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President greets Japan’s FM

President greets Japan’s FM

Japanese Foreign Minister Yōko Kamikawa called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday. The Japanese Government’s intention to resume the Yen-denominated loans and the stalled Japanese investment…

Agreements with visa companies to continue despite controversy

Public Security Ministry says implementation from next week after technical faults are corrected The government will go ahead with the agreement it signed with GBS Technology…

New governance-linked bond could restart debt talks

A governance-linked bond has been proposed by the group of creditors as a way of overcoming the current impasse in debt structuring talks between the…

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Protests over new e-visa process

Protests over new e-visa process

Ms. Angeline Ondaatji, Bobby Jorden and Paddy Paul (left to right) representing Sri Lanka’s travel industry held a media conference on Friday to complain about…

VFS charges $25 while local company bid was for only $1

Controversy surrounds the newly introduced online visa system (e-Visa) which was awarded to VFS Global through a cabinet paper in December 2023. All foreigners arriving…

Tea estates become hotbed for election promises

The government has been involved in bringing out this new wage structure for estate workers following discussions held recently with estate sector trade unions without…

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Editorial

POCA: Crucial law in national interest

This week’s May Day rhetoric from numerous platforms was on the subject of corruption; who is responsible and how each will tackle the issue. There were thundering pledges to find the loot stashed abroad by corrupt politicians – and bring it home. If only it was such a walk in…


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