Shani Abeysekara to Testify in Disappearance and Murder Case of Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda

-By LeN Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.July.2025, 11.10 PM) In a significant development in the long-running investigation into the disappearance and suspected murder of LeN journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, Sri Lanka’s Director of Criminal Investigation, Shani Abeysekara... Read more >>

“China Will Stand by Sri Lanka at Every Turn,” Vows Chinese Envoy

-By Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.July.2025, 11.00 PM) China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, pledged unwavering support to the island nation, reaffirming Beijing’s commitment to act as both a “trusted brother and a reliable partner” whenever Sri Lanka is in need. Read more >>

Scandal at Monara: Editor Accused of Assaulting Female Journalist as Newspaper Faces Imminent Closure

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -16.July.2025, 10.40 PM) In an extraordinary and deeply troubling development, Ariyananda Dombagahawatta, the controversial editor-in-chief of the struggling Monara newspaper, has been accused of verbally abusing and attempting to physically Read more >>

Dayasiri's Misfire Backfires - Rajapaksas Riled by Rogue Allegation

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -15.July.2025, 11.00 PM) In what was meant to be a strategic political broadside, Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Dayasiri Jayasekara’s recent press conference has instead triggered an unexpected blowback—one that has drawn the ire of the Rajapaks Read more >>

Sri Lankan President meets with Saudi Fund for Development leadership to bolster bilateral cooperation

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -15.July.2025, 10.45 PM) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held high-level talks yesterday with Sultan A. Al-Marshad, Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), to assess the progress of ongoing projects... Read more >>

What Does Hirunika Really Think About ‘Uncle Rajitha’?

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -14.July.2025, 11.20 PM) Hirunika Premachandra, the outspoken former MP and loyalist of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has made a rather unexpected admission: that she once sought confidential political advice from none other than Dr. Raj Read more >>

Court of Appeal Dismisses Petitions Seeking to Block Secret Ballots in Local Councils

Judicial Review -By LeN Legal Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -14.July.2025, 11.00 PM) The Court of Appeal today (14) dismissed, without leave for further examination, a series of writ petitions that sought to prevent the holding of secret ballots to elect the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of severa Read more >>

Colombo General Hospital Scandal: Expired Chemicals, Rs. 2.5 Billion in Corrupt Procurement, and Thousands of Lives at Risk (Video)

-By LeN Special Health Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -13.July.2025, 11.30 PM) In what could become the most staggering corruption scandal in Sri Lanka’s public healthcare system in recent memory, over Rs. 2.5 billion worth of questionable chemical reagent purchases... Read more >>

Who Owns the Forbidden 25-Crore Superbikes? Arrests, Remand, and a Secret Warehouse in Hambantota (Video)

-By LeN Southern Province Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -13.July.2025, 11.20 PM) A mystery shrouded in chrome, horsepower, and political whispers has gripped Sri Lanka’s south after authorities uncovered a secret stash of 21 ultra-high-capacity motorcycles—brands like Harley-Davidson and... Read more >>

Sri Lanka Gears Up for Major Economic Offensive Over Next Three Weeks

-By LeN Economic Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -12.July.2025, 11.30 PM) The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will undertake a vigorous three-week-long campaign aimed at negotiating further reductions to export tariffs imposed by the United States,.. Read more >>

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information Commission Needs a Chair – And It Needs One Now (Video)

Transparency International calls for urgent appointment as public trust and anti-corruption efforts hang in the balance

(Lanka-e-News -12.July.2025, 11.00 PM) As of July 9, 2025, Sri Lanka’s Right to Information (RTI) Commission remains without a Chairperson—a critical vacancy that civil society watchdogs warn is threatening the integrity and... Read more >>

Minister Chandrasekar Outlines Ambitious Northern Development Agenda to British High Commissioner

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -10.July.2025, 11.20 PM) In a meeting held at the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Marine Resources, Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar met with the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Andrew Patrick,... Read more >>

Former Presidential Aide Nishantha Jayawira Sworn In to Fill Vacant NPP Parliamentary Seat..! Who is him?

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -10.July.2025, 11.10 PM) Nishantha Jayawira, a former Additional Secretary to the President and veteran tax administrator, was sworn in yesterday(09) as a Member of Parliament representing the National People’s Power... Read more >>

The Easter File: What Sarath Weerasekera Knew—and Who Told Him

-By LeN Intelligence Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -09.July.2025, 9.10 PM) The Invitation - The summons was unexpected but unmistakably cordial. It came on crisp government stationery, bearing the emblem of the Ministry of Public Security. Sarath Weerasekera, newly sworn in as the Minister.. Read more >>

Denying a Place for the Mother Tongue is a Rejection of Humanity, Warns Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara

-By LeN Political Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -08.July.2025, 9.45 PM) In a heartfelt and powerfully-worded speech, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara, declared that depriving individuals of the right to express themselves or to be... Read more >>

Close Ally of Pillayan Arrested Over Disappearance of Former Eastern University Vice Chancellor

-By LeN Investigative Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -08.July.2025, 9.35 PM) In a dramatic development that may reopen old wounds from Sri Lanka’s turbulent post-war years, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has taken into custody a close associate of Sivanesathurai... Read more >>

Can only Anura and Ranga Dissanayake revive Sri Lanka ?

-By Michael Joachim

(Lanka-e-News -07.July.2025, 7.45 PM) The recent speech by the Commissioner General of the Bribery Commission in a public on Bribery to the extend it has seeped into the society caught the attention of the Public and the Government servants.... Read more >>

Who Gained and Who Lost..! The War Clouds are Over..!

