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Six months after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, women-led households in the informal sector are struggling to validate their compensation needs. In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, the government announced a sweeping...
The 2026 Yala paddy cultivation season has been severely affected by a fertiliser crisis caused by the government’s irregular approach to fertiliser imports, release, and distribution, farmer organisations claim. Paddy farmer...
The annual feast of St Anthony’s Church at Kochchikade in Colombo was held on Friday and yesterday under tight security, amid political tension over the 2019 Easter Sunday probe. A highlight of the feast was yesterday’s procession...
Legislation to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be passed within two months, a senior minister said. The bill, which has incorporated public and civil society recommendations and is in line with international...
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has begun recruiting an international procurement specialist for a World Bank-supported programme that is expected to lay the groundwork for a major expansion of the country's ports and logistics...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is expected to respond next week to the report submitted by the Finance Ministry to the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) on the disappearance of USD 2.5 million belonging to the Treasury. Since...
The government will respond to the additional duties of 10% or 12.5% the United States has proposed to impose on Sri Lankan imports over failures to curb trade in goods made with forced labour, arguing that there is no forced labour in the country.