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Deloitte confirms NDB fraud is Rs. 13.5 billion

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- Global accounting firm Deloitte has submitted an interim report on its forensic review of the fraud within the National Development Bank. While the report remains confidential, ... Read More


42 injured as bus plunges into precipice

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- A Sri Lanka Transport Board bus travelling from Colombo to Badulla plunged into an approximately 20-foot precipice near the Diyatalawa railway crossing early this morning. Aroun... Read More


Senior assistant secretary of President's office arrested

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- A senior assistant secretary at the Presidential Secretariat was arrested by the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau on charges of fraudulently preparing a forged passport unde... Read More


Five-vehicle crash causes traffic chaos on Southern Expressway

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- Five vehicles collided with each other at the 31st-kilometre post on the Southern Expressway between Galanigama and Dodangoda. The Southern Expressway Traffic Police stated that ... Read More


Asian Development Bank approves clean energy funding for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $57.4 million financing package to help Sri Lanka expand access to affordable clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions thr... Read More


Woman arrested over Rs.2mn foreign job fraud

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- A woman has been arrested for defrauding Rs. 2 million by promising foreign employment. She was arrested following a complaint to the Horana Special Crime Investigation Unit. A... Read More


Govt. urges local industrialists towards exports to boost dollar income

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that it is the government's goal to increase dollar revenue by strengthening local industrialists and directing them towards the export ... Read More


LAWASIA raises concerns over judicial retirement age amendment

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- A proposed constitutional amendment extending the retirement age for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges in Sri Lanka faces opposition. LAWASIA warns that the change risks d... Read More


Sri Lanka tops vote to join UN CEDAW Committee

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- Sri Lanka secured election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) during a vote conducted at the United Nations Headquarters. The ... Read More


Presidential Secretariat official remanded over fake passport allegation

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- The Senior Assistant Secretary of the Presidential Secretariat, arrested for allegedly preparing a fake passport for an organised criminal to flee the country during his tenure a... Read More