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Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- China says ready to support Sri Lanka to overcome Economic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China calls for joint efforts to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- China continuously encouraged IMF to support Sri Lanka – Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China welcomes Sri Lankan foreign minister’s remarks on ‘Chinese debt trap’ (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka calls for debt-restructuring proposals from dealer managers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government hoping to restructure $17 billion foreign debts along with local debts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka calls for debt-restructuring proposals from dealer managers (Category: Breaking News)
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was under water where the Baltimore bridge collapsed. Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search continues for the […]
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist’ attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Four officers shot dead, four wounded, in North Carolina home siege (Category: Breaking News)
At least five Sri Lankans have reportedly been killed so far while fighting in the Ukraine-Russia war, according to Al Jazeera. In the latest incident, Nipuna Silva, a Sri Lankan soldier who quit his army position to fight for Russia in Ukraine due to better pay, is believed to have been killed on the front line.The post Sri Lankan soldier Nipuna Silva among latest victims in Ukraine-Russia confli...
- Lankan mercenaries fighting on both sides of Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Indians recruiting Lanka’s ex-servicemen for Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to repatriate nationals trafficked into Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia accuses “powerful country”of double standards on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
There has been a delay in finalising the unit cost for the proposed 500 Mw wind power project initiated by India’s Adani Group. This is surprising and disturbing as there was a news item that the Cabinet had approved the payment of US dollar cents 14.6 per unit, nearly Rs. 50 in our local currency
- Only 50,000 out of 7 mn buildings have rooftop solar systems (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns raised over Adani Group’s engagement in wind power project (Category: Breaking News)
- Governor weighs changes to state's clean-energy law (Category: USA, Washington)
- President stresses on expediting renewable energy generation (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Government is going to amend the National Minimum Wage of Workers Act to increase the monthly basic salary and daily wage of workers.The post Sri Lanka Government proposes Rs. 5,000 increase in monthly basic salary appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Special announcement on public sector salary payments for January (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan doctors demand Rs. 90,000 basic salary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s government employees to protest demanding Rs. 20,000 salary hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Consumers Living In The Red (Category: Breaking News)
Millions of Americans’ online accounts have been caught up in a “sinister” Chinese hacking plot that targeted US officials, the justice department and FBI said on Monday. Seven Chinese nationals have been charged with enacting a widespread cyber-attack campaign. They are accused of ties to a hacking operation that ran for 14 years. The US […]
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin renews oath for fifth term with Russia under firm control (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Police say Sydney killer targeted women (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasizes the necessity of a new economic reform program for the country’s economic recovery.The post Sri Lanka President stresses vitality of new Economic reforms for country’s recovery appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News
- “My concern was the nation’s future” – President (Category: Breaking News)
- 2100 new Grama Niladhari officials appointed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
The ISIL (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that killed at least 60 people and injured more than 145. At least five camouflage-clad gunmen with automatic weapons burst into the packed concert hall in the city’s western suburbs on Friday night as the audience was gathering to […]
- Russia concert hall attack- Suspected gunmen arrested, death toll rises to 93 (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow attack, Russian news site says (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian authorities say at least 40 killed in Moscow concert hall shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Moscow massacre- Putin says gunmen tried to escape to Ukraine, death toll above 130 (Category: Breaking News)
Gunmen burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, killing 40 people and wounding more than 100, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS, citing the Federal Security Service (FSB). Russian news reports said the assailants also used explosives, causing
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian authorities say at least 60 killed in Moscow concert hall attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka condemns terrorist attack in Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Japanese envoy commends Sri Lanka s anti-corruption initiatives, assures support (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan will support Sri Lanka’s economic development efforts – Japanese Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan ready to support debt restructuring – Japanese Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
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- Paris Club proposing a 10-year moratorium on Sri Lanka’s debt – Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club to give Sri Lanka financing assurances amid IMF debt talks – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thanks India for giving assurances to IMF for USD 2.9 Billion bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bondholders ready for debt restructuring talks with authorities (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has reached a staff-level agreement with the Sri Lankan authorities on the second review under the economic reform program supported by a 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and concluded the 2024 Article IV Consultation discussions.The post IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka on second review appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka...
- Sri Lanka reaches IMF staff-level agreement on first review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement on first review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility arrangem... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement on Sri Lanka’s second review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF and Sri Lankan Authorities Reach Staff-Level Agreement on Economic Policies (Category: Breaking News)
Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Athula Galkatiya, remarked that the arrival of foreign tourists has risen owing to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s economic initiatives and the peaceful environment fostered within the country.The post Bandaranaike International Airport experiences significant increase in passenger traffic appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Bre...
