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Security sources have revealed that a team of senior officers from Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), including Director SSP Shani Abeysekara, has undertaken a special overseas assignment. According to circulating information
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A major fraud suspect accused of swindling millions of rupees from job seekers across Sri Lanka has been arrested in Yakkala Belummahara, following a targeted police operation based on intelligence. The arrest
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Editorial Alas, while a monk originally from Vietnam was walking for peace from Anuradhapura to Colombo—a journey we may not fully agree with, especially given how a private television channel known for
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The Free Lawyers Organisation has expressed serious concern over the ongoing investigation into an alleged cyberattack involving a Treasury transaction of approximately 2.5 million US dollars, arguing that the handling of the
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna The Mullivaikkal Remembrance Committee has issued a call for collective unity among Eelam Tamils as preparations begin for the 18th anniversary of the Mullivaikkal tragedy, urging people
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A serious controversy has emerged in Sri Lanka following allegations that a journalist covering a nationally significant “Walk for Peace” was assaulted and obstructed while reporting, with claims implicating a media official
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Experts and critics have described the ongoing discussion around recovering the US$2.5 million allegedly stolen from Sri Lanka’s Treasury as a “smokescreen,” raising concerns that the focus on recovery efforts may be
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has reportedly placed an order to purchase a specialised machine valued at Rs. 700 crore (approximately seven billion rupees) from German company Giesecke+Devrient (G&D) to detect
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Questions have been raised in Sri Lanka over a reported administrative decision involving the transfer of authority related to foreign debt payments from the Central Bank to the Ministry of Finance, prompting
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Nicolai Tangen, chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, which oversees the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has drawn attention for invoking Monty Python’s famous song “Always Look on the Bright Side
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Vasuki Sudhagaran, North-East Director of the Organization for the Development of Eelam Tamil Women and Children, has accused individuals who previously spoke strongly in favor of Tamil national rights of now aligning
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Ukraine is entering 2026 with its survival increasingly tied to external financing, as war, demographic collapse, and the withdrawal of key international support converge into a deepening economic emergency. This week, the
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by Our Correspondents A major leadership transition may be underway in Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, as senior sources indicate that Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith could be replaced as Archbishop of Colombo by
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Political tensions in Sri Lanka have escalated after Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, a lawmaker and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, claimed that the government is afraid to hold Provincial Council elections and
More A formal appeal submitted to the Speaker of Parliament on 22 April 2026 has intensified scrutiny over an alleged cyber-related financial breach involving the Sri Lankan Treasury, with claims that a $2.5
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