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Sri Lanka military calls for politicians to get their act together, public to be calm

Key politicians make rhetoric charged statements while calling for calm

July 13, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka under emergency, curfew in Western Province: PM media

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July 13, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka President flees to Maldives

President goes to Maldives

July 13, 2022 2 min read

Travel ban sought on ex-Sri Lanka PM, Basil, Lakshman, Cabraal, Attygalle

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July 13, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka President to push Rs1,700 plantation wage again

The first gazette mandate wages was withdrawn after a court order

UNICEF Sri Lanka, AG's Dept focus on child-friendly justice

"This activity will boost efforts to strengthen child-friendly justice in Sri Lanka."

UN minorities rights expert to visit Sri Lanka to assess current situation

ECONOMYNEXT - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye will visit Sri Lanka next w...

October 5, 2016 2 min read

Alleged fraud at Sri Lanka's central bank should be probed externally: Governor

Sri Lanka's new Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said he is putting in systems to boost transparency and focu...

September 29, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka police exhume journalist's body in murder he predicted

Sri Lankan police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a senior journalist who had predicted just days before his murder in 20...

September 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka in link with Singapore to keep tabs on shady deals

Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank linked up with Singapore's suspicious transactions reporting...

September 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka police arrests Entrust Securities officials over Rs4.2bn fraud

Sri Lanka's financial crimes police have arrested five persons connected to Entrust Securitas, a regulated primary deale...

September 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to abolish tax on land leased to foreigners

Sri Lank plans to abolish a tax on land leased to foreigners or foreign companies according to draft changes to an exist...

September 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan court detains two after presidential hack over exam date

COLOMBO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A Sri Lanka court remanded a man and a teenager in custody on Tuesday on suspicion of hackin...

August 30, 2016 1 min read

Australia probes graft allegation involving Sri Lanka President: report

Australia is probing an allegation involving Snowy Mountain Engineering Company, an Australia-base firm which had allege...

August 24, 2016 1 min read

UN voices concern over Sri Lanka's crumbling cave temple

The UN's cultural agency expressed concern on Wednesday over the poor maintenance of a centuries-old cave temple in Sri ...

August 18, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shadow foreign minister jailed again

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s "shadow foreign minister" Namal Rajapaksa was remanded in custody for the second time i...

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August 15, 2016 1 min read
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Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa

COLOMBO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan financial crime police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapa...

August 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Distilleries expects 'clarity' over Pelwatte Sugar expropriation

Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka says it is hopeful of 'clarity' this year over a subsidiary which was nationalised...

August 12, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to confiscate mansions, millions, linked to Rajapaksa regime

Sri Lanka will confiscate 'ownerless' mansions built during the Rajapaksa regime whose registered holders have disclaime...

August 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks spiritual help to reduce accidents

Sri Lanka's police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country tha...

August 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to give land to China to compensate for reclamation project suspension

Sri Lanka is to give China two extra hectares of land in a sea reclamation that will expand the capital Colombo as compe...

August 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka jails Australian cricket streaker

A Sri Lankan court Wednesday jailed and fined an Australian streaker for indecent exposure during a cricket Test between...

July 27, 2016 2 min read

Call for Sri Lanka g-sec market to be regulated by the SEC

A governance activist has called for Sri Lanka's government securities market to be regulated by the Securities and Exch...

July 20, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka police arrest ex-leader's brother on suspicion over funds

COLOMBO, July 18 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan financial crime police arrested on Monday a brother of former President Mahinda ...

July 18, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka parliament could delay debate on value added tax hike

Sri Lanka's parliament could delay a debate on value added tax scheduled for July 20, State Minister for Finance Lakshma...

July 15, 2016 1 min read

Journalist in Sri Lanka assaulted after exposing environmental damage of mini-hydro plant

A journalists who had written about the environmental damage caused by a mini-hydropower plant in Neluwa, Galle in Sri L...

July 13, 2016 2 min read