Banking Supervision Shamed: Rs 13.2 Billion. One Bank. And a Disclosure That Started at Rs 380 Million
NDB’s alleged fraud was initially disclosed at Rs 380 million. Four days later it became Rs 13.2 billion – 35…
Author: Team Independent
People’s Leasing Asked for Rs 10 Billion. Investors Offered More
A Rs 10 billion debenture issue by People’s Leasing & Finance has been oversubscribed. It is another sign that money…
70 Million. Three Alleged Payments. And the Krrish Story Has Just Become Bigger.
Former Krrish Group director Janaki Siriwardena has been arrested and remanded over an allegation that Rs 70 million was paid…
260 Years. Now We Know Who Got What.
Yesterday NEWSLINE reported the convictions in the Easter Sunday trial. The detailed sentences came too late for that edition. We…
22A: So Who Exactly Gets Two More Years?
Parliament begins its two-day debate today on the Twenty-Second Amendment after the Supreme Court determined that no referendum is required.…
Anojan: The Humanitarian Appeal Has Now Reached the Maldives
Faiszer Musthapha PC MP and Upul Kumarapperuma PC have met former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed as Sri Lanka’s effort to…
Namal Stays in Remand: Now Until September 30
Namal Rajapaksa will spend at least another week in remand custody after the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday extended his detention…
The IMF Came. The IMF Left. The Seventh Review Is Not Done.
There is plenty in Sri Lanka’s economic numbers for the Government to welcome. Growth is 4.2 per cent, reserves have…
95% of Our Export Growth Came From Selling More of the Same Things
Sri Lanka’s exports have passed US$12 billion for the first eight months of 2026. That is good news. But new…
Trump Wanted Greenland. Now America Has a Deal Instead.
Months after Donald Trump’s repeated demands for American control of Greenland triggered one of the strangest disputes between NATO allies,…
