President warns compromised officers to change their conduct or leave the service as Government promises major investment in policing President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has delivered […]
Author: Faraz Shauketaly
The Anti-Corruption Law Is Now on Trial Too
Supreme Court concludes hearing 15 challenges to Government amendments as petitioners warn proposed changes could weaken safeguards, judicial oversight and the public’s right to information […]
Namal in Remand, Nimal in Australia. Justice?
There is something quite extraordinary about the picture confronting Sri Lanka this morning. Namal Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament and son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, […]
22A: The Arguments Are Over – Now Comes the Answer
Five judges have heard 67 challenges. The Supreme Court’s determination now goes to Parliament – as international legal attention turns to the bench itself The […]
Johnston Arrested – and Bailed Hours Later
Court finds insufficient grounds to keep former Minister in custody over alleged Rs 7.97 million procurement loss Former Minister Johnston Fernando was arrested by the […]
Nimal in Australia, Namal in Remand
What Changed Between July and September? Less than two months before Namal Rajapaksa was remanded, Nimal Perera occupied a markedly different position in the Airbus […]
Namal in Remand, Nimal in Australia
The Affidavit Behind the Rs. 100 Million Airbus Case Namal Rajapaksa spent Friday night in remand custody after the Colombo Chief Magistrate ordered that the […]
The Government Does Not Own the Money
Every rupee collected by the State belongs ultimately to the people who earned it. Governments are permitted to spend it, officials are entrusted to administer […]
Tourism Missed the Perahera Lift
Sri Lanka welcomed 191,704 visitors in August, 3.3 per cent fewer than a year earlier. Even the Kandy Esala Perahera could not push the month […]
Seven Years for Rs. 330,000
Former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment over the use of SriLankan Catering money for meals for political […]
Foreign Investors Sold Rs. 55.7 Billion More Than They Bought
Foreign selling on the Colombo Stock Exchange has more than doubled in the first eight months of 2026. Yet the market itself rose in August. […]
The Scammers Are Here
Foreign nationals have been prosecuted for cybercrime from inside Sri Lanka, illegal gambling sites are being blocked and Police want a real-time centralised system to […]
An Anti-Corruption Law Now Faces the Constitution
Fourteen petitions have reportedly been filed against amendments to Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption law. Fighting corruption is unquestionably in the public interest. The means used to […]
When the Water Runs Out
Sri Lanka’s drought is no longer merely a weather story. Wells are drying, farmers are losing crops, jobs are disappearing and the Government is now […]
Their Money. Their Right to Know.
There is something about Rs. 5.5 trillion that ought to concentrate the mind. That is roughly the combined scale of the Employees’ Provident Fund and […]
What Is Happening at the Eastern Terminal?
Sajith Premadasa alleges delays, conflicts of interest and unauthorised extensions at the Colombo Port project. The allegations now require answers from those responsible for the […]
At Last, a National Policy on What We Eat
Sri Lanka launches its first National Food Safety Policy, promising coordinated regulation from farm to plate Sri Lanka has food laws, inspectors, laboratories, standards and […]
Rs. 5.8 Billion to Put the Tanks Back to Work
World Bank-backed programme will rehabilitate 296 minor irrigation tanks across Sri Lanka, with Badulla receiving the largest share of restoration work Far from Colombo’s highways […]
