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A BBC news anchor who was accidentally captured giving the middle finger at the start of a programme has apologised for a “silly joke” meant for friends but not for a live broadcast. On Wednesday, Maryam Moshiri, one of BBC News’s chief presenters, was seen at the start of the BBC News
- Man arrested after touching Spanish reporter during live broadcast (Category: Breaking News)
- The President is Gone, Long Live the President! (Category: Breaking News)
- Live Casino Games That Will Make You Forget to Go to Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world first (Category: Breaking News)
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara told Parliament yesterday (December 07) that a total of 900 Electric Vehicle import licences have been issued to Sri Lankans who have sent remittances here through legal channels and US$ 100 million has been remitted by persons under this scheme.The post Expats remitted US$100 Million to get 900 Electric Vehicle import licences appeared fi...
- Foreign Remittance through Banks: First electric vehicle import permit handed over (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sets up hotlines for migrant workers looking to import electric vehicle (Category: Breaking News)
- Time period given to expats to import electric vehicles to be extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Program to allow Sri Lankan migrant workers to import electric vehicles launched (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese government has lashed out at the “smearing” of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after its only major Western partner pulled out of the infrastructure project. Italy was the first Group of Seven (G7) nation to take part in China’s ambitious global plan, but notified Bejing it would withdraw in 2024. Without addressing […]
- Blanket of snow covers Italy (Category: Technology)
- Winery (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Winery (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Winery (Category: USA, South Dakota)
[…]The post Will David Cameron Apply Magnitsky Sanctions On Sri Lanka After Promoting Investment For Its Controversial Port City Project? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- UK urged to impose sanctions on Shavendra Silva and Jagath Jayasuriya (Category: Breaking News)
- What’s In Store In Geneva For The Sri Lankan Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The officers of the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs have seized a massive shipment of narcotics including a stock of dangerous drugs and ‘Kush’ cannabis with an estimated value of Rs. 60 million at the premises of a private logistics company in Seeduwa this evening (December 07).The post Sri Lanka Customs seizes Drugs worth over Rs. 60 Million appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Late...
- Customs seizes ethanol and acetone (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seizes postal Meth (Category: Breaking News)
- NAVY SEIZES DRUGS WORTH RS. 60MN IN SEAS OFF GALLE (Category: Breaking News)
- NAVY SEIZES DRUGS WORTH RS. 60MN IN SEAS OFF GALLE (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lankan soldier Nipuna Silva among latest victims in Ukraine-Russia conflict – Report says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born soldier in Ukraine killed in Russian attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Recruitment of ex-military personnel of Sri Lanka prerogative of foreign governments – Justice M... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to repatriate nationals trafficked into Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Tamils Detained For Commemorating War Dead: 9 Held Under Abusive PTA appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Wickremesinghe Govt. Continues To Repress Freedoms Of Expression & Pursue Policies Against Minor... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: IMF / World Bank – Systemic Reforms Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Protesters Must Not Be Detained Under The Draconian Anti-Terror Law: Amnesty Internat... (Category: Breaking News)
Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) on Wednesday morning. Officers struck and killed the suspect, who remains unnamed, in a shootout. One other victim remains in a critical condition at a local hospital, police said in a statement. UNLV and […]
- Six people shot, one fatally, on first day of school in Iowa (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit World Jamboree (Category: Breaking News)
- Bystanders prevent attempt to burn down Dr Martin Luther King’s birth home (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 16 feared dead in mass shootings in US city of Lewiston, Maine (Category: Breaking News)
Danielle Wyatt served a timely reminder of her destructive abilities ahead of the second WPL auction, coming up over the weekend, with a match-winning 75 off just 47 balls to set up a 38 run victory for England at the Wankhede on Wednesday (December 6). Put in to bat, the visitors recovered remarkably well after […]
- Deepti Sharma’s 5/7 headlines spin-dominant day (Category: Breaking News)
- Deepti, Vastrakar complete rout of England (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa pip England in humdinger, set up final date with Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Gardner’s 8 strikes down England (Category: Breaking News)
The number of Dengue cases reported across Sri Lanka has increased to 78,322.The post Sri Lanka’s Dengue cases increased to 78,322 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka reports 80,222 dengue cases with 47 deaths (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 9,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka in May, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas prices increased (Category: Breaking News)
- High-risk dengue zones increase in Sri Lanka after heavy rainfall (Category: Breaking News)
Former Director of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) DIG Nalaka de Silva has been released in the case filed over the alleged plot to assassinate former President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2019.The post DIG Nalaka de Silva released from case over alleged VIP assassination plot appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking...
