Sri Lanka News Explorer
Last 7 Days
Older News
- Older than 2023-Nov (125)
- 2023-Nov (3)
- 2023-Dec (3)
- 2024-Jan (2)
Narrow by Category
- Breaking News (123)
- Business (10)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Generational Shift To Face The Crisis In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Saying No To Authoritarian Governance appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Online Safety Bill & Anti-Terror Bill – Law Making To End Democracy & Fundamental Rights Of Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe, The Current Pohottuwa Government & The Way Forward – A Call From Citiz... (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolition Of The Executive Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 600 Articles Over 11 Years: What Did They Tell The Reading Public & Policymakers? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
- My View Completes 13 Years: Still Batting & Not-Out Yet (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Acute Macro Imbalances: Ignore It At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Acute Macro Imbalances: Ignore It At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
The National movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) said that it is gravely concerned about a number of actions taken by the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration in recent days.NMSJ chairman, former Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya said that it is their belief that the arrests of Joseph Stalin, the General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union, Palitha Atampola and […]
- Sajith says govt lying about there being no money to hold polls after having printed Rs 278 bn i... (Category: Breaking News)
- Chief Govt. Whip insists only Presidential poll will be held this year (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP plans protest in Colombo tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- The government printed Rs 278 billion between October and December 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe says if no alternative, the govt will have to go with the IMF programme
- Sri Lanka’s JVP gen secy makes dubious claim on IMF deal, says loan “pittance” (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka trying to reduce overall debt by $17 Billion, president says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sabry: SL will get second tranche of IMF loan soon (Category: Breaking News)
Norway is concerned about the food and nutrition crisis in Sri Lanka. The Norwegian Government is providing NOK 13 million (approx. Rs. 490 million) to the World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka to address food, nutrition and protection needs of the most vulnerable […]
- UN ramps up its urgent humanitarian appeal for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway decides to close Embassy in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN secures $101.5 million for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 56,000 children in Sri Lanka suffering from malnutrition (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
Calls for unity in a country torn apart by nationalism and monetary instability
- Selected imports to be restricted to balance payments for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president, PM, opposition leader support proposed UN-monitored reforms: Victor Ivan (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- PM warns Sri Lanka facing threat of hitting rock bottom (Category: Breaking News)
Selected imports will be restricted to balance payments for fuel, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. The President told Parliament that the immediate requirement before the country is fuel. “While appreciating the international assistance in addressing the fuel shortage, it in timely that we now initiate a system for such importation from our own export income […]
- Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe parliament address – full text (Category: Breaking News)
- NMSJ concerned about arrests (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka should kick off debt restructuring talks with its bilateral lender China, while the island state's government seeks a financing loan from the Washington-based fund.The post IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- China tells IMF willing to take constructive part in debt talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring: China expected to inform its support to IMF today (Category: Breaking News)
- China gives assurances to the IMF that it will support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- India ‘strongly supports’ Sri Lanka debt restructuring plan, it tells IMF (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka should kick off debt restructuring talks with its bilateral lender China, while the island state’s government seeks a financing loan from the Washington-based fund. “China is a big creditor, and Sri Lanka has to engage proactively with it on a debt restructuring,” Krishna Srinivasan, director of the […]
- Rights group seeks arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club to give Sri Lanka financing assurances (Category: Breaking News)
- Bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law within weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April (Category: Breaking News)
The government defaulted an interest payment of 78 million US dollar of a sovereign bond on May 19
- Cross Asian (Category: Business)
- S&P downgrades two Sri Lanka sovereign bonds to ‘D’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sovereign rating at SD but ISBs downgraded to ‘D’ by S&P (Category: Breaking News)
- Reserve Investment (Category: Business)
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says the predawn military raid at the Galle Face Green protest site on Friday (July 22) sends a “chilling message” to peaceful protesters.The post OHCHR urges Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to address impunity to bring genuine reforms appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Sri Lanka Latest News.
- OHCHR condemns #GalleFaceRaid, calls for President to bring in genuine reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- UN report urges progress on accountability, institutional and security sector reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- OHCHR says all Sri Lankans have right of freedom of expression (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
Gunawardena is the third prime minister of Sri Lanka since May 9 amid political crisis.
