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Alleged “Baby Farmer” given bail in Moratuwa

A 47-year-old man arrested in Matale for allegedly maintaining ‘baby farms’ was released on conditional bail and two...

December 23, 2020 2 min read

“In business there should be no difference between women and men”

Women entrepreneurs from several South Asian countries say investors should not differentiate between the genders of bus...

December 22, 2020 7 min read

Govt will not register all Social Media users only foreign operators - Keheliya

Sri Lanka is planning to register foreign digital operators as these “digital multinational conglomerates are overwhel...

December 21, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lankans in the West protest over Muslim Covid burials issue

Sri Lankans overseas are staging protests in cities in several Western countries against the Sri Lanka government’s fo...

December 21, 2020 3 min read
Sri Lanka revenues Rs158.7bn in Jan 2023 up 51-pct

In January 2022 total revenues were Rs104.5 billion according to central bank data.

Sri Lanka President's address to the nation- Full text

Promises maximum devolution in unitary state

Sri Lanka's ex-actress MP takes communal swipe

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's out of work film actress turned legislator Geetha Kumarasinghe was cut short in parliament for...

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November 24, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka's feudal serfdom, nepotism, in ruling class pensions may end

ECONOMYNEXT - The practice of Sri Lanka's elected ruling class to appoint family members as personal staff to get a pens...

November 21, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka new administration gave freedoms to people: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's new administration restored a series of civil freedoms to the people, ending an era where peop...

November 20, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka's new regime using old tactics of terror

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's new administration which has promised to restore human rights after a decade of iron fist rule...

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November 18, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka's 'Avant Garde' arms scandal takes another twist

ECONOMYNEXT - The Avant Garde floating armoury controversy has taken a new turn with a foreign-owned pistol going missin...

November 18, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka's President back on path to end executive powers

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena is re-starting a process to end the executive president with di...

November 18, 2015 1 min read

EU welcomes Sri Lanka moves on reconciliation, says more needs to be done

ECONOMYNEXT – The European Union has welcomed Sri Lanka’s restoration of democracy and reconciliation effo...

November 17, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka elected to UNESCO executive board

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has been elected to the executive board of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultura...

November 14, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka concern over Maldives emergency: full text

ECONOMYNEXT - Following is the full text of Sri Lanka's statement on the Maldives emergence and the arrest of two of its...

November 11, 2015 2 min read

Maldives lift emergency after Sri Lanka's bombshell

ECONOMYNEXT - The Maldivian government Tuesday lifted a state of emergency hours after Sri Lanka took the unusual step o...

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November 10, 2015 3 min read
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Sri Lanka minister unaware of tampered guns

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's outgoing law and order minister Tilak Marapana said he was unaware of ‘tampered” w...

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November 9, 2015 2 min read

Under fire Sri Lanka Minister Marapana resigns

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's beleaguered Law and Order minister Tilak Marapana announced his resignation Monday morning ahe...

Our Political Correspondent
November 9, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka mourns passing away of monk who fought for freedom

ECONONYNEXT - Venerabe Maduluwe Sobitha Thero, a senior activist monk who had raised a voice against authoritative execu...

November 9, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka uncovers gun running by Rajapaksa's RALL

ECONOMYNEXT - A just concluded audit of weapons at the defence ministry's private sector arm known as Rakna Arakshaka La...

Our political Correspondent
November 8, 2015 4 min read

Sri Lanka's three 'vice' men?

ECONOMYNEXT - President Maithripala Sirisena's loyalists have identifid three men who have the potential to split the na...

November 7, 2015 2 min read

Sri Lanka PM under pressure to sack three ministers

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was under intense pressure from his parliamentary group to...

Our Political Correspondent
November 6, 2015 2 min read

Attempts to salvage Sri Lanka's split government

ECONOMYNEXT - President Maithripala Sirisena has called a special cabinet meeting on Monday to try and salvage the unity...

Our Political Correspondent
November 6, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka's new regime faces major split over arms scandal

ECONOMYNEXT - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's coalition faced the first major threat of a split Thursday as two ke...

Our Political Correspondent
November 5, 2015 5 min read

Sri Lanka admits illegal expulsion of Maldivian youngster

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry today admitted a breach of local laws in expelling an 18-year-old Maldivian m...

November 5, 2015 3 min read

Sri Lanka police in damage control mode after assault boomerangs

ECONOMYNEXT - Thousands of undergraduates marched through the streets of Colombo Tuesday while 2,000 unarmed constables ...

November 3, 2015 3 min read