- Ex-DIG Nalaka de Silva released from case over alleged 2019 VIP assassination plot (Category: Breaking News)
- Nalaka Godahewa acquitted and released from fund misappropriation case (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘I was interdicted when plans were in place to arrest Zaharan’; Nalaka De Silva (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘I was interdicted when plans were in place to arrest Zaharan’; Nalaka De Silva (Category: Breaking News)
Spin ruled the roost on the opening day of the second Test as Bangladesh hit back after being bowled out for a paltry 172. Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam reduced New Zealand to 55/5 before bad light ended the day’s play. New Zealand attempted to attack against the new ball until spinners came into play. […]
- New Zealand equalise series after thrilling run-chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh edge closer to series lead after Taijul four-fer (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh edge ahead despite Williamson 104 (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhaka Test see-saws on curtailed Day 3 (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka Police awards Rs. 1.5 million to security officer killed in Expressway accident (Category: Breaking News)
- Drug addicts steal several electric cables and other parts of Golden Gate Kalyani bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Two former Sri Lankan police officers sentenced to death over custodial death (Category: Breaking News)
- Woman murdered near expressway- Suspect arrested at BIA trying to flee country (Category: Breaking News)
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- Netherlands returns six looted colonial-era artefacts to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Netherlands and Sri Lanka sign deal for return of stolen artefacts (Category: Breaking News)
- Six artefacts returned to Sri Lanka to be on public display (Category: Breaking News)
- Dutch museums will return art and artifacts that were looted from Sri Lanka and Indonesia (Category: Breaking News)
Sagala Ratnayaka, Senior Adviser to the President on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff, has directed the heads of relevant institutions to submit reports on the progress and future plans of the Beira Lake Development Project to the President by December 15.The post Sagala asks officials about progress of Beira Lake Development Project appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Br...
- Progress of Colombo City Beautification Plan and Beira Lake Development Project reviewed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sagala calls for reports on Beira Lake Development Project, Colombo City beautification plan (Category: Breaking News)
- School children create the longest painting in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to mark World Tourism Day with programmes around the Beira Lake (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka eyes US $ 1.3 Billion from multilateral funding agencies this year (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $200 Million to sustain economic stabilization efforts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Asian Development Bank vows more help for crisis-hit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank releases additional USD 250 million for Sri Lanka to sustain economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka issued its first-ever digitized national birth certificate with a barcode today (December 05).The post Sri Lanka issues its first digitized national birth certificate appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka issues its first digitized national birth certificate (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to Issue digital birth certificates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Registrar General’s Department issues special notice to public (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka launched program to issue National Identity Cards for those without Birth Certificates (Category: Breaking News)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, staking out a more influential role in the Middle East, will visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia today (06), and host Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow the following day. The talks will focus on bilateral relations and the Israel-Hamas war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Peskov […]
- Strong Ties (Category: Business)
- Putin opens Baltic gas pipeline (Category: Technology)
- Russia awaits ruling on Olympic ban for flag, anthem (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Putin denies involvement in poisoning of Kremlin foe Navalny (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Nimisha Priya, barely 19, left the southern Indian state of Kerala for Yemen in 2008 with big dreams. She had found work as a nurse in a government-run hospital in the capital Saan’a and told her mother, a poorly-paid domestic helper, that their days of hardships would be over soon. Fifteen years later, that dream […]
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- At least eight dead after major rioting and unrest in Papua New Guinea (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan jet crash: Passengers describe chaos inside flight 516 (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
Aid agencies are warning that Palestinian civilians are running out of places to flee to, after the Israeli military first ordered tens of thousands to evacuate part of the main city in the south ahead of an assault by tanks and troops. A map posted on social media on Monday told people in northern and […]
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen, US says (Category: Breaking News)
- Hungary’s parliament clears path for Sweden’s Nato membership (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
You know it’s a crisis when Germany’s Green vice chancellor cancels attending a climate summit. Robert Habeck, who’s also economy minister, was supposed to be at the COP28 summit this week in Dubai. Instead, he is in Berlin, wrangling with coalition partners over an emergency agreement for next year’s budget. The crisis exploded on 15 […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Thai MP jailed for posts insulting the monarchy (Category: Breaking News)
- Tour operators ordered to pay millions to White Island volcano victims (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Reconciliation Process Requires Fairness & Equal Treatment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Credibility gap grows to the detriment of national reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Continued Trust In Government Requires Equitable Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Continued Trust In Government Requires Equitable Governance (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has refuted the media reports claiming that an outrageous sum of money has been spent in 2022 for entertaining military heads, who periodically arrive on inspection visits to the Defence Services and Staff College (DSCSC).The post Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry refutes reports of ‘lavish spending’ for entertaining military heads appeared first on ONL...
