Successive pre-Aragalaya governments appointed Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (PCoI) as well as various other committees for specific purposes to dissipate pressure from contentious issues. This despicable strategy was also used to divert
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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The European Commission has imposed a €550 million fine on Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress after concluding that the company failed to adequately control the sale of illegal products on its online marketplace.
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The latest deplorable revelations in the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) report ‘The Fraud Linked to Cybercrime in the US Dollar 2.5 Million Debt Repayment to Australia’, presented to parliament on July 10th tells
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India’s competition regulator has found HP India guilty of rigging bids in government procurement tenders, ordering the company and 21 of its resellers to cease the practice and pay penalties totalling $15
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Opposition Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has alleged that the Sri Lankan government is preparing to extend the tenure of the current Army Commander until January 2028 at the request of Archbishop of
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France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, has been ordered to pay €22.5 million in back taxes following a years-long legal dispute with French tax authorities over a restructuring involving a Belgian holding company
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The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to dismiss criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, arguing that the case primarily involves foreign conduct, limited prosecutorial prospects, and falls outside core U.S.
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Editorial Alas… now they read. Now they study. Now they discover history. For years, political movements built entire narratives around symbols, slogans, and emotional promises. They presented simple answers to complex problems.
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