-By Iqbal Latif - From Bangladesh -An Aeronautical engineer from CAE G-1

(Lanka-e-News -07.July.2025, 7.20 PM) Power, when untested, is sacred. But when flaunted without necessity, it risks revealing its limits. This is the fundamental rule of deterrence: a strong leader should never swing the stick... Read more >>

"We Cannot Talk About Poverty Without Talking About the Village" – Minister Dr. Upali Pannilage

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -05.July.2025, 11.10 PM) Rural Development, Social Empowerment and Social Security Minister Dr. Upali Pannilage has firmly stated that any serious discussion on poverty—whether in Sri Lanka or globally—must begin with... Read more >>

Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama Is Not Any Individual’s Call

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -05.July.2025, 11.00 PM) Recently, the Dalai group has been speculating on the issue of the 14th Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, and spreading such false claims as “reincarnation will be decided by the Dalai Lama himself”,,,, Read more >>

Only a Revolutionary Overhaul of the Public Service - Not Merely Anura or Vaiyma—Can Save This Country

By Sunil Gamini Jayalathge

(Lanka-e-News -04.July.2025, 11.00 PM) In the grand machinery of state, few components are as powerful—or as potentially destructive—as the public service. This vast bureaucratic organism is entrusted with steering the country’s economic... Read more >>

Sri Lankan Parliamentary Delegation Meets Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province in China

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.July.2025, 11.10 PM) In a significant diplomatic engagement underscoring strengthening bilateral ties, the Deputy Governor of China’s Jiangsu Province, Mr. Chen Zhongwei, held a formal meeting yesterday... Read more >>

Is Putin Preparing Political Asylum for Elon Musk?

Moscow’s Quiet Offer of Protection to the Maverick Billionaire Fuels Global Speculation

(Lanka-e-News -02.July.2025, 11.45 PM) In what could be a defining moment in the increasingly fraught intersection of tech, politics and geopolitics, Russian officials have hinted at offering political asylum to one of the most controversial.... Read more >>

The Diplomatic Delusion: How the Pathfinder Foundation Is Acting Like Sri Lanka’s Shadow Foreign Ministry

-By A Special Correspondent in Colombo

(Lanka-e-News -02.July.2025, 11.30 PM) At a time when Sri Lanka is fighting to restore public trust in state institutions, an audacious experiment is playing out quietly in the drawing rooms of Colombo’s diplomatic elite. It’s not a formal department... Read more >>

TISL Launches Report on Sri Lanka’s Progress in Combating Corruption under UN Convention.!

(Lanka-e-News -02.July.2025, 11.00 PM) Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), on 26 June 2025, released an independent Civil Society Report assessing Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments under the United Nations Convention Against... Read more >>

Chemmani Graves and The Opportunism of Tamil Politics

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -01.July.2025, 8.30 PM) Some truths cannot be suppressed forever. They rise — not through tribunals, not through thunderous speeches — but slowly, inexorably, through the cracks of time, through earth that refuses... Read more >>

Mendis Directors Face Fresh Legal Action Over Rs. 1 Billion VAT Fraud

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -01.July.2025, 8.20 PM) The Sri Lankan Department of Inland Revenue has launched fresh legal proceedings against the embattled directors of Mendis Company, alleging a colossal tax evasion scheme exceeding Rs. 1 billion... Read more >>

Ambassador Qi Zhenhong Attends the “Culture and Care for Young Hearts, Together in Friendship” School Donation Program..!

(Lanka-e-News -30.June.2025, 8.45 PM) On June 25th and 26th, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong led a group to three schools in Moratuwa, Galle and Matara to attend the "Culture and Care for Young Hearts, Together in Friendship" school supplies... Read more >>

Rajapaksa’s Secret Reign of Violence Inside the Presidential Residence

-By LeN Investigations Editor

(Lanka-e-News -30.June.2025, 9.35 AM) In the hushed corridors of Sri Lanka’s presidential residence—once thought of as a sanctuary of diplomacy and governance—new and disturbing allegations have emerged that point to a culture of unchecked violence Read more >>

Sri Lanka’s Civil Service Becomes a National Punchline – Bureaucracy or Buffoonery?

-By LeN Political Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -28.June.2025, 9.20 AM) In most functioning democracies, the civil service is expected to be the invisible engine of governance – quiet, competent, and dependable. In Sri Lanka, however, that engine appears to have backfired loudly... Read more >>

Jaishankar Blames the Past, While Fishermen Pay the Price

India’s top diplomat cites Emergency-era deal for Sri Lankan arrests, but critics accuse him of dodging responsibility over Katchatheevu island debacle

(Lanka-e-News -28.June.2025, 8.45 AM) India’s Foreign Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, has once again stirred a political tempest—this time not by defending India’s controversial stance on Ukraine or lecturing the West on energy hypocrisy,... Read more >>

Thabo Mbeki Meets with Sri Lanka’s NPP Leadership to Forge Anti-Corruption Future

-By LeN Diplomatic Editor

(Lanka-e-News -28.June.2025, 8.55 AM) In a significant diplomatic overture reflecting growing solidarity among reformist movements across the Global South, former South African President Thabo Mbeki met today... Read more >>

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes official visit to Sri Lanka..!

-Official statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(Lanka-e-News -27.June.2025, 8.00 AM) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concluded a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 June 2025. During the visit, High Commissioner Türk called... Read more >>

Harini Heads to Canada: South Asia’s New Education Emissary Takes the Global Stage..!

-By LeN Foreign Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -25.June.2025, 5.40 AM) In the gentle light of dawn, as the streets of Colombo barely stirred to life, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, boarded her flight bound for Vancouver, Canada.... Read more >>

Prominent Sri Lankan Neurosurgeon Dr Maheshi Wijerathna Remanded Again Amid Bribery Probe - Whistleblower Faces Death Threats..!