- Sri Lanka installs Facial Recognition System at Airport to identify criminal suspects (Category: Breaking News)
- 41 deported illegal Sri Lankan immigrants arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 11 Sri Lankans who were stranded in Gaza Strip return Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka records nearly 720,000 tourist arrivals in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Global investors and Sri Lankan officials expect to start negotiations aimed at restructuring $12 billion in defaulted global bonds next week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to start restructuring talks with investors next week, Bloomberg News reports appeared
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Sri Lanka creditors seeking debt restructuring deal without China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka calls for debt-restructuring proposals from dealer managers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Expects Major Debt Restructuring Deals as IMF to Review Bailout (Category: Breaking News)
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- Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Prelude To The ‘Long March’ In Tamil Nadu (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
Global investors and Sri Lankan officials expect to start negotiations aimed at restructuring $12 billion in defaulted global bonds next week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. A steering committee, comprising of bondholders, will begin talks as they weigh a proposal from the government
- Refugee from Sri Lanka becomes Mayor in UK town (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews overlooked Chamari picked in The Hundred draft (Category: Breaking News)
- AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine citing low demand (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (March 19), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).The post Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated against U.S. Dollar on March 19, 2024 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciates further against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee further appreciates against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated against U.S. Dollar on April 26, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated against U.S. Dollar on April 27, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised as a wife to older men, sometimes even before they are born. The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as […]
- Women in Madagascar too ashamed to seek help giving birth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue- UN rights chief Türk (Category: Breaking News)
- Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans (Category: Breaking News)
- Leaders unequal - Women in South Asia (Category: Business)
A Deputy Controller and a former Deputy Controller of the Immigration and Emigration Department were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly issuing fake passports and aiding underworld criminals Nuresh Supun Dayaratne, alias 'Heenatiyana Mahesh,' and Shan Arosh Liyanage, alias 'Mathugama Shan,' in fleeing the country.The post CID arrests Immigration Officials for iss...
- Fake passports for underworld figures- Ex-Deputy Immigration Controller granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Deputy Controller of Immigration and ex-Dy Controller arrested for providing passports to underw... (Category: Breaking News)
- Magistrate: CID doesn’t need a warrant to arrest Diana (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect arrested for spreading fake news on social media (Category: Breaking News)
US prosecutors have widened their probe of India’s Adani Group to focus on whether the company may have engaged in bribery as well as the conduct of the company’s billionaire founder, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Investigators are digging into whether an Adani entity, or people linked to the company including Mr […]
- KFC assures probe over rotten chicken at Rajagiriya (Category: Breaking News)
- Pillayan ready to face international probe (Category: Breaking News)
- ITN to probe sexual harassment allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- Azad Moulana offers to testify in Easter attacks probe (Category: Breaking News)
The US Embassy in Sri Lanka noted the importance of discerning factual from fake news. The American Corner Jaffna, in collaboration with American Center Chennai, hosted a media literacy workshop for University of Jaffna students, connecting them virtually with students in Chennai. The workshop, led
- Students attend Sri Lanka’s Cabinet meeting for the first time (Category: Breaking News)
- Ogilvy Sri Lanka and Women in Need Unveil ‘Masterpiece of Abuse’ Art Installation for Internatio... (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka sign deal on Hybrid Renewable Energy system (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US official in Sri Lanka to discuss safeguarding information space (Category: Breaking News)
China has attacked a bill going through Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the US, accusing it of “unjustly” behaving like a “bandit”. The bill passed by the House of Representatives would give TikTok’s parent company six months to divest from the firm or face a ban on the app. It still faces […]
- US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide (Category: Breaking News)
- TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US. While the bill passed overwhelmingly in a bipartisan vote, it still […]
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
- China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
- Three suspected Chinese agents arrested in Germany (Category: Breaking News)
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should urge Sri Lanka’s government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardize the IMF’s program in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to the IMF that was released on Tuesday (March 12).The post Human Rights Watch urges IMF to oppose laws restricting freedom in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - ...
- IMF should oppose restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Civil Society Groups (Category: Breaking News)
- Abuses Undercut Proposed ‘Truth Commission’ – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF urged to oppose restrictions on freedom of expression in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about Anti Terrorism Bill, Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Should Oppose Restrictions On Freedom of Expression & Civil Society Groups: HRW appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reject New Counterterrorism Bill: Proposed Law Breaks Government Pledge To End Abuse – HRW (Category: Breaking News)
- Change Of Presidents Did Not Lead To Any Improvement In Human Rights: HRW (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says Sri Lanka failed to meet obligations linked to GSP+ scheme (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cracking down on dissent, threats of violence, intimidation: HRW (Category: Breaking News)
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- Defence Secretary orders IGP to launch special probe (Category: Breaking News)
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- Strike in Colombo Central Postal Exchange (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Postal Department workers to launch a fresh spate of agitations (Category: Breaking News)
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- President attends 2024 IORA Day celebration at Galle Face Green (Category: Breaking News)
- IORA Day 2024 celebrations get underway at Galle Face Green (Category: Breaking News)
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