India Has Left. Here Is What We Actually Agreed To
Three defence agreements, upgraded anti-aircraft guns, military training links and an Indian-backed AI laboratory move the relationship beyond ceremonial diplomacy…
Author: Team Independent
From 0.1% to 1%, From 1% to 10%, and $1.57 Million Disappears
Evidence before the Presidential Commission says critical coal specifications were altered between tender and contract – leaving Sri Lanka with…
Chemmani: The Church Now Demands the Truth
Catholic bishops call for an impartial investigation as the mass-grave excavations again confront Sri Lanka with a question that has…
Criminals Are Not Terrorists — So Why Were We Using the PTA?
Cabinet backs a new organised-crime law – but the move raises an uncomfortable question about why extraordinary anti-terror powers were…
When the Facts Change, the Programme Must Be Able to Change
Fiscal discipline matters. Sri Lanka learned what happens when governments borrow, spend, subsidise and pretend indefinitely that arithmetic is optional.…
IMF Arrives. Oil Hits $105. Now Do the Numbers Still Work?
Fund begins seventh review as the Middle East war delivers precisely the external shock it warned could undermine Sri Lanka’s…
Hormuz on a Knife Edge
US and Iran trade attacks on tankers as traffic through the world’s most important energy chokepoint plunges – and 47…
Every 5,000 km: Is This the Safety Check Our Buses Needed?
Passenger vehicles are to face mandatory fitness requirements, including servicing every 5,000 kilometres or within three months. The intention is…
Sometimes Sri Lanka Gets It Right
WHO has recognised Sri Lanka for keeping malaria away and protecting mothers and newborns from tetanus for ten straight years.…
Rs. 10 Million to Build a Home – But Will the Migrant Worker Get a Fair Deal?
A new State-backed housing loan scheme for Sri Lankans working overseas offers up to Rs.10 million, with part of the…