-By A Court Reporter

(Lanka-e-News -25.June.2025, 5.30 AM) A senior neurosurgeon at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Dr Maheshi Wijerathna, has been remanded once again by the Colombo Chief Magistrate, Tanuja Lakmali Jayatunga, in a widening scandal... Read more >>

G7 Statement ‘Unacceptable,’ Asserts Wickremesinghe - Embracing De Facto Iranian Spokesman’s Mantle

-By LeN International Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -25.June.2025, 5.20 AM) Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 18th June delivered a blistering critique of the recent G7 communique on the escalating Israel–Iran confrontation, effectively assuming the mantle of Iran’s... Read more >>

Leader Flees Country in Wake of Devastating Political Defeats

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -24.June.2025, 4.45 AM) The Secretary-General of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Ranjith Madduma Bandara, has reportedly fled the country after a string of crushing political defeats, including the humiliating collapse... Read more >>

NPP's Bold Bureaucratic Move: Technocrat Appointed Finance Ministry Secretary

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -24.June.2025, 4.40 AM) In a political culture long dominated by cronyism, career politicians, and dealmakers, the National People's Power (NPP) government has once again sent a powerful message: this is a new era... Read more >>

Sri Lankan Dairy Cow Import scheme was Multi Million scam

-By A LeN Investigative Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -21.June.2025, 11.40 PM) What began as an ambitious government plan to boost Sri Lanka’s milk production through the importation of thousands of Australian dairy cows has devolved into a multi-million-dollar fiasco, now mired in.... Read more >>

Remarks by Ambassador Qi Zhenhongat the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd South Asian Sinologists Conference & Civilization Dialogue Between Chinese and Sri Lankan Scholars

(Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, June 12, 2025)

(Lanka-e-News -21.June.2025, 11.10 PM) Hon. Sun Chunlan, Presidentof International Confucian Association, Hon. Chandana Abayarathna，Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils, and Local Government, Distinguished Sinologists Read more >>

Establishing the Supremacy of the Constitution over Parliament

-By (Dr) Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel

(Lanka-e-News -20.June.2025, 6.20 AM) In a country where the Constitution is supreme, all conduct that is inconsistent with it is invalid. This includes parliamentary legislation, which may be reviewed by the judiciary, potentially resulting in inconsiste Read more >>

Disunity Rips Through Sri Lanka’s SJB as Councillors Clash Over Power-Sharing – Fistfights and Suspensions Follow

-By LeN Political Correspondent, Colombo

(Lanka-e-News -19.June.2025, 11.00 PM) In scenes more reminiscent of a street brawl than a democratic council chamber, Sri Lanka’s main opposition alliance, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is grappling with a widening internal crisis... Read more >>

Ravi Reignites Debate: Government’s Renewable Energy Gamble Slammed

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -18.June.2025, 11.00 PM) The political phoenix of Sri Lankan finance, Ravi Karunanayake, rose yesterday from the ashes of scandal and silence to cast a thunderbolt of criticism at the NPP-led government’s renewable energy strategy... Read more >>

Neurosurgeon, Hospital Admin and Civilian Arrested in Major Corruption Scandal at Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital

-By LeN Health Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.June.2025, 11.30 PM) In a case that has sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka’s medical establishment, three individuals – including a senior neurosurgeon at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital... Read more >>

This Time Must Be Different: What the IMF Isn’t Telling You About Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery

-By LeN Economic Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.June.2025, 11.10 PM) With a backdrop of soft-lit chandeliers and tightly-scripted optimism, the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo played host to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath,... Read more >>

Daya Gamage’s Banana Tree Chopped Down: Ex-Minister’s Empire to be Auctioned Over Defaulted Debt

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -15.June.2025, 10.50 PM) For years, Daya Gamage stood as one of Sri Lanka’s most powerful industrial-political hybrids — a businessman turned politician, whose reach extended from linen shirts and apparel factories to... Read more >>

A Sword for a War That Isn’t There: Gammampila’s Alarming Rhetoric Raises National Security Concerns

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -15.June.2025, 4.45 PM) A storm is brewing in Sri Lanka’s political teacup. But this isn’t your average parliamentary squabble or electioneering rhetoric. Civil society organisations and leading Buddhist clerical fronts are now... Read more >>

Storm at the COPE Committee: Secretary's Outburst Sparks Fresh Alarm Over Sri Lanka’s Administrative Rot

-By Sam Weerasuriya

(Lanka-e-News -14.June.2025, 5.10 PM) The halls of Sri Lanka’s Parliament are no stranger to raised voices or bureaucratic bluster. But when Thilaka Jayasundara, the Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, stormed into a recent COPE... Read more >>

Court Sets October Date for Case Against Intelligence Chief Over 2019 Easter Bombings

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -14.June.2025, 4.50 PM) Nearly six years after coordinated bomb blasts ripped through churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 269 people and injuring more than 500, a case accusing one of the country's... Read more >>

Extension of Financial Assistance for Passenger Ferry Service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai

(Lanka-e-News -12.June.2025, 11.20 PM) The Government of India has decided to further extend the financial assistance for another year to support the ongoing passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai... Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate – Vol-6 - Banking on Tears: Hatton National Bank Accused of Regulatory Abuses as Desperate Couple Protests Outside Presidential Secretariat

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -11.June.2025, 11.30 PM) In the sweltering morning heat of Colombo’s Galle Face Green, where joggers, ministers, and stray dogs coexist in a rhythm uniquely Sri Lankan, one scene stood out in stark contrast yesterday: a tearful... Read more >>

Drums, Diplomacy, and Dissanayake

Berlin Rolls Out the Red Carpet as Sri Lanka’s President Anura Receives Full Military Honours in Landmark Visit

(Lanka-e-News -11.June.2025, 11.15 PM) It was the kind of Teutonic pageantry usually reserved for European royals and visiting superpowers. But today, under the stoic gaze of Berlin’s Bellevue Palace, the spotlight belonged to a former revolutionary... Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate – Vol.5 - The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, set a world record with suspension and detention ?

