The Tea Sector Wage Crisis: Collective Agreements in Administrative Limbo
The ongoing dispute over daily minimum wages for regional plantation company workers has once again reached a deadlock, exposing the…
Category: Local
Anti-Corruption Law Gets Another Amendment. Will the Public Finally See Results?
The Speaker has endorsed the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill, adding another legislative change to Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption framework. The real measure…
Sri Lanka Wanted Your Roof for Solar. Has It Just Changed the Deal?
For years households were encouraged to spend their own money putting solar panels on their roofs, partly on the promise…
LANDSLIDE RED ALERTS: Getting the Warning Is Only Half the Job
High-risk areas in six districts are under red warnings as persistent rain places vulnerable communities under pressure. Landslide warnings issued…
The Universities Have Vacancies. Why Haven’t They Filled Them?
Sri Lanka’s state universities have approved positions sitting vacant while institutions complain of staff shortages and students experience the consequences.…
Dambulla Who Was Taking People’s Money?
The Central Bank has publicly named a Dambulla resident who it says accepted deposits without authority between 2019 and 2022,…
We Regulate Your Electricity Bill. Why Not Your Fuel and Water?
Sri Lanka has an independent regulator overseeing electricity, but two other essentials reaching into virtually every household fuel and water…
Sri Lanka Has Just Built a Giant Battery. It Could Change How We Make Electricity
Something rather important happened in Galle last week with remarkably little fanfare. Sri Lanka’s first commercial-scale Battery Energy Storage System…
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…
Sri Lanka Puts US$1 Million on the Table for Nepal
President Orders Humanitarian Contribution as Death and Destruction From Catastrophic Floods Stun the Himalayan Nation COLOMBO – Sri Lanka will…
