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03 Apr 2023 - 2 - 8480
The government has introduced different income brackets under the ‘Pay As You Earn Tax’ (PAYE) system. If you earn between 100,000 to 141,667 rupees per month, you’ll be charged 6% in taxes....
30 Mar 2023 - 1 - 2052
Once a self-sufficient and prosperous nation in terms of food, Sri Lanka’s agriculture industry has now changed completely.
22 Mar 2023 - 7 - 3141
Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) recently announced that with the retirement of train drivers there is a shortage of locomotive engine drivers. As a result SLR had also taken steps to cancel the service of many trains...
13 Mar 2023 - 8 - 4898
With the increase in egg prices the government decided to import eggs to regulate its price. Although it was a good move, there was talk....
01 Mar 2023 - 9 - 4100
The Minister of Energy recently increased the electricity tariffs by 1200 % to cover the losses of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). General Secretary of CEB Trade Union Alliance Ranjan Jayalal recently made a revelation....
24 Feb 2023 - 20 - 15751
The Sunday Times reported in July (2022) about an investigation carried out by the Global Finance Integrity (GFI); a think tank based in Washington, USA operating with government support. Its task....
21 Feb 2023 - 6 - 4177
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital (SJGH), the multi- specialty leading tertiary care hospital in the country is accused of allowing Consultants to exert unjust professional charges on patients at their own discretion.
14 Feb 2023 - 0 - 563
It is reported that there are plans to hand over new sand mining corridors to remove sand from an area below the Polonnaruwa Manampitiya bridge (the place where the old bridge is located).
02 Feb 2023 - 5 - 1615
There is a plan to forcibly acquire state forest lands located in the Grama Niladhari Divisions namely Nakolagane, Eriyawa, Atinimale,
27 Jan 2023 - 5 - 3248
The Irrigation Department, which is allegedly branded as ‘a den of corruption’, has become a haven for its corrupt employees. They are said to be well protected by the majority of their superiors. Following the National....
23 Jan 2023 - 5 - 1558
The massive deforestation and arbitrary acquisition of reserve lands in Pottuvil area in Ampara are continuing. Day by day, lands belonging to the Wildlife, Forest and Archaeology Departments are being....
11 Jan 2023 - 7 - 8028
When re-examining the research papers of Rameez Aboobacker, a sociology professor and the current Vice Chancellor of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, serious breaches of academic integrity.....
10 Jan 2023 - 0 - 2287
Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (Western Province) Deshabandu Tennakoon’s alleged failure to implement the orders given by the IGP and the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crimes and W
21 Dec 2022 - 4 - 2526
Employees of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau have urged the Ministry of Environment to hold an impartial inquiry to probe the frauds committed by its former acting Director General and recover....
20 Dec 2022 - 11 - 6475
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
12 Dec 2022 - 9 - 1826
A few weeks ago, at around 1.00 am, I received a phone call from a friend from the Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWC). “Brother, I’m sorry....
09 Dec 2022 - 13 - 5720
The sugar scam amounting up to 16 billion rupees has again become a hot topic for discussion. Those involved in this scam were accused of evading paying government tax. Businessmen with close....
23 Nov 2022 - 9 - 3354
The Public Service Commission (PSC) reportedly has blocked two retired senior public officers, their due salaries/ pensions allegedly.....
11 Nov 2022 - 19 - 4397
It has been a year and five months since the vessel X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank. What the islanders are left with is the massive ocean and coastal pollution which resulted from the accident involving....
04 Nov 2022 - 0 - 2700
Many people predict that Sri Lanka is on the verge of a famine due to an imminent food shortage in Sri Lanka by 2023. However, it seems that there is a possibility of an acute food crisis....
28 Oct 2022 - 24 - 6238
We often come across reports about VIP sons and their friends sneaking into national parks of Sri Lanka in private vehicles for joyriding. A similar incident....
17 Oct 2022 - 4 - 2613
A shortage of 170 drugs was reported from government hospitals recently. Many say that the severe economic crisis is the reason for this shortage. But it was revealed that the drug shortage....
03 Oct 2022 - 4 - 1835
There is no national policy for fertilizer. “Our attempt is to supply fertilizer for the Maha Season. If farming becomes a success, we could manage the rest of our problems. We have to increase our.....
23 Sep 2022 - 5 - 3144
As a result of the ongoing dollar crisis many local industries are at risk of shutting down with around 5 million people being vulnerable....
14 Sep 2022 - 4 - 2770
Litro Gas Lanka is accused of deceiving the World Bank by abusing the funds that were provided to purchase low-cost Liquefied Petroleum....
13 Sep 2022 - 3 - 2757
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
18 Aug 2022 - 8 - 5161
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.
08 Aug 2022 - 5 - 6613
The QR code system introduced to reduce fuel queues has been a success so far. However, even with such a system in place people are still waiting in queues due to the failure of the Government. At present....
25 Jul 2022 - 2 - 4218
It is the normal practice to cast aside tools used for a development activity at the end of the project. Especially machinery and vehicles can be found abandoned after taking the maximum.....
14 Jul 2022 - 4 - 27461
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,
22 Apr 2024