An internal investigation into an alleged large-scale fuel fraud at Sri Lanka’s Norochcholai Lakvijaya coal power plant has found that diesel worth more than Rs160 million issued for the facility was not
The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government last week emphasised, in no uncertain terms, that it wouldn’t tolerate the growing Opposition challenge. Amidst the growing controversy over the continuing detention of retired
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Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, the Brazilian midfielder widely known as Sócrates, spent his career challenging the political and economic forces shaping modern football, warning that the sport’s growing
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Indonesia has begun a sweeping crackdown targeting major palm oil producers over allegations of under-invoicing and transfer pricing in commodity exports, raising pressure on some of the country’s most powerful agribusiness groups.
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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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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka that a major company linked to a politically connected businessman may have secured a significant financial advantage by acting ahead of
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Editorial Sri Lanka’s banking sector is facing a widening credibility crisis driven by multiple allegations of large-scale financial misconduct, internal collusion, and regulatory failure. The names now being repeatedly discussed are not
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Governor of Sri Lanka’s Western Province, Mohomad Hanif Yusuf, has reportedly submitted his resignation letter to the President, according to senior government sources. Following the submission,
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, once regarded as Sri Lanka’s dominant political strongman, appeared before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on Tuesday in a highly charged atmosphere marked
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Ukraine’s celebrated wartime resilience is facing one of its most serious internal political crises since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, as a wave of leaked anti-corruption recordings threatens to draw President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Former Chinese defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over corruption charges, according to state media reports on Thursday, marking one of the
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A government move to assign some Clean Sri Lanka representatives to Divisional Secretariats countrywide as coordinators has run into stiff resistance. The Sri Lanka Association of Divisional Secretaries and Assistant Divisional Secretaries (SLADA) has
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Argentina’s political landscape has been jolted by a widening constellation of corruption allegations encircling senior figures in President Javier Milei’s administration. At the epicentre now stands Manuel Adorni, Chief of Ministers, who
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The financial veil surrounding a controversial aircraft acquisition by Sri Lanka’s national carrier has been decisively lifted, revealing a costly leasing arrangement that has ignited debate over transparency, governance, and the use
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Sri Lanka is confronting a deeply troubling convergence of financial scandal and unexplained death, raising urgent concerns about transparency, accountability, and institutional trust. At the center of the crisis is the loss
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USD 2.5 mn brazen heist at the Treasury several months ago and the bigwigs there obviously dragging their feet over the matter till it was brought to light recently, thanks to the
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