Four Bank Officials Remanded In Alleged US$1 Billon Outflow Case
Investigators say 36 companies were allegedly used to transfer foreign currency overseas for imports that never arrived Four officials attached…
Author: Team Independent
Child-Labour Penalties Raised as Bill Passes Without a Vote
Parliament approves tenfold increase in fines under employment law-but enforcement will determine whether the amendment protects children or merely modernises…
Tourism Target Cut But Government Still Seeks US$4.2 Billion
Six-country promotional campaign begins as Sri Lanka attempts to recover lost arrivals before the winter season Sri Lanka has launched…
Dengue Deaths Reach 71 as Cases Surge Beyond 93,000
Colombo and Gampaha remain at the centre of an outbreak that has continued despite repeated clean-up drives, military assistance and…
Port City – Have We Lost Sight Of the Goalposts?
Sri Lanka created Port City to escape the bureaucracy that has frustrated investment for decades. But questions over transparency, accountability…
Rs.74 Billion, 89 Accounts – The Undiyal Trail Gets Bigger
Government reveals extraordinary scale of alleged informal money-transfer operation as investigators obtain access to information on 210 bank accounts An…
PTA Replacement Moves Forward – But the Devil Will Be In the New Law
Cabinet clears publication of proposed anti-terror legislation as Government says controversial provisions in the PTA have been addressed The Government…
Has the Country Changed – Or Just the Government?
Sri Lankans voted for more than a change of administration. They voted against an entire political culture. Nearly two years…
New Terror Law Gets Cabinet Clearance
PTA replacement heads towards Parliament but the real test will be found in the small print Cabinet has approved the…
Medicine for the System
Cabinet accelerates pharmaceutical policy – affordability and quality placed at centre of five-year plan Cabinet has approved the expedited implementation…
