Tag: Governance

How years of ignored cybersecurity warnings caused Sri Lanka to misplace millions of dollars

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read Two major payment diversion incidents, the Treasury and Postal Department, point to systemic failures rather than isolated cyberattacks. Sri...

$2.5m gone and Treasury cyberattack reveals a state machinery in disarray

Big Story CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has found Sri Lanka's $2.5 million Treasury fraud stemmed from systemic governance...

Overcrowding, drugs and system failures fueled Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot

Big Story CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read: The Negombo Prison riot became one of Sri Lanka's deadliest prison disturbances in decades with 28 fatalities. Authorities are...

Energy minister under fire as NPP confronts first no-confidence motion over corruption charges

Explainers CIR Web Editor -
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government is confronting its first major test of political credibility,...