-By LeN Political Affairs Editor

(Lanka-e-News -10.June.2025, 11.45 PM) In what reads like a script from a low-budget political thriller – complete with a Houdini act, bureaucratic sleight of hand, and a prison chief in handcuffs – Sri Lanka’s penal system has once again offered... Read more >>

US Justice Dept Trains Sri Lankan Prosecutors – But Can Training Erase Bias?

-By LeN Legal Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -10.June.2025, 11.30 PM) When the US Department of Justice decided to collaborate with Sri Lanka's Attorney General’s Department in Colombo, the intention appeared noble, necessary, and timely. A group of young prosecutors... Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate - Vol.4 - “How Long Can Dayasiri Jayasekara Mislead the Sri Lankan Public?”

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -09.June.2025, 11.30 PM) In the gilded halls of Sri Lankan politics, where theatrical oration often masquerades as conviction, and grandstanding substitutes for governance, there thrives one particularly flamboyant figure – the ever-entertai Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Award of the Day - No. 3 - Bribery Buster or System Shaker? The Relentless Crusade of Ranga Dissanayake

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -09.June.2025, 11.15 PM) In a nation where corruption has long marinated itself into the sinews of public life—from tender boards to temple boards, classroom desks to cabinet desks—the emergence of a no-nonsense enforcer feels... Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate – Vol. 3; Corruption in Sri Lanka: Why the Public Must Change for the Nation to Heal

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -08.June.2025, 11.30 PM) In a bustling queue at the Department of Motor Traffic, a man quietly slips a thousand-rupee note into a staffer’s diary. Nearby, a woman pays extra at the Land Registry Office to fast-track her title deed. A teacher Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate 2: Is the IMF Running the Country - or Just Managing the Receipts?

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -07.June.2025, 9.50 PM) At a glance, it might seem like the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry is still calling the shots. But dig just a little deeper — past the parliamentary press conferences, donor-funded seminars, and carefully worded Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Award of the Day 2: DIG Shani Abeysekara – The Man Who Refused to Bend

-By Lanka-e-News Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -07.June.2025, 9.40 PM) In a land where policemen often swap badges for political brown-nosing and integrity is sometimes sold cheaper than a lottery ticket outside Fort Railway Station, there exists a rare breed of officer. Today, Lanka-e-N Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Political Debate – Vol. 1 - Where Is the Muslim Cabinet Minister? A Political Puzzle NPP Must Solve..!

-By the Lanka-e-News Political Desk

(Lanka-e-News -06.June.2025, 10.20 PM) In the inaugural edition of our new Lanka e-News Political Debate series—where we tackle raw, relevant, and at times uncomfortable political questions of the day—we dive headfirst into a growing controversy... Read more >>

Lanka-e-News Award of the Day: Jeewaka Prasanna – Chairman on a Mission (With a Bus Pass and a Screwdriver)

-By LeN Transport Correspondent (Who Was Late Because His Bus Never Came)

(Lanka-e-News -06.June.2025, 10.30 PM) Ladies and gentlemen, hold your tickets and brace yourselves: Lanka-e-News has officially launched its Award of the Day, and today, the conductor of this inaugural accolade is none other than the new Chairman... Read more >>

Tension at Sea: Fishermen Clash with Navy Off Trincomalee Coast

-By LeN Defence Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.June.2025, 11.00 PM) A tense maritime confrontation unfolded off the coast of Trincomalee on Tuesday, as Sri Lanka Navy personnel clashed with a group of fishermen suspected of engaging in illegal poaching within restricted waters. The i Read more >>

Sri Lanka Joins Global Frontline in Fight to Protect the High Seas

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.June.2025, 11.20 PM) In a quiet but consequential shift of tides, Sri Lanka has stepped forward into the deepening global effort to protect our planet’s most unregulated frontier — the high seas.... Read more >>

Supreme Court Grants Leave to Proceed in Two Fundamental Rights Petitions Against Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe

-By LeN Legal Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -03.June.2025, 10.45 PM) In a development that could have significant political and legal repercussions, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today (June 3) granted leave to proceed in two fundamental rights petitions filed against... Read more >>

Private News Channel Faces Firestorm After Spreading False Vaccine Claims, Says Media Minister

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -03.June.2025, 10.40 PM) A prominent private news channel is under intense scrutiny after allegedly broadcasting a false report regarding the re-release of a suspended batch of Human Immunoglobulin (HIG) vaccines,... Read more >>

A Legal Triumph for Truth: Canada’s Top Court Sides with Sri Lanka on “Genocide” Narrative

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -02.June.2025, 11.30 PM) In a landmark victory for Sri Lanka, Canada’s Supreme Court has decisively ruled that claims of a “Tamil genocide” cannot be included in provincial school curricula—striking a blow to years of pro-LTTE propaganda... Read more >>

100,000 Jobs and a Bag Full of Bribes: Maldives Promises Employment While Owing Sri Lanka Half a Billion Dollars

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -02.June.2025, 11.20 PM) If diplomacy were judged solely by the number of jobs promised, the Maldives would be a humanitarian superpower by now. At least, that’s the impression one might get after hearing High Commissioner Masood... Read more >>

The Shady Nano-Fertilizer Deal That Crushed Sri Lanka’s Agriculture under Gotabaya Rajapaksa

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -31.May.2025, 11.30 PM) Overpriced Import: -Sri Lanka imported nano-nitrogen fertilizer at USD 12.45 per 500ml—nearly four times the market rate (USD 3.23)—costing... Read more >>