- SL must help toward peaceful settlement in the Maldives: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Prime Minister to present roadmap for Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- PM tells Parliament Sri Lanka has paid foreign debt for 2020 (Category: Breaking News)
- PM tells Parliament Sri Lanka has paid foreign debt for 2020 (Category: Breaking News)
He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Has Harin Fernando Lost His Credibility? (Category: Breaking News)
- Abeywardana fills vacant seat of Wickremesinghe after Sri Lanka president vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekara Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka’s (SDJ) article, ‘Why Ranil Wickremasinghe cannot be my President in The Island 18.07.2022, discusses elegantly the constitutional issues and the fact that ‘sovereignty is in the people and is unalienable’. SDJ goes on to exemplify why RW cannot be PM as well. The editorial of the […]
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolishing The Presidency – Two Cunning Foxes Plan The Unexpected! (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya At The Cross-Roads & In The Cross-Hairs (Category: Breaking News)
- Whoever wields power under 22-A, will Mahinda continue to ‘rule’? (Category: Breaking News)
Race between Ranil and Dullas
- Sri Lanka opposition move to express parliament’s dissatisfaction with president defeated (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party MP Ranjith Bandara appointed COPE chair (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian shipment of rice, milk powder, medicines worth 2bn arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s US$74 rice grant to reach Sri Lanka by end June (Category: Breaking News)
As the Sri Lankan political crisis continues to rage, China has not made any comments and this has made it evident that the ouster of the Rajapaksa family from power is set to have long-term implications for the Chinese, media reports said. In more than half a century for which the Rajapaksas held
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to discuss debt restructuring with China (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 MT of rice donated by China arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The turmoil in Sri Lanka is the latest warning to Chinese investors about political risk in emerging markets, analysts have warned. Chinese companies operating overseas need to prepare crisis management plans in case of social unrest and political turmoil in these developing countries, according to Chris Torrens, a partner at the consultancy Control Risks. “Sri Lanka is […]
- China’s dual-use surveillance ship in Sri Lankan port underscores distrust of Beijing’s tech adv... (Category: Breaking News)
- China could have most to lose as crises end globalisation era (Category: Breaking News)
- Apple supplier Foxconn’s iPad factory in southwest China halts production for six days amid powe... (Category: Breaking News)
- Alibaba, HSBC, AIA pace rout in Hong Kong on Taiwan tensions as China promises ‘firm and strong’... (Category: Breaking News)
The subject of Chinese involvement in Sri Lanka has been discussed several times and my letter in your issue of 12 March 2019 under the caption, ‘Is China Gaining Dominance Over Asian Region?’ showed how Sri Lanka had been trapped. China’s modus operandi is to fund unproductive projects unlike other funding agencies which do independent […]
- China pledges to help Sri Lanka overcome debt challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- PM Dinesh wraps China visit, assured of help for easing debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Chinese companies begin road extension work in Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- China to fund US$ 300 million worth road projects in southern Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The agreement comes amid speculations over Premadasa's withdrawal from July 20 presidential vote.
- Transparency International wants Sri Lanka’s presidential hopefuls to declare assets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka opposition move to express parliament’s dissatisfaction with president defeated (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa’s party is key to deciding Sri Lanka’s new president (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith withdraws from Sri Lanka President race (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (July 18) stated that the absence of a proper Easter Sunday investigation has meant that this issue has still not been fully resolved and he is requesting the assistance of the UK Government and their intelligence services.The post Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday attacks ...
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek UK Govt & Intel assistance, says Acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka to seek UK assistance to probe Easter Sunday attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to seek UK assistance to probe Easter Sunday attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Release All Volumes Of PCOI Report On Easter Attacks: Muslim Council Tells Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned of elements attempting to disrupt the peace. Issuing a special statement, Wickremesinghe said that these elements would be prohibited from disrupting the country’s progress. Wickremesinghe further stated that the peaceful protesters who had legitimate concerns would be engaged with by the Government and solutions would be found for them. […]
- Ranil appointed Acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- President decides not to extend State of Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Relief program to provide fuel, gas and food (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil leading talks to form all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
to Wickremesinghe, said that Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic and political crisis. Although people are sufferin...
- FUTA urges govt. to stop suppressing people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Accusing govt. of repression, FUTA pledges solidarity with protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA still awaiting date for meeting with President (Category: Breaking News)
- Decision to abolish UGC discussed at meeting between President, university teachers (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Morning Prayer Of Rajapaksas: Ranil Saranam Gachchāmi appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sovereignty Betrayed: The Ball Belongs To The State (Category: Breaking News)
- Going, Going, But Not Gone Yet: Why Delay Inevitability (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Did Faulty Constitution Bring Misery? – Undermining The State Is The Game (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is going through unprecedented economic, political crisis after policy failures
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH Primary Source: Mowers, Merrill say Trump’s influence not diminishing anytime soon (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
President Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to resign
- Monetary Reserves (Category: Business)
- On Track (Category: Business)
- IMF and WB not our enemy - Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF sees Lanka as role model - Dr Amunugama (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Latest Laughingstock In The Parliament: Holding Mohini’s Baby (Category: Breaking News)
- Going, Going, But Not Gone Yet: Why Delay Inevitability (Category: Breaking News)
- The Morning Prayer Of Rajapaksas: Ranil Saranam Gachchāmi (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim Or Military Government; Time To Free Us From Despotism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Online Safety Bill & Anti-Terror Bill – Law Making To End Democracy & Fundamental Rights Of Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe, The Current Pohottuwa Government & The Way Forward – A Call From Citiz... (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- Civil Society Calls on Government to Enable Burials of COVID-19 Dead (Category: Breaking News)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (133)
- Political crisis (133)
- Foreign exchange reserves (85)
- Shortage (25)
- Bank reserves (63)
- Fuel (52)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (129)
- Russia (6)
- Ukraine (12)
- Sri Lanka Tea (121)
- Tourism (20)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (121)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (122)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (123)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (122)
- Sri Lanka Elections (124)
- Teledrama (1)
- Hiru Tv (9)
- ITN News (125)
- Shakthi Tv (10)
- Rupavahini (2)
- Derana Dream Star (13)
- BBC (4)