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Sri Lanka and India have agreed to set up a joint working group to hold talks on updating the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries. The agreement was reached on Wednesday during Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's visit to...
Like a disease-carrying virus, last month’s prison riots in Negombo spread to Mahara last week and then to three more prisons — Welikada, Kuruwita and Pallasena — this week, heightening calls for prison reforms. Our picture shows Welikada...
In just four months, Sri Lanka's substandard Trident Chemphar coal deal cost Electricity Generation Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (EGL) Rs. 5.68bn in estimated direct financial losses, not including those arising from meeting the energy shortfall from...
The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) will be vested with the power not to charge or prosecute an accomplice facing bribery allegations on condition of making a full or...
The proposed bill, titled “the 22nd Amendment to amend the Constitution", provides for the increase of Court of Appeal judges from 19 to 25, including the President of the Court of Appeal. A separate bill seeks to increase the number of...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has paid a settlement of USD 164,000, approximately Rs. 55 million, to former Sri Lanka Head Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe after he agreed to withdraw legal proceedings at the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for...
Despite NPP’s manifesto pledge to reform prisons, no comprehensive plan in place Corruption within prison system is as much a concern as overcrowding Opposition escalates campaign against amendment; legal challenge looms Before...
The Finance Ministry has advertised for a new government payroll system to replace its 30-year-old GPS, which has become “technologically obsolete and is no longer capable of supporting modern operational demands or adapting to...
In just four months, Sri Lanka's substandard Trident Chemphar coal deal cost Electricity Generation Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (EGL) Rs. 5.68bn in estimated direct financial losses, not including those arising from meeting the energy shortfall from...