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Corruption - Page 17

November 8, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

China Expands Its Legal Reach from Corruption to Global AI Cooperation

China has adopted a new law targeting cross-border corruption and ratified an agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, as part of a series of legislative decisions approved by the Standing

News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Excise Officer Jailed for 30 Years over Bribery of French National’s Wife

A Sri Lankan excise officer has been sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for demanding and accepting a bribe from the wife of a French national in exchange for avoiding legal action against her husband, who had been arrested

October 30, 2026

Sri Lanka taxpayers may bear $2.5m Treasury fraud loss, says finance committee chair

News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s taxpayers may ultimately have to bear the cost of a USD 2.5 million fraud involving funds transferred from the Treasury to recipients

Sri Lanka’s illicit cigarette trade costs government Rs 29.5bn in lost tax revenue

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic

Channel 4 Director Admits Absence of Evidence in Sallay and Zahran Meeting

September 24, 2023
Human Rights/News/Politics

by Our Correspondent in Geneva In the hallowed halls of Geneva, Channel 4’s documentary makers faced unsettling questions about their allegations, met with a wall of silence. Their recent documentary, which delved

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Drug Shortages in Sri Lanka: US$100 Million Emergency Funds Unused for Over a Year

August 8, 2023
Business/News

EXCLUSIVE by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a recent revelation, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has expressed profound dissatisfaction with Sri Lanka for failing to utilize the 100 million emergency fund

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Sri Lanka: Singspore-style pursuit of corruption? Forget it

August 6, 2023
Columns

We Lankans are famous (or should we say notorious?) for frequently talking like the proverbial fisherman boasting about “the one that got away.” In our case we are fond of recalling where

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Hunter Biden Hired to ‘Protect’ Ukrainian Firm from Corruption Probe

July 22, 2023
News

In a document released by Senator Charles Grassley, an FBI informant’s explosive claims have emerged, suggesting that Hunter Biden was hired by Ukrainian gas firm Burisma Holdings to utilize his father’s influence

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Ceylon Chamber Concerned About Developments in Healthcare Sector

July 18, 2023
Business

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is concerned about recent developments in the healthcare sector, particularly regarding the quality of pharmaceutical products procured for the public healthcare system.  While the shortage of essential

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Academic Discreditation vs. Political Power: The Dilemma of Sri Lanka’s South Eastern University

May 9, 2023
Corruption/Education

 “Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity” Summary: A letter from UGC Chairman Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga to the Ministry of Education officials has recently surfaced making note

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Should Act of Charity be Unconditional?

April 27, 2023
Human Rights

Religious scriptures , mythological stories and speeches and writings of scholars advocate that love and compassion for others  should be the central focus of the thought process of everyone. It is said

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South Eastern University in Sri Lanka: Apocalypse Continues Due to Government Indifference

February 27, 2023
Education

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka has had a very steady growth during the last two decades since its establishment. As a significant success story of the university, the establishment of the

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The main causes of Pakistan’s escalating economic crisis

February 17, 2023
Pakistan

The economy of Pakistan is struggling, and it is taking some desperate measures to prevent a collapse. The issue is so severe that the country has decided to sell its embassy property

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How Complicit Governments Support the Drug Trade

February 8, 2023
Columns/Human Rights

The modern globalized world has made it easier and far more lucrative to facilitate and enable international drug networks, and several governments, or elements within them, actively work with criminal groups to support

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US Authority Must Response to Pfizer Fraud

January 30, 2023
Health/Human Rights

An undercover video featuring an allegedly Pfizer executive bragging about how his company was exploring intentionally mutating COVID strains to profit from future mRNA vaccines has exploded across social media recently. In

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India’s Adani: Beginning of the End?

January 27, 2023
Business/Corruption

Shares of India’s Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) sank 20% on Friday as a scathing report by a U.S. short seller triggered a rout in the conglomerate’s listed firms, casting doubts on how investors

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Rogue Academics in Sri Lanka: Time to Clean the South Eastern Uni

January 9, 2023
Corruption/Education

by a Special Correspondent Sri Lanka Guardian has received a copy of A. Rameez’s (Vice-Chancellor, SEUSL) professorship application (Dated and signed on 04th September 2019). A. Rameez is serving as a professor

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The Need for an International Anti Corruption Court

November 17, 2022
Columns/Human Rights

“You know the old Russian proverb.  What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine.” ― Daniel Silva, The Cellist In a recent interview on BBC’s HARDtalk, the interviewee was Judge Mark L. Wolf

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Exclusive: The Booker laureate admits he keeps Rajpal’s manuscript

November 4, 2022
Corruption/News

Sri Lanka Guardian has sent a media query to Shehan Karunathilake but he is yet to respond. However, on behalf of the Sri Lankan origins booker prize winner, someone named “SK” has

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