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Cancer Does Not Wait. The Medicine Is Here. What Is Holding It Up?
A cancer medicine shortage. Around 160,000 pre-filled Filgrastim syringes sitting in quarantine. A dispute principally over labelling. Yet the manufacturer, product, importer, shipment and batches…
Politics
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The MiGs Are Flying Again
Twenty years after Sri Lanka bought and refurbished MiG-27 fighter aircraft from Ukraine, former President and then Defence Secretary Gotabaya…
When the Prosecution’s Own Witness Becomes the Problem
A prosecution witness in the money-laundering trial of Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been accused by the Attorney General’s Department of giving…
Sajith’s New Argument: Bad Courts Can Be Bad for Business
Opposition Leader takes the judicial-independence battle onto economic territory, warning that doubts about Sri Lanka’s courts could discourage the foreign…
Geneva: Some Praise, but the Questions Have Not Gone Away
The UN Human Rights Office acknowledges progress in several Sri Lankan investigations and reforms but warns that deeper change risks…
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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 US$1.575 million in excess payments…
Business
The Taxman Gave Back Rs 82 Billion. Is Something Actually Working?
Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department says it has refunded more than Rs 82 billion in VAT, with virtually all eligible refunds processed in an average…
Economy
A Logistics Hub Is Coming. Who Gets What?
The Ports Authority says a long-awaited logistics hub with free-zone and bonded warehousing facilities could be operating within months. It could transform Colombo from a…
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