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Sri Lanka's key inflation rate rose to 1.5% in October from 1.3% a month ago, the statistics department said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 25.2% in May (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Abolition Of The Executive Presidency appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- Seize The Election To Secure It: ‘A Democratic Revolution By Force’ (Category: Breaking News)
- New Mandates Before New Amendments (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT) from 15 percent to 18 percent effective from January 01, 2024.The post Sri Lanka to increase VAT to 18% appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka to remove 7.5% Port and Airport tax from Fuel & Gas but add 18% VAT (Category: Breaking News)
- Prices of all DCSL liquor products to be increased (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT has not been charged on consumer goods – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Mobile phone prices in Sri Lanka up by 35% from January 01? (Category: Breaking News)
The representatives from the international and regional multilateral organizations have convened for a roundtable discussion with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other Sri Lankan government officials in Colombo today (31).
[…]The post Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Merely Focussing On Hamas Attacks – Missing The Wood For The Trees! (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- If It Is Not ‘Genocide’ In Gaza, Then What Should We Call It? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of A ‘UN Day Of Palestinian Solidarity’ – In A World Carrying Its Past Guilt! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Late But Still Not Too Late appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reconciliation Does Not Come Through Institutions Alone But Through Sincerity (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconciliation Process Requires Fairness & Equal Treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- The Hardware & Software Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Achieving national unity and reconciliation requires multi-partisan consultations and acceptance... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VI appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VII (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part V (Category: Breaking News)
Percy Abeysekera, renowned cricket cheerleader, has passed away at the age of 87.The post Percy Abeysekera passes away appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka Cricket donates Rs. 5 million to Uncle Percy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s famous cricketing cheerleader Percy Abeysekera passes away (Category: Breaking News)
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, MP, has drawn the attention of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the humiliation caused by travel restrictions imposed on senior serving and retired military officers and two former Presidents by the US, Australia and Canada. In a letter dated 25 Oct., the former Public Security Minister has pointed out to the President […]
- War crimes court is flawed, but it is beginning to deliver (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group: Sri Lankan Tamil women exposed to sexual violence, trafficking after war (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Remains Defiant Against New Allegations of War Crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Groups Condemn Proposed Appointment of Alleged War Criminal Silva to U.N. Peacekeep... (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. Dayantha Laksiri Mendis “Multilateral treaties are the bones and sinews of global politic, making it possible for states to move from talk through compromise to solemn commitment.”– Professor Thomas M. Frank BACKGROUND The UN system is the catalyst for the creation of multilateral treaties. It is the greatest achievement of the UN system […]
- Lanka deposits instruments of ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO taken hostage by global corporate network (Category: Breaking News)
- Ontario’s Bill 104 and Canada’s obligations to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC adopts Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Lanka, etc. (Category: Breaking News)
by Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com Electricity consumers reeling from the massive increase in tariff in February (adjusted somewhat in July 2023) were naturally appalled by the request for a further increase by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). A public consultation was held on 18 October 2023 by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) […]
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB GM Eng. Rohan Seneviratne steers electricity sector toward sustainable and renewable future (Category: Breaking News)
- Everyone for himself or herself in electricity sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Correct method of pricing electricity and need to reduce costs (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- PAYE Tax; Will There Be A Mass Exodus? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Interplay Of Climate Change & Water Shortages In Sri Lanka’s Ecosystems appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Climate Change: A Red Flag For Environmental Security In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
- Impact Of Climate Change In Sri Lanka: National Security Challenges & Way Forward (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel – Most Condemned UN Member (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Is The Terrorist In The Israeli War On Gaza? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supports US War-Mongers Against Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe has assured that while the government will not take any decisions that would adversely affect the country s economy, the reforms currently being implemented, in compliance with the agreement under the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are ones that should have been in place decades ago.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is in the process of creating a Revenue Authority and the 2024 budget is likely to announce it to monitor the three key state income collecting bodies due to their poor performance, sources who are aware of the new move said. A Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical […]
- Revenue Authority being formed secretly (Category: Breaking News)
- Efficient tax administration critical to generating expected revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Revenue collection exceeds target for first quarter by more than Rs. 45 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- 105,000 registered limited liability companies but 82 percent of revenue comes from just 382 (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Legislators representing Sri Lanka’s Tamil community have questioned alleged police inaction on a Buddhist monk accused of inciting “racial hatred and violence”. Opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran writing to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Friday October 27 said Mangalaramaya Ampitiya Sumana Thero has threatened to cut Tamils ...