- Defence Ministry refutes reports of lavish spending for entertaining military heads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry responds to rumours circulating on social media (Category: Breaking News)
- China donates military automobiles worth USD 6.2 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 16 Sri Lankan retired military personnel killed in Russia-Ukraine conflict (Category: Breaking News)
A double-decker bus has smashed into a tree in southern Thailand, killing at least 14 people and injuring 32 others, police have said. The long-distance coach was travelling from Bangkok to the country’s far south when it crashed at about 1am on Tuesday. The bus was transporting 46 passengers from the capital’s Southern Bus Terminal […]
- Bus strike called off (Category: Breaking News)
- Police say man struck by vehicle while waiting for bus dies a week after crash (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Police say man struck by vehicle while waiting for bus dies a week after crash (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Police say man struck by vehicle while waiting for bus dies a week after crash (Category: USA, Nebraska)
Canadian entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner have been found dead in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica under suspicious circumstances. The bodies of Langlois and Dominique Marchand were discovered on Friday, reportedly in a burnt-out vehicle. The couple had been missing for several days from an eco-resort they owned on the island. Daniel Langlois […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Namibia’s president Hage Geingob dies aged 82 (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says every passing day the Sri Lankan polity makes rapid advances towards a social revolution.The post Sri Lanka moving towards social revolution – Anura appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka moving towards social revolution: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD, Canadian envoy discuss Sri Lanka s socio-economic political situation (Category: Breaking News)
- Social Security Contribution Tax will increase Value Added Tax to 20% – Anura (Category: Breaking News)
- Living standard and education policy must go hand-in-hand Anura Kumara (Category: Breaking News)
investment to realise SDGs by 2030: IPS study appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News...
- Government and UNDP map out SDG investment for private sector to support recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- World Food Program Executive Board approves Sri Lanka’s Country Strategic Plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Current state of SDG advancement globally is unsatisfactory – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera Minorities for the most part live in some apprehension of the power of the majority. At their worst, majorities can inflict violence on minorities, such as in the form of riots. While minorities may resist, they tend to be at the receiving end. In democracies, minorities will invariably face the problem of […]
- Reconciliation Process Requires Fairness & Equal Treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Selective targeting not law’s purpose (Category: Breaking News)
- Constitutional Council: Still no finality (Category: Breaking News)
- Achieving national unity and reconciliation requires multi-partisan consultations and acceptance... (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Sports Harin Fernando has appointed a 15-member National Sports Council. The members of the new National Sports Council are as follows: Dr. Maiya Gunasekara – Chairman I.U. Wickramasuriya – Secretary Mrs. Sriyani Kulawansa Major General (Retired) Rajitha Ampemohotti Prof. Arjuna de Silva Panduka Keerthinada Ana G. G. Punchihewa Malik Kader Dr. S.V.D. Nanayakkara […]
- National Sports Council gets new members (Category: Breaking News)
- National Sports Policy introduced to Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- No Competitive Sports For U-13s (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to formulate National Sports Policy (Category: Breaking News)
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