The Universities Have Vacancies. Why Haven’t They Filled Them?
Sri Lanka’s state universities have approved positions sitting vacant while institutions complain of staff shortages and students experience the consequences.…
Author: Team Independent
When State Power Becomes a Political Weapon
The Supreme Court has delivered a powerful warning about the use of Sri Lanka’s Police for partisan political purposes, finding…
The Judges Must Pay Tax. Now the Supreme Court Has Had the Final Word.
High Court Judges, District Judges and Magistrates are liable for income tax and APIT can lawfully be deducted from their…
The Trains Stop. The Country Pays.
Four railway unions have launched a 48-hour strike demanding the removal of the General Manager of Railways. The Government has…
Rs 46 Billion for Mudun Ela. Will Colombo Finally Stop Flooding?
Sri Lanka is preparing another major assault on Colombo’s flooding problem, this time centred on the Mudun Ela drainage basin.…
Dambulla Who Was Taking People’s Money?
The Central Bank has publicly named a Dambulla resident who it says accepted deposits without authority between 2019 and 2022,…
Yoshitha’s Naval Training Is Now Heading Towards Trial
It happened years ago: Yoshitha Rajapaksa was sent to Britain for specialist naval training. Now CIABOC alleges that he did…
We Can’t Even Find a Bandage?
Patients at the National Hospital and other major state hospitals are reportedly being asked to buy basic surgical supplies from…
Sri Lanka’s Reformers Promised Media Freedom. So Why Is the State Moving Closer to the Newsroom?
Anura Kumara Dissanayake came to power promising a new political culture and an independent media. A government-created professional body for…
17 Times to the IMF. Are We Really Going Back for Number 18?
Four years after Sri Lanka defaulted on its external debt, the country’s economic stabilisation is, by most conventional measures, a…