China Unveils Strategic Economic Roadmap for Sri Lanka at Colombo Forum

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -31.May.2025, 11.00 PM) Chinese Commerce Minister- Wang Wentao leads largest-ever Chinese business delegation to Colombo, vows deeper trade, investment and supply chain cooperation under Belt and Road blueprint Read more >>

High Tide in Paradise: How Sri Lanka Became South Asia’s Cocaine Crossroads

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -30.May.2025, 11.30 PM) If you still think of Sri Lanka as the idyllic island of cinnamon and Ceylon tea, you haven’t been paying attention. These days, the most valuable exports aren’t aromatic spices or ancient relics—but Class A narcotic Read more >>

Hawala High-Rollers & Roulette Rackets: Sri Lanka’s Wild Casino Circus Calls for a Regulatory Crackdown

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -30.May.2025, 11.15 PM) When most people think of Sri Lanka, they picture sandy beaches, stilt fishermen, and Ceylon tea. But if you follow the neon lights after midnight in Colombo, you’ll find a different kind of attraction lighting up... Read more >>

China’s Commerce Minister, Wang Wentao visit to Colombo

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -29.May.2025, 11.30 PM) In the marble corridors of the Presidential Secretariat, where portraits of past statesmen look on with unblinking eyes, Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake greeted China’s Commerce Minister,... Read more >>

As North Looks to Build, A Forgotten Gem in the East Beckons Cricket's Attention

-By LeN Sportsman

(Lanka-e-News -29.May.2025, 11.00 PM) While Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage and former Test captain Sanath Jayasuriya made headlines this past week with their visit to Jaffna—scouting locations for a brand-new international cricket stadium... Read more >>

Inauguration of Chandran Nagar Model Village in Mullaitivu District built with Indian Grant Support

(Lanka-e-News -29.May.2025, 8.45 PM) High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, H.E. Santosh Jha and Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, Hon. Anura Karunathilaka, jointly inaugurated and handed over Chandran Nagar... Read more >>

JVP: A World-Winning Movement, An Incredible Journey

From rebellion to rule, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) celebrates 60 years in power and purpose

(Lanka-e-News -28.May.2025, 11.20 PM) London – Beneath the modest rafters of Perivale Primary School’s lower hall in West London, a remarkable anniversary will unfold on May 31st. Buses will offload the faithful—immigrant workers, students, intellectuals. Read more >>

“Absolutely Not, Says Sajith: I Didn’t Invite Imtiaz Back – He Should Be Chairing VAT Fraud, Not SJB..!”

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -28.May.2025, 11.00 PM) In yet another episode of Sri Lanka’s favourite political soap opera, Sajith Premadasa, Leader of the Opposition and full-time political damage controller, has fiercely denied claims that he begged Imtiaz Bakeer Marka Read more >>

“No Turning Back on the Path to Social Progress” – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Video)

-By LeN Political correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -27.May.2025, 12.05 PM) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has vowed that his government will not allow any reversal of the steps taken towards social progress. Declaring an end to the grip of archaic traditions,... Read more >>

Why Does the GMOA Only Roar When Its Benefits Are Touched? Deafening Silence on Matara Court’s Criticism of Doctors

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -27.May.2025, 11.50 AM) The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA), Sri Lanka’s most powerful trade union of state doctors, has once again taken centre stage—this time issuing a veiled ultimatum to the government,... Read more >>

Dr. Jaishankar’s Doctrine of Denial: When ‘Your Problem is Yours’ Backfires on the Global Stage

-By: A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -25.May.2025, 11.00 PM) There’s a certain diplomatic grace in saying absolutely nothing of substance with an air of philosophical grandeur. Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s eternally unflappable External Affairs Minister, has turned this art into Read more >>

Sri Lanka Draws the Line: Government Stands Resolute Against ‘Genocide’ Allegations

Foreign Minister Herath Declares Legal Action Against “Historical Fabrications”

(Lanka-e-News -24.May.2025, 11.20 PM) In an unflinching reaffirmation of national sovereignty and the honour of the Sri Lankan armed forces, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath declared this week that the government will take firm legal action against... Read more >>

The Stage Fades to Black: Malani Fonseka, Queen of Sinhala Cinema, Dies at 78.!

-By LeN Film Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -24.May.2025, 11.00 PM) It was just before dawn on the 24th of May when the final curtain fell on one of the grandest lives ever lived beneath the silver screen’s spotlight. Malani Fonseka — revered as the undisputed Queen of Sinhala Cinema. Read more >>

Sticker Shock: Why Sri Lanka Must Mandate Manufacturer-Printed Retail Prices to Curb Greedy Retailers and Inflated Profits

--By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -23.May.2025, 11.30 PM) If you’ve ever had the distinct pleasure of navigating the neon chaos of a Sri Lankan supermarket—or the altogether more primal experience of ducking into a corner kade (local grocery shop)... Read more >>

Sri Lanka Heads to Washington for Tariff Talks Amid Push to Revamp Trade Relations with U.S.

