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Sri Lanka’s Fuel Shock Exposes Deep Economic Fault Lines as Crisis Risks Re-emerge
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Sri Lanka’s Fuel Shock Exposes Deep Economic Fault Lines as Crisis Risks Re-emerge

Sri Lanka’s latest fuel price increase has triggered a renewed wave of anxiety across an already fragile economy, raising serious…

byILanka Admin22/03/2026
Gratitude or geopolitics? Sri Lanka’s Iran–US balancing act
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Gratitude or geopolitics? Sri Lanka’s Iran–US balancing act

Loyalty or livelihood? Iran stood by us – but America buys our future! COLOMBO Should Sri Lanka be more aligned…

byILanka Admin21/03/2026
The Politics of the Sky: Governments – not airlines – decide who flies
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The Politics of the Sky: Governments – not airlines – decide who flies

Airlines don’t choose routes. Governments do! COLOMBO Every international flight that departs or lands in a country does so not…

byILanka Admin21/03/202621/03/2026
Trail of Money: Airbus claims return to haunt power – will accountability finally happen?
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Trail of Money: Airbus claims return to haunt power – will accountability finally happen?

Sri Lanka has been here before. The names change, the headlines rotate, the outrage rises – and yet, somehow, the…

byILanka Admin20/03/2026
The Airline That Stopped Bleeding – and Started Thinking
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The Airline That Stopped Bleeding – and Started Thinking

Much respected Sarath Ganegoda urged to stay on by State. “Bureaucracy can be fixed” There are moments in public enterprise…

byILanka Admin19/03/2026
Sri Lanka Fuel Prices Remain Discounted Despite Global Energy Crisis
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Sri Lanka Fuel Prices Remain Discounted Despite Global Energy Crisis

Petrol 95 should be Rs. 420 per Litre whilst Super Diesel Should be more than Rs. 400 per Litre Sri…

byILanka Admin15/03/2026
TRUMP and IRAN Draw Others in as War Escalates
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TRUMP and IRAN Draw Others in as War Escalates

A full-blown military confrontation has erupted involving the United States and Israel against Iran, significantly widening beyond initial airstrikes. The…

byILanka Admin03/03/2026
Fuel Fear Returns – Memory moves Faster than Tankers
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Fuel Fear Returns – Memory moves Faster than Tankers

The queues are not long. But they are visible. Across parts of Colombo and the suburbs, motorists lined up this…

byILanka Admin03/03/2026
Lawyers’ Strike
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Lawyers’ Strike

Sri Lanka’s lawyers decided to strike as a collective protest against the brutal daylight killing of an Attorney-at-Law and his…

byILanka Admin16/02/202616/02/2026
Europe’s Trade Warning to Sri Lanka Carries a Familiar Message: Reform or Risk Losing GSP+ Privilege
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Europe’s Trade Warning to Sri Lanka Carries a Familiar Message: Reform or Risk Losing GSP+ Privilege

Colombo, Sri Lanka — In the quiet language of diplomacy, the message from the European Union to Sri Lanka was…

byILanka Admin13/02/2026

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