- Calls grow for apology after Peel Police Chief meets Deshabandu (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution might make police more politicised (Category: Breaking News)
- British MP calls for global arrest warrant against Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Ponnambalam raises breach of privilege over his arrest (Category: Breaking News)
The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has reached a decision to include 10 more sites in Sri Lanka in the World Heritage List.Director General of the Central Cultural Fund Prof. Gamini Ranasinghe said the proposals will be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The list of sites to be nominated includes Buddhist meditation monasteries of […]
- Island Lure (Category: Business)
- Sri Pada, Horton Plains and the Knuckles range are to be world heritage sites (Category: Breaking News)
- UNESCO assistance to safeguard heritage sites (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to propose Tamil cultural sites to UNESCO to name as World Heritage sites (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Addressing The Gender Gap In Unpaid Care Work appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Requirement/Demands Of Women On International Women’s Day (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- More Women In Politics For Better Politics (Category: Breaking News)
During the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday (October 27), Sri Lanka expressed its support to a resolution urging an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict, with the goal of achieving a cessation of hostilities.The post Sri Lanka supports United Nations resolution calling for humanitarian truce in Gaza appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories...
- United Nations votes overwhelmingly in favour of humanitarian truce in Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended by two days, says Qatar (Category: Breaking News)
Analysts have condemned the politicizing of China’s legal scientific activity in the Indian Ocean after some Indian media made sensational claims about an oceangoing geophysical research ship from China that docked at a port in Sri Lanka, adding that the claims merely serve India’s regional strategy. The oceangoing geophysical research ship Shiyan 6 reportedly docked […]
- Govt. finally allows Chinese ship visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign research vessels: Cabinet to discuss how to handle them (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 docks in Colombo amidst India s concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence - report (Category: Breaking News)
A 54-year-old man who headed a financial institution that had not been approved by the Central Bank was arrested on Thursday for defrauding 9.9 billion rupees.The name of the unauthorised financial company is Eyon Lanka Investment and Film Production International Company (Pvt.) Limited. The suspect was arrested by officers of the Financial and Commercial Crime […]
- Adelaide Zoo needs new cash cow (Category: South Australia)
- One maths formula and the financial crash (Category: Technology)
- Social Security Won't Lose Its Funding, But Future Retirees Still Have Cause for Concern (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Social Security Won't Lose Its Funding, But Future Retirees Still Have Cause for Concern (Category: USA, South Dakota)
A Chinese woman who had reportedly attempted to enter Sri Lanka illegally was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake last night (26 Oct.).
[…]The post Sri Lankan Tamils & Palestinians: International Justice In The Dark? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Gaza conflict: NPC asks int’l community to step in (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Lankan ambassador to Iran alleges Israel destroying two-state solution (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Home Grown Solution’ A Trojan Horse & Solidarity With Palestine Is A Gimmick (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 26th October, 2023 Some SLPP MPs are shedding copious tears for the public who are struggling to keep their heads above water. Prominent among them is former Minister Namal Rajapaksa, who is trying to absolve the SLPP of the blame for exponential increases in taxes and tariffs. Attributing the people’s economic woes to the […]
- Kiriella accuses IMF of double speak (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohitha Abeygunawardena elected chair of COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Why does IMF ignore government’s authoritarian behavior, asks Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Quorum quandary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has voiced his displeasure over the recent Cabinet reshuffle that took place, deeming it a mere ‘change of posts’, as opposed to an effective solution to the issues Sri Lanka is currently facing.The post Namal Rajapaksa slams Cabinet reshuffle, says President should understand coalition politics appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lank...
- Namal slams Cabinet reshuffle, says President should understand coalition politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa to form new alliance (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil likely to enter parliament during cabinet reshuffle – Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil likely to enter parliament during cabinet reshuffle – Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
In the first 22 days of October, Sri Lanka welcomed 77,763 tourists, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,094,019, according to provisional data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).The post Sri Lanka records over 77,000 tourist arrivals in first 22 days of October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka, the favoured tourist destination (Category: Breaking News)
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals in November first half top 27,000 (Category: Breaking News)
All-rounder Angelo Mathews has been approved as a replacement for fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.The post Angelo Mathews replaces Matheesha Pathirana in Sri Lanka squad appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- ANGELO MATHEWS BACK FOR SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Randiv replaces injured Mathews (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka geared up for Australia game - Mathews (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews ruled out for Asia Cup, Shaminda Eranga to replace (Category: Breaking News)
By Sirimantha Rathnasekera Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development, and General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress, Jeevan Thondaman during a meeting with the Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Gilbert F. Houngbo raised concerns pertaining to the Lankan migrant workers, ministry sources said. Minister Thondaman and his delegation embarked o...
- Minister Jeevan urges South Asian trade unions to embrace innovation and inclusivity (Category: Breaking News)
- CWC leader calls upon TUs to be innovative and inclusive (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt prepared to confront legal action from companies over estate workers wage hike - Jeevan (Category: Breaking News)
- CWC s 15-year relationship with Rajapaksas ends today Jeewan Thondaman (Category: Breaking News)
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