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -23.May.2025, 11.00 PM) Sri Lanka is set to dispatch a senior government delegation to Washington, D.C., for a fresh round of in-person negotiations with U.S. trade authorities, marking a pivotal moment in the island nation’s bid to.... Read more >>

Sri Lanka's Immigration Department Finally Gets a Flight Plan - With a New Pilot at the Helm

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -22.May.2025, 11.20 PM) After months of turbulence, inefficiency, and internal distress, the Cabinet has finally disembarked Nilusha Balasooriya from the cockpit of the Department of Immigration and Emigration,... Read more >>

Wigged, Robed, and Under Siege: Sri Lanka’s Lawyers Fight for the Right to Defend Without Fear

-By LeN Legal Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -22.May.2025, 11.00 PM) They may wear wigs, speak in Latin, and quote dusty tomes of jurisprudence—but Sri Lanka’s lawyers are fast discovering that their biggest battle isn’t in court. It’s out in the real world,... Read more >>

The Saffron Curtain Falls: Ven. Sumanarathana Thera’s Suspension and the Buddhist Backlash Against “Sihinaya”

-By LeN Religious Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -21.May.2025, 11.30 PM) In Sri Lanka, where sacred saffron holds more weight than silk ties, and monks wield influence that rivals politicians, the sight of a monk being publicly disciplined is not just rare — it is seismic. This week, the Read more >>

Can the New Indian Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, First Buddhist, Keep the Saffron From Staining the Constitution?

-By A LeN Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -21.May.2025, 11.00 PM) There’s something both poetic and pointed about the elevation of Justice B.R. Gavai to the post of Chief Justice of India in 2025. He arrives not just swathed in judicial robes, but in the moral shawl of Buddha’s comp Read more >>

16 Years After a Pyrrhic Victory: It's Time for Reflection, Not Only Celebration.!

-By Dr. Lionel Bopage

(Lanka-e-News -19.May.2025, 11.40 PM) Since the end of the 30-year-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009, whether it should be celebrated as a victory or allowed to be mourned by the war victims has been a matter of debate almost every year... Read more >>

IMF’s Double Standard on Sri Lanka’s Rescue Plan: Why Chinese Tax Breaks Are Scrutinised While Apparel Giants Get a Free Pass

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -19.May.2025, 11.10 PM) When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) brokered a rescue package for bankrupt Sri Lanka last year, it came armed with its usual prescription of fiscal discipline, austerity, and structural reforms. Sri Lankans, we Read more >>

The Crown and the Eagle: King Charles Floats Plan to Welcome Trump’s America into the Commonwealth

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -18.May.2025, 11.00 PM) In a move that will surely bewilder historians, titillate political satirists, and send civil servants scrambling for protocol manuals not updated since the Falklands War, it is being whispered in the polished corrido Read more >>

“When Will Big Brother Die?” — The Eternal Intrigue Against Rauff Hakeem

(Lanka-e-News -18.May.2025, 11.10 PM) In politics, there exists a peculiar affliction that stalks influential movements, popular parties, and charismatic leaders: the silent anticipation of succession, whispered as, “When will big brother die, and when wi Read more >>

Terminal Folly: How the BIA Expansion Became a Taxpayer-Funded Tarmac Tragedy

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.May.2025, 10.00 PM) In the grand tradition of tropical white elephants, Sri Lanka has just added another oversized, overpriced, and under-delivered marvel to its growing menagerie—the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Expansion Pr Read more >>

Sri Lanka’s Shipping Workers Paid Peanuts While Bosses Sail in Business Class

-By LeN South Asia Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.May.2025, 10.15 PM) At first glance, the Sri Lankan shipping sector appears to be steaming ahead at full throttle. The Port of Colombo remains a preferred stop for major shipping lines in the Asia-Pacific corridor,... Read more >>

The Long Shadow of Wealth: Calls for Justice in Decades-Old Fatality Involving Prominent Sri Lankan Businessman

-By LeN Legal Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -17.May.2025, 9.50 PM) In a country where the corridors of power often intertwine with corridors of wealth, a decades-old incident involving a prominent Sri Lankan businessman has resurfaced, prompting renewed calls for justice and accountab Read more >>

Sinopec Brings Cleaner Energy Better Life Vision to Life at Dilly Fueling Station

-By LeN Economic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -16.May.2025, 11.00 PM) In a display of quiet ambition and strategic resolve, Sinopec, marked its most visible footprint yet in Sri Lanka with the formal launch of its “Clean Sri Lanka”... Read more >>

Ali Sabry and the IMF Affair: Did Sri Lanka’s Amateur Finance Minister Sign a Faustian Pact?

-By LeN Financial Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -15.May.2025, 11.20 PM) In the theatre of post-default Sri Lankan politics, few performances have been more baffling—perhaps even tragicomic—than that of M.U.M. Ali Sabry, the portly President’s Counsel who wandered into the Ministry of Fina Read more >>

The Curious Case of Professor Rohan Gunaratna: Did Sri Lanka’s Security Czar Fake His Qualifications?

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -15.May.2025, 11.00 PM) In the realm of national security, credibility is everything. Intelligence officers are trained to separate fact from fiction, identify planted stories, and verify the authenticity of every document and informant.... Read more >>

IMF Tells Sri Lanka: No Tax Concessions, Just Concessions

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -14.May.2025, 11.10 PM) It appears the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has graduated from being a lender of last resort to an unsolicited financial babysitter with delusions of empire. In its latest... Read more >>

President Receives Four Nominations for Two Vacancies in Court of Appeal

(Lanka-e-News -13.May.2025, 11.45 PM) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been presented with four nominations to fill two upcoming vacancies in Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal... Read more >>

Sri Lanka’s Road to Ruin: Public Transport in Chaos and the Lives Lost Along the Way

-By LeN Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -12.May.2025, 11.30 PM) When 22 lives were abruptly ended last week as a bus tumbled down a hillside near- Garandiella- Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lankans responded as they always do: with shock, candlelit vigils, and a brief spike Read more >>

IMF Targets Chinese-Backed Port City in New Loan Condition - But Is There a Hidden Motive?

