by Our Correspondent in Colombo Serious allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka against Hatton National Bank (HNB), a prominent private sector bank, with multiple customers claiming that the institution has been quietly
by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka is now drifting into a deeply compromising role within the global cybercrime ecosystem, not as a passive victim but as an enabling ground for organised online fraud
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Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama on March 12 ordered the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to immediately take measures to prevent the outflow of local currency to foreign countries through cryptocurrency
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Colombo is grappling with a potential energy crisis after the Indian company Trident Chamfer, contracted to supply 25 coal ships for power generation in 2026, has delivered only 13 vessels so far,
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Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have been targeted for regime change by Washington. The world’s hegemon naturally seeks access to such resources.
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Residents living near the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai have raised concerns after unusual white smoke was seen rising from one of the facility’s smokestacks, prompting anxiety among communities situated close to
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An audit has found that Sri Lanka’s Department of Agrarian Development spent nearly 90 million rupees to construct crop storage facilities intended to support small and medium-scale farmers, yet many of the
More The Cabinet has approved the emergency purchase of 300,000 metric tons of coal in a move aimed at safeguarding national energy security amid mounting concerns over the quality of recent imports. The
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A shocking new report from the National Audit Office has revealed that billions of rupees meant for the Sri Lankan government from expressway operations have been siphoned
More Sri Lanka’s energy sector is in turmoil as the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and its consumers face losses running into billions of rupees due to the import of substandard coal for the
More Sri Lanka’s rice sector, long considered the backbone of the country’s food security, is facing a crisis that exposes deep systemic problems and unfulfilled government promises. According to farmers and union leaders,
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