State Secrets
Armed with a restraining order against a hydro project on forestland, environmental lobbies say secretive state procedures are keeping the public from getting …
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Back to Barracks
Police discipline in Sri Lanka is to go back to the lap of the National Police Commission (NPC) as police behavior shows no hint of improvement under the …
Free Money
Laid off employees can get up to 48 months of compensation and a state dole to go home, under a newly minted labour employment formula rolled out on …
Lifting The Veil
The Central Bank sent out a detailed statement justifying its reasons for winding up the failed Pramuka Savings & Development Bank. The Central Bank sent out a …
VIP Trouble
Central Bank officials say they will prosecute directors of the failed Pramuka Savings and Development Bank (PSDB) which is being liquidated by the regulator. …
Second Class?
A government decision to hit foreign purchases of land with a 100 percent transfer tax could backfire by driving away foreign investments and hurting local …
Nasty Bug
The government is trying a backdoor move to slip in a clause that classifies local firms, which are 25 percent foreign owned, as non-citizens. online pharmacy …
Too Much?
A top audit expert is asking authorities close ownership loopholes on investment trusts, as capital market regulators tighten the noose on auditors and listed …
Land Grab
The government cancelled 528 land transactions under the Land Reclamation Commission (LRC) on Thursday. buy amoxil online …
Bi-partisan Pyramid
The government strongly condemned pyramid schemes today promising quick cabinet approval to draft anti-pyramiding legislation. The government strongly …
Joint Effort
The Securities watchdog has asked the Institute of Chartered Accountants to incorporate the SEC’s views into the ICASL’s corporate governance code. The …
Strategic Act
Senior Presidential Advisor Mano Tittawella on Wednesday told a conference hall full of donor agency representatives that a draft bill to set up the Strategic …
Deja Vu
Black July is past but not gone for good, warns the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) pointing to cases of police torture that continue to occur in Sri …
Reform Pains
Civil rights activists warn that Sri Lanka is in danger of unfavourable reforms because of poor application of international trade agreements.Human rights …
Back Stabbing
A supporter of the breakaway commander who led an unprecedented split in the Tamil Tiger guerrillas in March was gunned down by a fellow inmate at a jail in …
Holding Fire
Sri Lanka on Tuesday agreed to sign up to a United Nations treaty to discipline its use of landmines, booby traps and certain other conventional weapons. …
Tightening Colombo
The government said Wednesday that it had beefed up security in and around Colombo after yesterdays bomb blast, but investors had lquote nothing to worry about …
Etched in Stone
Houses stuck together like a long stretch of sliced sandwich bread is a common sight in most parts of Colombo, but despite the increasing housing density in …
Custom Made
Sri Lanka Customs Superintendent Athula Lankadevas residence in Maharagama was given security from Monday night.Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama met top …
Parliament Quotes
The Court of Appeal issued notice on two Sri Lankan members of Parliament, the Elections Commissioner and the Secretary General of the governing party on …