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Hayleys Profit Surges as Dhammika Perera – Controlled Conglomerate Extends Growth Run – USD 2 Billion turnover beckons.
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Hayleys Profit Surges as Dhammika Perera – Controlled Conglomerate Extends Growth Run – USD 2 Billion turnover beckons.

COLOMBO  – Hayleys PLC, the Sri Lankan conglomerate majority-controlled by billionaire businessman Dhammika Perera, has opened its new financial year…

byTeam Independent13/08/202613/08/2026
The Enemy Within?
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The Enemy Within?

Prison officer arrested over alleged drug supply to Magazine Prison as Sri Lanka’s prison crisis raises an increasingly uncomfortable question:…

byTeam Independent12/08/202612/08/2026
Justice – But Not the Gallows
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Justice – But Not the Gallows

Cardinal Ranjith’s opposition to capital punishment following the Easter Sunday verdicts raises a difficult question: how should a State punish…

byTeam Independent11/08/202611/08/2026
Digital Nomads: Has Sri Lanka Set the Bar Too Low? USD 22/Day
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Digital Nomads: Has Sri Lanka Set the Bar Too Low? USD 22/Day

“All the Twos – 22” but its not Bingo! Former Deputy Tourism Minister Faizer Musthapha questions whether a visa that…

byTeam Independent10/08/202610/08/2026
Oh No, Prison Unrest: A Corrected Effort? Or What?
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Oh No, Prison Unrest: A Corrected Effort? Or What?

Disturbances across several prisons turn an institutional crisis into a national security question –  and the Government itself is now…

byTeam Independent08/08/202608/08/2026
When the Law Grows…And When It Must Wait
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When the Law Grows…And When It Must Wait

Lord Denning’s philosophy offers a useful framework for Sri Lanka’s debate over extending judges’ retirement ages Few judges have influenced…

byTeam Independent07/08/202607/08/2026
Constitutional Amendment Proposes Longer Tenure for Superior Court Judges, Setting the Stage for a Fresh Legal Debate on Judicial Independence
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Constitutional Amendment Proposes Longer Tenure for Superior Court Judges, Setting the Stage for a Fresh Legal Debate on Judicial Independence

COLOMBO, Thursday – The Government has taken the next formal step towards extending the retirement age of Sri Lanka’s superior…

byTeam Independent06/08/202606/08/2026
Supreme Court May Already have Spoken
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Supreme Court May Already have Spoken

Earlier ruling suggests changing retirement age of incumbent superior court judges would require a referendum COLOMBO, Tuesday –  As the…

byTeam Independent05/08/202605/08/2026
Weather Hits Again: Four Missing as Landslide Strikes Home
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Weather Hits Again: Four Missing as Landslide Strikes Home

KANDY, Monday: Rescue teams raced against time late Monday after a landslide engulfed a house in Ginigathena, leaving four people…

byTeam Independent04/08/202604/08/2026
Faizer Musthapha, PC, MP, Has Called for an End to “Blame Game Culture” – Unity Not Political Division
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Faizer Musthapha, PC, MP, Has Called for an End to “Blame Game Culture” – Unity Not Political Division

Reacting to the violence, Mr Musthapha said that while accountability must always follow any serious incident, immediate political point-scoring does…

byTeam Independent03/08/202603/08/2026

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