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Namal, former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s son, arrested over Airbus deal

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Namal, former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s son, arrested over Airbus deal

File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…

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Sri Lanka to table contentious Bill extending judges’ retirement age

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Sri Lanka to table contentious Bill extending judges’ retirement age

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. File Colombo The Sri Lankan government will table a contentious Bill in Parliament this week seeking to raise the mandatory retirement age of judges of the country’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, a move critics say could undermine the independence of the judiciary.  According to a media statement issued…

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Why is Sri Lanka’s dengue outbreak straining its public health sector? | Explained

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Why is Sri Lanka’s dengue outbreak straining its public health sector? | Explained

A worker from the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) department fumigates a residential area during a mosquito control programme in Colombo, Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: Sri Lanka is grappling with a major dengue outbreak amid a surge in cases reported over the past few months. The National Dengue Control…

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Sri Lanka imposes 50% surcharge on car imports to protect currency from further slide

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Sri Lanka imposes 50% surcharge on car imports to protect currency from further slide

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also the finance minister, said “by this order levy on imported goods specified in the schedule here to a surcharge at the rate of 50% on applicable customs duty effect from May 16 for a period of three months”. File | Photo Credit: AP The Sri Lankan government has…

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A Look At The 5 Key Candidates And What They Stand For

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A Look At The 5 Key Candidates And What They Stand For

Supporters of Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe attend his final election campaign rally. Colombo: Sri Lanka, which is slowly recovering from its worst-ever economic crisis, will vote to elect the next President on Saturday. The cash-strapped island nation is currently being led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is seeking a re-election to continue with bold…

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Frontrunners, What’s At Stake, Implications For India

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Frontrunners, What’s At Stake, Implications For India

Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates. The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates in the country’s first election after the people’s uprising of 2022, which led to…

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Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model

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Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model

Jaffna MP M.A. Sumanthiran. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), a prominent political party representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east, has said it would consider backing a presidential aspirant who agrees to its demand for a governance structure based on a federal model. The party’s position, which…

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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For “Forced” Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims

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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For “Forced” Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims

Traditionally, Muslims bury their dead facing Mecca. (Representational) Colombo: Sri Lanka’s government Tuesday formally apologised to the island’s Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. The cabinet issued an “apology regarding the compulsory cremation policy during the Covid-19 pandemic”, the government said…

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PhonePe Partners With LankaPay, Launches UPI In Sri Lanka

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PhonePe Partners With LankaPay, Launches UPI In Sri Lanka

PhonePe Group has also expanded into financial services, consumer tech businesses (Representational) Colombo: PhonePe on Wednesday announced a partnership with LankaPay to allow its users to pay using UPI across Sri Lanka. At an event to mark the collaboration, PhonePe said its app users travelling to Sri Lanka can make payments using UPI across LankaPay…

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Sri Lanka to hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16: Election Commission

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Sri Lanka to hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16: Election Commission

File picture of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka will hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16, the country’s top electoral body announced on Thursday. In a notice signed by its chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, the Election Commission said it will call for nominations to hold the Presidential election…

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