Colombo High Court has ordered that further evidence in the bribery case filed against former Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody be heard on 5 October, as testimony continued over allegations linked to a
Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives linked to a Chinese state-owned contractor demanded cash payments from a local subcontractor in exchange for approving invoices on Bogotá’s metro project, South America’s largest
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Anthony Fauci, the veteran scientist who led the United States’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic under both President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, is facing renewed political and legal pressure after
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Lal Wijenayake is the first citizen to come out against the National People’s Power government. He came out against not just any government, but a government with a two-thirds majority. And a
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Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said his dismissal from office was primarily driven by his efforts to overhaul Ukraine’s military procurement system, arguing that reforms aimed at increasing transparency and
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A significant ruling by the Civil Appellate High Court of the Western Province, sitting in Colombo, has established an important judicial precedent in Sri Lanka’s property sector by ordering a developer to
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A massive cyberattack on Tata Electronics, Apple’s manufacturing partner in India, has exposed sensitive product information and prompted renewed scrutiny of the country’s ambitions to become a global manufacturing powerhouse. While analysts
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A pro-government private media entity in Colombo is reportedly preparing to launch a new political party following the conclusion of President Anura Kumara’s five-year term, according to reliable sources. The initiative is
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Editorial If there is a single sentence that captures the gravity of Sri Lanka’s latest public finance scandal, it is buried not in a political speech or parliamentary debate, but in the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has delivered a comprehensive and uncompromising defence of its role in one of the country’s most serious public financial fraud
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Australia’s corporate regulator has announced tougher oversight of the country’s auditors following the KPMG leak scandal, warning that it will pursue stronger legal and disciplinary action where misconduct is identified. The Australian
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