An environmental justice advocate has called for an international tribunal to hold transnational corporations accountable for environmental damage, citing the limited compensation reportedly paid following the X-Press Pearl disaster off Sri Lanka’s
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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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A deepening financial scandal in Sri Lanka has erupted into national controversy after it was revealed that HSBC Bank issued multiple warnings over a suspicious $2.5 million
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Four months after returning home, the nightmare has not ended for Chiedza, a 33-year-old Zimbabwean mother of two who was trafficked to Myanmar and forced into online fraud. What she believed was
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A major fraud suspect accused of swindling millions of rupees from job seekers across Sri Lanka has been arrested in Yakkala Belummahara, following a targeted police operation based on intelligence. The arrest
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The Free Lawyers Organisation has expressed serious concern over the ongoing investigation into an alleged cyberattack involving a Treasury transaction of approximately 2.5 million US dollars, arguing that the handling of the
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A Gianluca Rocchi fraud investigation has plunged Italian football into turmoil after prosecutors in Milan opened an inquiry into alleged sports fraud connected to referee appointment decisions in Serie A and Serie
More Experts and critics have described the ongoing discussion around recovering the US$2.5 million allegedly stolen from Sri Lanka’s Treasury as a “smokescreen,” raising concerns that the focus on recovery efforts may be
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A U.S. special forces soldier involved in a covert operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested and indicted after allegedly using classified information to place profitable bets on the
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Editorial The allegation that USD 2.5 million in public funds may have been diverted into the hands of cybercriminals is not just another passing controversy; it is a moment that cuts to
More A formal appeal submitted to the Speaker of Parliament on 22 April 2026 has intensified scrutiny over an alleged cyber-related financial breach involving the Sri Lankan Treasury, with claims that a $2.5
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A new film starring Isabelle Huppert revisits one of the most sensational scandals in modern French history, a case that blurred the lines between wealth, influence, and personal relationships at the very
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‘A man cannot win elections… But he is not a thief..’ This is the tagline that was hung on Ranil when he became Prime Minister in 2013. ‘Ranil was called a traitor.
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China has intensified its anti-corruption campaign by formally targeting intermediaries who facilitate bribery, as part of a broader effort to combat increasingly sophisticated and concealed forms of graft. In new judicial guidance
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Financial experts in Sri Lanka have raised serious concerns following reports of a massive financial fraud amounting to approximately Rs. 13,200 million linked to NDB Bank. The alleged irregularity has sparked intense
More Sri Lanka’s banking sector has been shaken by a massive internal fraud at National Development Bank PLC, with losses now estimated at up to Rs 13.2 billion, triggering widespread concern over governance
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