-By A LeN Special Correspondent - Colombo and London

(Lanka-e-News -12.May.2025, 11.15 PM) The International Monetary Fund has stirred a geopolitical hornet’s nest in Sri Lanka -again. In the latest twist of its multi-billion-dollar financial rescue operation for the island nation... Read more >>

Army Major Tushara Adhikari Snared by CID Over Gruesome Murder of Soldier - Body Found Naked in Pit

-Exposed by a fellow soldier

(Lanka-e-News -10.May.2025, 11.30 PM) In a shocking turn of events, Major Tushara Adhikari, a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Army’s General Services Corps, is under CID investigation following the gruesome murder of a soldier... Read more >>

Overseas Sri Lankans Pump Rs 2400 Billion annualy into National Economy—Yet Remain Voiceless at the Ballot Box

-By LeN Diplomatic editor

(Lanka-e-News -10.May.2025, 11.00 PM) In an economic climate still battered by sovereign default, just recovering exports, and IMF-mandated belt-tightening, one group continues to prop up Sri Lanka’s faltering state finances with silent devotion... Read more >>

Sri Lankans Face UK Student Visa Crackdown

Home Office draws red line under 'study now, asylum later' visa route, targets Lankan applicants as model test case

(Lanka-e-News -09.May.2025, 11.00 PM) The dream of sipping Earl Grey in a draughty Oxbridge library or pulling pints in a part-time job in Wolverhampton may soon be slipping from the grasp of thousands of Sri Lankan hopefuls... Read more >>

NPP Sweeps Local Polls, Cementing Its Political Dominance from Top to Bottom

-By LeN Political Editor

(Lanka-e-News -08.May.2025, 11.15 PM) In what is being hailed as a seismic shift in Sri Lanka’s political landscape, the National People's Power (NPP) has won a stunning 267 local government bodies in the long-delayed local authority elections held on Ma Read more >>

Joint Commitment to Strengthening Democratic Governance and Human Rights: EU–Sri Lanka Dialogue Deepens

(Lanka-e-News -07.May.2025, 11.00 PM) Marking another milestone in their longstanding partnership, the European Union and Sri Lanka convened the 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Governance, Rule of Law, and Human Rights under the... Read more >>

Sri Lanka Courts Vietnam’s Vingroup for Real Estate and Tourism Investment..! President AKD extends strategic invitation during state visit to Hanoi

-By Lanka-e-News Hanoi bureaux

(Lanka-e-News -05.May.2025, 11.10 PM) In a diplomatic move underscoring Sri Lanka’s pivot towards Southeast Asia as a cornerstone of its foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (May 4) held high-level discuss Read more >>

The Sri Lankan Who Might Enter No. 10: Can Zia Yusuf Lead the Reform Party to Power?

-By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.May.2025, 9.30 PM) In the pale spring light of a post-election Britain, one name is being whispered with growing frequency in Westminster corridors: Mohammad Zia Yusuf. Until recently, he was the understated Chairman of the UK Reform Pa Read more >>

PetroChina- Singaporean Oil Giant - Faces a Slick of Legal Trouble Over Contaminated Fuel

-By A LeN Investigative Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.May.2025, 8.45 PM) It began, as many such crises do, with an innocuous cough—though this time, not from a human, but from the engines of ships and cars suddenly sputtering to a halt across Sri Lanka. Thousands of irate motorists found th Read more >>

Rohan Gunaratna: Terrorism’s Self-Appointed Expert Under Fire in Malaysia

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -03.May.2025, 11.20 PM) It was only a matter of time before Rohan Gunaratna’s reputation, built on a dizzying number of “terrorism expert” panels, TV appearances, and thinly-sourced paperbacks, began to collapse under the weight of its own i Read more >>

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Embarks on Official State Visit to Vietnam

(Lanka-e-News -03.May.2025, 11.10 PM) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has departed Sri Lanka just moments ago, embarking on a state visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong... Read more >>

"The People’s Tide Is Unstoppable – And No One Can Lay a Finger on This Government" – Tilvin Silva Declares in Defiant May Day Address

-By Political Affairs Editor

(Lanka-e-News -02.May.2025, 10.45 PM) In a thunderous May Day rally on the Galle Face Green, Tilvin Silva, General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), flanked by red flags and roaring crowds, struck a tone of resolute defiance.... Read more >>

A Sea of Red Floods Galle Face as President Anura Declares: “This May Day, We Bury Corrupt Elite Rule – and Build a People’s Republic” (Video)

-By LeN Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -01.May.2025, 10.40 PM) Colombo’s iconic Galle Face Green transformed into a roaring sea of red this May Day, as an estimated crowd of 300,000 to 400,000 converged to mark International Workers’ Day under the banner of the National People's Read more >>

The Noble Spirit of Sri Lanka's Armed Forces Shines Through the Sacred Dalada Exposition

-By Special Military Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -01.May.2025, 11.10 PM) Amid the golden glow of faith and tradition, the Sri Lankan Armed Forces demonstrated not only operational excellence but also profound spiritual sensitivity during the historic public exposition of the Sacred Tooth R Read more >>

Sri Lanka Secures EU’s GSP+ Nod Amid Promises of Reform and Rebuilding

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government hailed for governance reset as EU expresses confidence in trade partnership revival

(Lanka-e-News -30.April.2025, 11.40 PM) In a development poised to reshape Sri Lanka’s export-led recovery, the European Union has expressed a favourable position on granting continued access to the Generalized Scheme... Read more >>

Sri Lanka Reaffirms Unwavering Diplomatic Support for Palestine

Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath signals principled continuity in Colombo’s Middle East policy as Muslim civil society hails new era of inclusivity

(Lanka-e-News -30.April.2025, 11.30 PM) In the ornate conference chamber of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, the air was thick not with ceremony but with sincerity. For a country often accused of retreating into parochialism or majoritarian rhe Read more >>

A Pact with the People: Dissanayake Promises Delivery in Beruwala – But Can He Handle the Heat?

