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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A Colombo court has ordered Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to urgently respond to allegations surrounding the detention conditions of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director
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Sri Lanka has been thrust into a heated constitutional and political debate following the government’s reported move to explore the creation of a so-called “Dharma Court,” a proposed mechanism intended to address
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Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Ranjith, has issued a sharp critique of Sri Lanka’s long-standing open economic model, urging authorities to reconsider the direction of national policy. Speaking to the media, he argued
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Sri Lanka is preparing a significant legal amendment aimed at strengthening discipline within the Buddhist monastic community, as discussions between state legal authorities and senior Buddhist leaders move forward. Commissioner General of
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Sri Lanka’s justice system is facing a severe staffing shortfall, with the Ministry of Justice confirming that 2,647 vacancies remain unfilled across the judiciary, a situation officials say has persisted due to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A social media influencer from Azerbaijan, who entered Sri Lanka on a tourist visa, has sparked controversy after releasing a viral vlog from the Eastern Province that
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued a strongly worded response on May 28 to a question from KCNA regarding the recent foreign ministers’
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Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha is currently in Moscow on an official visit that underscores Colombo’s continuing defence engagement with Russia at a time of shifting
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After months of stalemate and escalating tension around the Strait of Hormuz, negotiations aimed at ending the war involving Iran and restoring maritime flows through the strategic waterway appear to be gaining
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has sharply increased its Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 100 basis points to 8.75% today, signaling growing concern over inflationary pressures
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a striking disclosure that has reignited discussion around the final moments of Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, former Army Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has stated that
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lankan authorities are grappling with the fallout of a major cyber breach targeting the Ministry of Finance, in which approximately USD 2.5 million in Treasury funds
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Today (22 May), the Matara Magistrate’s Court in Sri Lanka issued an arrest warrant for former minister Basil Rajapaksa after the court concluded that he had repeatedly failed to appear for scheduled
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, part of the monumental complex in Giza, has been found to possess remarkable seismic stability that allows it to withstand earthquakes with minimal damage, according to a
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Thousands of people marched in Montevideo and other cities across Uruguay on Wednesday, demanding the full declassification of military archives related to 205 people who disappeared during the civic-military dictatorship from 1973
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