The Sri Lanka Cement Corporation owned factories in Kankesanthurai, Puttalam and Galle. The factories in Puttalam and Galle were sold in 1993. The factory in Kankesanthurai didn’t operate due to the war. Although the Puttalam Ceme
According to the latest World Bank assessment Sri Lanka ranks fifth among countries with the highest food price inflation. UNESCO recently announced that Sri Lanka has the sixth-highest and second highest rate of malnutrition among children in the world and in Asia respectively. The United States Congress said that an estimated 60% of Sri Lankans skip one out of t
The shocking revelations that transpired at the Committee on Public Enterprises on Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) unearthed on August 9 how the latter’s annual expenditure was considered as ‘losses’ and exceeded the annual tax collection of the Department of Inland Revenue and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.
Astonishing revelations have come to the fore about how the Foreign Ministry under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has attempted to throw the full diplomatic weight of Sri Lanka behind an effort to safeguard the President’s first cousin,
These days Sri Lankans can witness fuel queues across the country and they seem to be never-ending. Some fuel stations have not received fuel for weeks while some have a supply of fuel daily. Amidst the prevailing fuel crisis several irregularities have been reported. No one talks about them. Those who are connected to such irregularities never came under the spotlight. This is not something that the media is highlighting. These incidents were re
The constructing of a hotel using both the reclaimed land in the Anuradhapura Nuwara Wewa protected area and Wewa itself became a controversial topic recently. Former State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Deve
Soothsayer Gnana Akka has come under the spotlight for constructing a controversial hotel in the Nuwara Wewa precinct in Anuradhapura and also for instructing the authorities to build the National Sandalwood Park near the Parliament; posing a threat to the Diyawanna Oya wetland.
Can the law be made silent when shrine (Devalaya) officials enjoy limitless political powers of powerful political figures? They amass abundant wealth thanks to this political framework. A similar incident was reported in Anuradhapura city where the Shrine of Gnana Meniyo is located. It is known as ‘Sasthara Gedara’ and is frequented by politicians. She is b
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