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NDB Bank Fraud: Institutional Failure or a Planned Conspiracy of a Mastermind?
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NDB Bank Fraud: Institutional Failure or a Planned Conspiracy of a Mastermind?

Sri Lanka has never seen anything quite like this. 13.2 billion in rupees. Vanished. Roughly two thousand six hundred transactions,…

byEditor21/04/202622/04/2026
Scathing Auditor General’s Report on Coal Procurement
CORRUPTION / EXPOSETOP STORY

Scathing Auditor General’s Report on Coal Procurement

A catalogue of failure and a call for consequence The Auditor General’s findings on coal procurement for Norochcholai read less like an audit and more like an indictment…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/04/202621/04/2026
Inaction: Sri Lanka’s Most Consistent Policy When Scandal Meets Silence, Governance Becomes Theatre
OPINIONSTOP STORY

Inaction: Sri Lanka’s Most Consistent Policy When Scandal Meets Silence, Governance Becomes Theatre

The Governor, The Board of Directors of NDB Bank and The Auditors are still in place There is a pattern…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/04/202610/04/2026
NDB Fraud at LKR 13.2 Billion  –  Direct Hit on Capital, Profits and Trust
MARKETSTOP STORY

NDB Fraud at LKR 13.2 Billion – Direct Hit on Capital, Profits and Trust

From Rs 380 million to Rs 13.2 billion  –  this is no longer an incident. It is a structural breach.…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/04/202609/04/2026
NDB Bank Fraud: Under the Lens – Questions No Longer Waiting
TOP STORY

NDB Bank Fraud: Under the Lens – Questions No Longer Waiting

Allegations of fraud, internal controls in doubt, and mounting calls for regulatory scrutiny? Is the Central Bank on the ball?…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/04/202604/04/2026
Russia Calls – Will Sri Lanka Answer? A New Power Game Emerges
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Russia Calls – Will Sri Lanka Answer? A New Power Game Emerges

Be that as it may, the message from Moscow was not dressed in diplomacy. It was delivered as strategy. At…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/04/202604/04/2026
Trapped in War – The Forgotten 20,000
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Trapped in War – The Forgotten 20,000

Seafarers stranded in Hormuz face hunger, fear, and a system struggling to protect them By NewsLine Desk Be that as…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/04/202603/04/2026
SC Ruling Puts Personal Liability at the Heart of Medical Procurement Scandal
CORRUPTION / EXPOSEMain StoryTOP STORY

SC Ruling Puts Personal Liability at the Heart of Medical Procurement Scandal

Be that as it may, accountability in public office has often been diffused – spread across institutions, diluted by process,…

byEditor31/03/202631/03/2026
CB Governor asserts that deflation has positively impacted Sri Lanka rather than causing harm.
ECONOMYTOP STORY

CB Governor asserts that deflation has positively impacted Sri Lanka rather than causing harm.

According to Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka’s recent experience with low inflation and a brief period of deflation…

byILanka Admin30/03/202630/03/2026
Trump’s Claim, Tehran’s Denial – and a Market That Moved Before the Words Landed
TOP STORYWORLD

Trump’s Claim, Tehran’s Denial – and a Market That Moved Before the Words Landed

Colombo – A statement from Donald Trump. A denial from Tehran. And markets that appeared to move before either side…

byILanka Admin25/03/2026

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