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Sri Lanka arrests foreign ATM hackers, police accomplice: report

Befriended policeman at a gym

January 10, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's LG polls may derail President's reform agenda, delay IMF loan - analysts

Polls may increase crisis-hit Sri Lanka's uncertainty amid debt restructuring, IMF loan delay

January 9, 2023 4 min read

Sri Lanka sees rising beedi leaf smuggling from India amid increase in tobacco taxes   

Cash strapped Sri Lanka raised tobacco taxes three times since mid last year

January 4, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka police battle leaks as Schaffter murder probe drags

There are several teams working on various possibilities

January 1, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka President's parliament address time revised to 11.30am on Nov 21

President Dissanayake is expected to swear in a cabinet on Monday

Sri Lanka CB to monitor NGOs for money laundering, terrorism financing crimes

NGOs could be misused for Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and related crimes: CBSL

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
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Sri Lanka police seek villagers who beat leopard to death

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Friday - Sri Lankan authorities were seeking Friday nearly a dozen men who beat a leopard to ...

June 22, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan provincial councils hire more than 7,000 over approved cadre

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan provincial councils have employed more than 7,000 people in excess of their approved cad...

June 21, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's controversial monk gets six months in jail

Sri Lanka's highly controversial Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasara, was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday fo...

June 14, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's special high court to open on July 4

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's first special high court to try multi-billion dollar graft cases under former president Mahind...

June 13, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka ex-CB Governor Mahendran paid millions by Perpetual Treasuries: report

Sri Lanka's ex-Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had been paid 3.2 million rupees in cheques in 2016 by Perpetual T...

June 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka TRC says no ‘undue ambition’ shutting TNL

Sri Lanka’s telecommunications regulator Wednesday defended its action against a TV network linked to Prime Minis...

June 6, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket slams Ranatunga in corruption row

Sri Lanka Cricket hit back at legendary captain Arjuna Ranatunga for casting a corruption shadow over the 2011 World Cup...

May 31, 2018 3 min read

Court of Appeal puts off Sri Lanka Cricket elections

Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal Wednesday suspended cricket board elections for two weeks pending a decision on the suitabil...

May 30, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Ranatunga slams ICC over match-fixing

Sri Lanka's legendary cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga today accused the ICC of ignoring repeated warnings and failing t...

May 30, 2018 4 min read

Sri Lanka's controversial monk faces prospect of jail time

Sri Lanka's highly controversial Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasara, was facing the prospect of up to two years in j...

May 24, 2018 2 min read