SLAAQP Unveils NCQP 2025: Sri Lanka’s Premier Platform for Quality and Productivity Excellence

Rashika Hennayake , 17 May LNW : The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP) has announced the highly anticipated National Convention on Quality and Productivity (NCQP) 2025 during a media conference held at BMICH, …

Sri Lanka’s suspended police chief to appear before probe panel on Monday

ECONOMYNEXT – Major gig worker companies violate fundamental worker rights, often claiming to offer “flexibility” while paying less than the local minimum wage, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week. “Digital labor platforms have created a …

Clearing the Path for Peace: India’s Quiet Role in Humanitarian Demining Efforts in Sri Lanka

Editor’s Note Demining is a dangerously mean task that has disproportionate dividends at the end of the day. It provides security to the area’s inhabitants and opens up the arteries of livelihood. In Sri Lanka, we did such a task, the narrative of which …

Sri Lanka looks to deepen ties with China in energy: minister

COLOMBO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody has reaffirmed the nation's commitment to expanding its energy partnership with China, describing China as a "close friend" and outlining ambitious plans for …

Sri Lanka financial VAT surges as taxes overshadow retained profits in banks

ECONOMYNEXT – Ceylon Grain Elevators, Sri Lanka’s largest feed-milling poultry group said it coordinated a bulk maize vessel to reduce the cost of imported inputs, which are taxed at high levels by the government. “Successfully coordinated a bulk maize …

Ancient Buddha sculptures, Sinhala comic books exhibited by Indian mission in Sri Lanka on Vesak

COLOMBO, May 17: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka organised a special exhibition at a Colombo temple on Vesak featuring ancient Buddha sculptures and Sinhala translations of comic books describing Jataka Tales. The initiative reaffirms the deep- …

Foreigners dump $4.6 million worth Sri Lanka rupee bonds last week

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s collection of financial VAT charged mainly on banks have surged over 400 percent to 40.4 billion rupees in the first quarter of 2025 from 9.3 billion rupees last year, a Finance Ministry Report shows. Financial VAT is an unusual …

Indian mission in Sri Lanka organises exhibition on Buddhist Sculptural Heritage

Colombo, May 17: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, along with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre and Bihar Museum, organised 'Dhamma Rupa' exhibition as part of the Buddha Rashmi Vesak Festival at Seemamalakaya, Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo. …

Sri Lanka’s fake-left FSP claims to be socialist while promoting pro-capitalist policies

Speaking on May Day, Kumar Gunaratnam, the general secretary of the fake-left Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) in Sri Lanka, declared that his party was “fighting for socialism.” But the theme of the meeting—“Build a power outside [parliament], against the …

Sri Lanka's garment exports up 12% to $1,283 mn in...