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Inaction: Sri Lanka’s Most Consistent Policy When Scandal Meets Silence, Governance Becomes Theatre
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Inaction: Sri Lanka’s Most Consistent Policy When Scandal Meets Silence, Governance Becomes Theatre

The Governor, The Board of Directors of NDB Bank and The Auditors are still in place There is a pattern…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/04/202610/04/2026
NDB Fraud at LKR 13.2 Billion  –  Direct Hit on Capital, Profits and Trust
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NDB Fraud at LKR 13.2 Billion – Direct Hit on Capital, Profits and Trust

From Rs 380 million to Rs 13.2 billion  –  this is no longer an incident. It is a structural breach.…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/04/202609/04/2026
NDB Bank Fraud: Under the Lens – Questions No Longer Waiting
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NDB Bank Fraud: Under the Lens – Questions No Longer Waiting

Allegations of fraud, internal controls in doubt, and mounting calls for regulatory scrutiny? Is the Central Bank on the ball?…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/04/202604/04/2026
Russia Calls – Will Sri Lanka Answer? A New Power Game Emerges
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Russia Calls – Will Sri Lanka Answer? A New Power Game Emerges

Be that as it may, the message from Moscow was not dressed in diplomacy. It was delivered as strategy. At…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/04/202604/04/2026
Trapped in War – The Forgotten 20,000
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Trapped in War – The Forgotten 20,000

Seafarers stranded in Hormuz face hunger, fear, and a system struggling to protect them By NewsLine Desk Be that as…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/04/202603/04/2026
SC Ruling Puts Personal Liability at the Heart of Medical Procurement Scandal
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SC Ruling Puts Personal Liability at the Heart of Medical Procurement Scandal

Be that as it may, accountability in public office has often been diffused – spread across institutions, diluted by process,…

byEditor31/03/202631/03/2026
CB Governor asserts that deflation has positively impacted Sri Lanka rather than causing harm.
ECONOMYTOP STORY

CB Governor asserts that deflation has positively impacted Sri Lanka rather than causing harm.

According to Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka’s recent experience with low inflation and a brief period of deflation…

byILanka Admin30/03/202630/03/2026
Trump’s Claim, Tehran’s Denial – and a Market That Moved Before the Words Landed
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Trump’s Claim, Tehran’s Denial – and a Market That Moved Before the Words Landed

Colombo – A statement from Donald Trump. A denial from Tehran. And markets that appeared to move before either side…

byILanka Admin25/03/2026
Sri Lanka’s Fuel Shock Exposes Deep Economic Fault Lines as Crisis Risks Re-emerge
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Sri Lanka’s Fuel Shock Exposes Deep Economic Fault Lines as Crisis Risks Re-emerge

Sri Lanka’s latest fuel price increase has triggered a renewed wave of anxiety across an already fragile economy, raising serious…

byILanka Admin22/03/2026
Gratitude or geopolitics? Sri Lanka’s Iran–US balancing act
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Gratitude or geopolitics? Sri Lanka’s Iran–US balancing act

Loyalty or livelihood? Iran stood by us – but America buys our future! COLOMBO Should Sri Lanka be more aligned…

byILanka Admin21/03/2026

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