines from July 15

Sri Lanka's police Tuesday announced it will implement the enhanced traffic fines from next week, but the increases were...

July 10, 2018 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's FCID faces new crisis over Ravi’s re-employment

Sri Lanka's Financial Crimes Investigating Division (FCID) faced a new crisis as Inspector General Pujith Jayasundara wa...

Our Police Correspondent
July 7, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka court halts tourism development on Eastern islet

Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal has halted the construction of tourist facilities on a small islet in the east coast after a...

July 5, 2018 2 min read

Court stops proceedings against Sri Lanka’s ex-defence secretary

Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday suspended a magisterial inquiry against former defence secretary Gotabha...

July 4, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka reopens probe into Rajapaksa election funding

Police has been asked to revive an investigation into alleged Chinese funding of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s re-election ...

July 1, 2018 4 min read