With the Covid-19 crisis hitting the global oil industry hard, plummeting crude oil prices allowed the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to rake in nearly USD 2 billion in profits, a former senior economist at the Central Bank said.
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
The United National Party (UNP) says that the Government's recent fuel price hike is another indication of their continued economic mismanagement and short-sighted policies.
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the repeal of Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) as the law is deemed incompatible with the conventions that the country has to implement under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) granted to the island nation.
A prominent prisoners’ rights organization in Sri Lanka has requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take immediate action to put an end to deaths caused by police torture.
An outlet of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (Sathosa) has allowed the sale of liquor in violation of quarantine regulations, it is learnt.
The Victorian Opposition has blasted the government after another apparent hotel quarantine breach that is believed to have led to the highly infectious Delta variant escaping into the community.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that despite the challenges posed during the transition period, people’s representatives should move forward to implement the decision to use organic fertilizer as it is beneficial to the people.
In a landmark immigration case in the United Kingdom, three Upper Tribunal judges have been scathing in their rejection of Australian and UK country reports used as a basis to determine asylum applications for Sri Lankan Tamils.