-By A LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -29.April.2025, 11.20 PM) Beruwala – In a rally more charged than a thunderstorm over Parliament, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s leftist firebrand-in-chief, took to the stage last week with a solemn pledge: the social contra Read more >>

JVP Steps onto the Global Stage: Sri Lanka’s Marxists Rulling Party- Attend Shanghai Cooperation Political Forum in China

-By LeN Foreign Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -29.April.2025, 11.00 PM) In a move symbolising the evolution of global leftist engagement, Sri Lanka's Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)—the island nation’s most prominent Marxist party—made a notable appearance at the recent political forum. Read more >>

Panic at the Russian Embassy in Colombo: A Laptop, A Parcel, and a Hint of Political Mischief

-By LeN Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -28.April.2025, 11.30 PM) When a lone foreign national strolled into the Russian Embassy in Colombo this afternoon, leaving behind an innocuous-looking parcel and an abundance of unanswered questions, the diplomatic quarter of the city... Read more >>

"We Have Ended Political Protection for Corruption and Crime" -Dr. Harini Amarasuriya

-By A Staff Writer

(Lanka-e-News -28.April.2025, 11.10 PM) In a series of public rallies across the Hambantota District yesterday (27th), Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya delivered a striking message: the era of political protection for corruption and crime is over.... Read more >>

RANIL’s Head-to-Head Episode No. 2: Former President to Face the Bribery Commission Over Uva Fund Transfer Scandal

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -27.April.2025, 11.20 PM) Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s embattled former President, will face an unwelcome encore on Monday when he appears before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC),... Read more >>

Rauff Hakeem Urges Voters to Reject Samagi Jana Balawegaya at Upcoming Elections

-By Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -27.April.2025, 11.10 PM) In a move that could have significant ramifications for Sri Lanka’s upcoming local government elections, Rauff Hakeem, the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and a sitting Member of Parliament, has publi Read more >>

Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Warns Politicians Against Defaming Institution

-By A LeN Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -26.April.2025, 11.00 PM) In an unusually forthright address to the media, the Director General of Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), Mr. Ranga Dissanayake, issued a stern warning to politici Read more >>

Foreign Minister Pays Final Respects to His Holiness Pope Francis

-By A LeN Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -26.April.2025, 10.45 PM) - Vatican City - Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Labour, and Tourism, Hon Vijitha Herath, travelled to the Vatican today to pay the nation’s final respects to His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away earl Read more >>

Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong's Speech on World Tai Chi Day

(Lanka-e-News -26.April.2025, 8.15 PM) Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, Good morning! I am very glad to attend the "World Tai Chi Day". On behalf of the.. Read more >>

“We will transform Sri Lanka into a state capable of successfully facing any challenge that arises globally” -says the President in Dambulla

(Lanka-e-News -25.April.2025, 10.35 PM) President Anura Dissanayake emphasized that Sri Lanka is being transformed into a country capable of successfully facing any challenge that may continuously emerge on the global stage.... Read more >>

China & Sri Lanka’s documentary heritage collections enter UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

(Lanka-e-News -25.April.2025, 10.30 PM) Several documents linked to Sri Lanka have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.... Read more >>

The Fabric of Deceit: Did Ashraf Omar and Brandix Pull Off Sri Lanka’s Biggest Duty Fraud?

-By LeN Financial Affairs Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -24.April.2025, 11.00 PM) In the world of Sri Lanka’s booming garment industry, Brandix has long stitched itself a reputation as the paragon of corporate responsibility—a flag-bearer of sustainable fashion, ethical manufacturing, and... Read more >>

Weligama Whodunit: The Curious Case of the CCD, the W15 Hotel, and Neville Silva’s Midnight Surrender

-By LeN Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -24.April.2025, 10.50 PM) In a country where courtrooms see more drama than theatre stages, and where police chiefs moonlight as land brokers, the news that former Colombo Crime Division (CCD) Director Neville Silva had quietly surrendered.. Read more >>

Milinda Moragoda and the LMSL Timebomb: The Sequel Nobody Asked For

-By LeN Colombo Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -23.April.2025, 11.30 PM) In the annals of Sri Lankan politics, the name Milinda Moragoda occasionally surfaces like an old yacht—rusting quietly in the shadow of the port he once gave away. Now, two decades later, the sea breeze carries... Read more >>

The International Morality Behind "Fight to the End"

-By Jin Xuan, National Development and Reform Commission -China

(Lanka-e-News -23.April.2025, 11.10 PM) As the world’s largest developing country, China is a responsible major country that stands tall and just. Recently, as the US has recklessly wielded its tariff stick globally, China has resolutely stepped forward.. Read more >>

Rohitha Bogollagama Under Criminal Investigation in the United Kingdom

-By Staff Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -22.April.2025, 11.25 PM) In what could become one of the most diplomatically awkward entanglements between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom since the end of the country’s civil war in 2009, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK... Read more >>

When power is inherited by protest, it should answer to protest. But in Sri Lanka, it is being silenced by it.

-By LeN Political Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -22.April.2025, 11.15 PM) There’s a particularly bitter irony in the latest accusations hurled at Fomer President Ranil Wickremesinghe — this time by M.A. Sumanthiran, a prominent Tamil former parliamentarian and senior lawyer. His charge is Read more >>

Smoke, Mirrors & Prophecy: As Pope Francis Dies, Sri Lanka Eyes Vatican’s White Smoke for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith

-By: Special Correspondent - Vatican Bureau

(Lanka-e-News -21.April.2025, 10.00 PM) The Catholic world is in mourning. White robes have been swapped for black, incense has turned from fragrant to funereal, and the mighty bells of St. Peter’s Basilica toll in a solemn rhythm.... Read more >>