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Ensure integrity of nominations to Constitutional Council: Sri Lanka Bar Association

The BASL also called for an open, and inclusive process by which it nominates chairpersons and members of commissions.

October 27, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka Supreme Court determines rehabilitation bureau bill inconsistent with constitution

"All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law."

October 20, 2022 2 min read

Relocate female prison wards to separate premises: Sri Lanka opposition MP

"Though a female ward exists, it should be relocated to some other region. This would be good for everybody."

October 19, 2022 1 min read

Dollar scam uncovered after arrest of Sri Lankan ‘businesswoman’

Several prominent persons fallen in to the trap

October 12, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s new govt can’t take “many actions” against past corruptions: cabinet spox

Corruption is seen as one of the key barriers for Sri Lanka's economic prosperity

Police warn Sri Lanka property owners of renting after financial scams

Sri Lanka has seen increasing online financial scams in the four months

Sri Lanka bond commission asks Rs688mn be clawed back from Mahendran

A Presidential commission of inquiry has recommended that 688 million rupees be clawed back from ex-Central Bank Governo...

January 17, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka President Sirisena's gender bias, cabinet's sexism defended on health grounds

A move by President Maithripala Sirisena and a male dominant cabinet of ministers to reverse a decision by Finance Minis...

January 17, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka President re-orders discriminatory ban on women

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena had ordered the finance ministry to re-impose a discriminatory decades old ba...

January 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka lifts ban on liquor sales to women

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has removed a ban on sale of liquor to women in retails outlets and e...

January 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka PM says ready for bondscam debate; CB took action in 2017

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said he was ready for a parliamentary debate on a Presidential commissio...

January 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's PM hopes AG will act on bond commission report

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister's office expressed hope that the Attorney General will act on a report by President Commissio...

January 4, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka finance company resolution delayed by political influence

Resolution of Sri Lanka's troubled finance comanies had been held back by politics but the regulator has now been given ...

January 2, 2018 3 min read

UN urges Sri Lanka not to criminalise poverty

ECONOMYNEXT – Poverty appears to be a key factor in people being arrested in Sri Lanka, a United Nations human ri...

December 26, 2017 2 min read

UN urges Sri Lanka to end torture, legal delays

ECONOMYNEXT – Torture and arbitrary detention were still being practised by Sri Lankan law enforcement authoritie...

December 15, 2017 3 min read

Impunity will enable recurrence of past crimes, Sri Lanka warns

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s finance and mass media minister has said the country was no longer unsafe for jo...

December 4, 2017 2 min read
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Sri Lanka to probe biggest Rajapaksa pyramid scam: PM

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will investigate the sale of over five thousand billion rupees in treasury bonds by the Mahinda ...

Our Political Correspondent
November 30, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka cancels police leave after gang violence

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP - Sri Lanka has cancelled all police leave and stepped up patrols in Jaffna after a wave of vio...

November 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s human rights record under spotlight at UN review

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Uni...

November 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka pushing for Indian Ocean code of conduct in navigation: Harsha

Sri Lanka is pushing for rule based navigation in the Indian Ocean, where there is currently a gap in the global framewo...

November 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Police chief battles HQ women

Sri Lanka's Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara has scuttled a charity drive organised by women at the police headquart...

Our Police Correspondent
October 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka police chief in hotter water

Sri Lanka's controversial police chief Pujith Jayasundara, who is in trouble mandatory meditation for men and women in t...

Our Police Correspondent
October 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Prime Minister ready to testify before bond commission

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is ready to give evidence before a presidential commission...

October 15, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's EPF dealers paid millions by Perpetual Treasuries: bondscam inquiry

Dealers at Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund and other entities have been paid millions of rupees by Perpetual Treasu...

October 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to repeal expropriation law: Eran

Sri Lanka will repeal a recent law which expropriated a number of businesses and scared away investor, State Minister Er...

October 12, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka arrests MP Namal Rajapaksa's business partner

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's police, on Tuesday, arrested a key business partner of Namal Rajapaksa, who is facing several ...

Our Police Correspondent
October 10, 2017 2 min read