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PGP Glass exports fall 22% as furnace overhaul forces shift to home market

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- PGP Glass Ceylon PLC, the country's sole glass packaging manufacturer, saw export sales fall 22 percent to Rs. 5.22 billion in the financial year ended 31 March 2026, from Rs. 6.7... Read More


Trade policy expert urges quality growth initiative with JICA assistance to boost exports

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Dr. Lakna Paranawithana, an independent management consultant who played a key role in developing the Sri Lanka Rubber Master Plan and served as a senior advisor to the government... Read More


Central Bank pulls the plug on Nation Lanka Finance after failed rescue attempts

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has officially cancelled the finance business licence of Nation Lanka Finance PLC, effective July 3, 2026, moving to liquidate the chronically distre... Read More


Bowatenna Reservoir fights pollution as it celebrates 50 years

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Bowatenna reservoir, one of the main reservoir projects under the Mahaweli Development Programme, bordered on Pilihudugolla Village in the Naula Division in the Matale district is... Read More


When the Question Becomes the Story

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- There are few things more revealing in public life than the questions people refuse to answer. A speech can be rehearsed. A photograph can be staged. A rumour can be fed just enou... Read More


The Digital Menace: Safeguarding Sri Lanka's Future Generations

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- In homes across Sri Lanka, a quiet tragedy unfolds daily. Children once filled with curiosity and play now sit glued to screens, their laughter replaced by the glow of notificatio... Read More


Colours That Remember -- A Brief Respite for Wounded Minds

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Can the grief and the quiet hope of women who have lived through war ever be held within a single frame? I found my answer to that question on June 27, when I walked into an exhib... Read More


Fighting corruption requires more than investigations and prosecutions -Bangladeshi State Minister for Social Welfare

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- State Minister for Social Welfare of Bangladesh Farzana Sharmin who was in Sri Lanka recently shared her thoughts on political transition, social welfare, regional cooperation and... Read More


39th Anniversary of Indo-Lanka accord: Rajiv and JRJ's Miraculous Escape During the Indo-Lanka Accord

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- The Indo-Lanka Peace Accord, signed in Colombo on July 29 1987 by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene, remains one of the most consequenti... Read More


Justice delayed is Justice denied wherever it happens

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- On June 11, the Daily Mirror headlined the story of a man who was freed from jail thirty-years after he was convicted of double murder. Possibly he is now out of jail. This unfort... Read More