Tourist arrivals slip by 8% in early August

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals opened August on a weaker note than a year earlier, with 42,810 visitors recorded between August 1 and 6, down 8 percent from the 46,541 arrivals ove... Read More

Forensic audit looms as former state utility pays millions of dollars in equity returns for emergency power

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- The legacy of state power monopoly has funneled millions of dollars in equity returns to private power producer Ace Power Embilipitiya (Pvt) Ltd over nearly a decade, exposing se... Read More

Reopening path from Nagrak to Horton Plains encounters fork in the road

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- The old route from Nagrak to Horton Plains passes through the Nonpareil Estate in Balangoda. In the past, this was also a route used by people to travel to Horton Plains. It is a... Read More

JUNGLE RUMBLE An invasion threatening Uda Walawe's elephants

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Returning to Uda Walawe National Park after a six-month absence, veteran conservationist Srilal Miththapala observes a park in quiet crisis. While the thrill of encountering Sume... Read More

SLOW MOTION: Are law's delays due to lack of judges, non- availability of judges, or lack of experience and knowledge of judges?

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Attributing Sri Lanka's crippling court delays solely to judicial incompetence or absenteeism fundamentally misdiagnoses a systemic crisis. Rather than judicial failure, the back... Read More

It is not NPP or JVP, but Red Junta running the country: Joint Opposition

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- The joint opposition yesterday expressed fears that a powerful group within the government is all out to secure an extension of the term of the President and Parliament through a... Read More

Govt. under pressure to listen to Mahanayake Theras: G.L

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- The opposition parties and civil organizations are applying pressure on the government to listen to the sentiments expressed by Mahanayake Theras on the 22nd Amendment and to rev... Read More

Protect our elephants on World Elephant Day

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- Sri Lanka marks World Elephant Day today with renewed calls to protect elephants, safeguard their welfare and promote peaceful coexistence between elephants and people. Elephant... Read More

BASL urges Government to withdraw 22nd Amendment

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged the Government to refrain from proceeding with the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution in its present form, warning that... Read More

Tangalle stray dog population nearly fully covered through sterilization drive

Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- A free sterilization and vaccination programme has covered almost the entire stray and community dog population in the Tangalle Municipal Council area within three months, the As... Read More

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