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Sri Lanka Customs has taken custody of a stock of electronic items such as televisions, refrigerators and air conditioners which were illegally imported to the island.
144th Battle of the Blues Powered by Dialog With the de-restriction of COVID-19 safety protocols on public events, Sri Lanka’s longest-running cricket series played between Royal College, Colombo, and S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia will be battled out in its full glory for the 144th uninterrupted time for the prestigious Rt. Hon. D S Senanayake […]
- Yeti powers S. Thomas’ tennis for Big Match (Category: Breaking News)
- 72nd Battle of the Golds Powered by Dialog (Category: Breaking News)
- An underdog, a positive approach and the victory no one saw coming (Category: Breaking News)
- A captain’s knock that stands out (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Anura & Sajith: Sri Lanka’s Tweedledum And Tweedledee Or Hero And Jester appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Is AKD Of JVP Free Without Imprisonment? [This Is To Clear So Many Clouds Of Confusion] (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
Canadian-American actor Ryan Reynolds says Hikkaduwa is his favourite movie shooting location of all time.Answering a Q&A session of a London-based TV talk show on Saturday, Hollywood actor Reynolds spoke of his first movie “Ordinary Magic 1993” which was filmed in Sri Lanka. According to a video posted by social media user Aqeel Sirraj, the […]
- Jury deliberating on former state trooper's cause of death (Category: USA, Washington)
- Greens reveal Denison hope (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- 'This is a disaster': Iowa Public Health Association asks Reynolds for mask mandate (Category: USA, Iowa)
- 'This is a disaster': Iowa Public Health Association asks Reynolds for mask mandate (Category: USA, Nebraska)
Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana said on Friday that they would continue to reduce SLAF troop numbers while ensuring that national security is not compromised.Taking part in a TV talk show, Air Marshal Pathirana said that troop numbers have already been reduced to 30,000 from 35,000. “I don’t really think that the money […]
- TNA Wants Troop Reduction (Category: Breaking News)
- Security fears over troop flights (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Visor 'could stop troop injuries' (Category: Technology)
- Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq (Category: USA, New York)
Premier Li Keqiang told the head of the International Monetary Fund that China is open to participating in multilateral efforts to help heavily indebted nations “in a constructive manner,” China Central Television reported.The post China tells IMF willing to take constructive part in debt talks appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- China calls for joint efforts to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF board poised to approve $2.9 billion Sri Lanka bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
A Connoisseur of Journalism Several participants at a very popular night-time political chat programme on television recently talked about the history of Sri Lanka after gaining independence. They also chose to lament that the historical events in Sri Lanka are not even taught, let alone mentioned even and discussed in our schools. As a direct […]
- Evolution and disintegration of political parties (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope Francis implores Lankan leaders to listen to the cries of the people (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President is Behaving like gangster politician in Hindi film (Category: Breaking News)
- Is the report of the UNSG’s panel of experts a conspiracy and obstacle to reconciliation? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
- New Mandates Before New Amendments (Category: Breaking News)
- Change Flight From Stability With Stagnancy (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera Government supporters appear to be satisfied at the masterful manner by which they believe they have had the local government elections postponed. They deny there was to be an election to be postponed, at all! They find fault with the Election Commission for not having minutes of the meeting they had to […]
- JVP ready to bring Colombo under siege: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP: Ranil threatening stability of country by trying to put off polls (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP member arrested over foreign job scam (Category: Breaking News)
A retired Indian Ambassador (never posted to Sri Lanka) sent me these two quotations by Nehru. “My greatest challenge has been how to make a modern nation of a people steeped in religiosity” and at the tail end of his career he was asked, ‘What has been your greatest success?” He answered, “to have taught […]
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Fungus threatens to wipe out bat population (Category: USA, Washington)
[…]The post Taxing Times appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Still On The Rotten Bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Beyond 22 (Category: Breaking News)
- Selling Our Troubles In Bankrupt Times – Sri Lanka’s Anarchism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Election Or No Election, Ranil Is done; He’s Not Fit For Office appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anura & Sajith: Sri Lanka’s Tweedledum And Tweedledee Or Hero And Jester (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolishing The Presidency – Two Cunning Foxes Plan The Unexpected! (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s political ‘Trickonometry’ (Category: Breaking News)
Hopeless title since it connotes no hope. Thus Cassandra joins her front house neighbour’s refrain of a couple of months ago, when things were not so hopeless as now. He said, passing judgment on the government: “Why won’t they let me die in peace? I have worked all my life earning income for the government […]
- ‘Ethir: Legendary high jumper’ – a response (Category: Breaking News)
- Will President stop playing balls with crooks? (Category: Breaking News)
- Are we so bad? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena says he won’t leave country for good (Category: Breaking News)
By C. A. Chandraprema We now live in a digital world dominated by the social media, where information or disinformation coming through our mobile phones has more to do with forming public opinion than the plainly visible and palpable reality and well-established facts and data. Sri Lanka recently marked the 75th Anniversary of its Independence in […]
- Stop intimidating judiciary,end undermining democracy,hold elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Rulers have reduced SL to nation of beggars – Cardinal (Category: Breaking News)
- Rulers have reduced SL to nation of beggars – Cardinal (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
The Independent Television Network (ITN) has begun telecasting Sinhala-dubbed version of the Japanese television series ‘Mineko Bloom’. Follow the journey of Mineko, a 17-year-old girl from a rural village in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, as she travels to Tokyo in 1964, the year of the first Tokyo Olympics, to find her missing father. Along with two […]
- Let's do our Block (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- $869,000 splurge on education ads (Category: South Australia)
- Print queen turns to TV (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Channel 4 does it again! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Should A Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
- Exploring Interfaith Dialogue & Cooperation: Sri Lanka’s Religious Landscape (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says?: A Rejoinder (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Indian Expansionism’, JVP & AKD’s Indian Tour (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post I Was Nowhere Near Isaipriya: Major General Harrendra P Ranasinghe appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet (Category: Breaking News)
- GR Regime’s New Year Gift To Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
- GR Regime’s New Year Gift To Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
- GR Regime’s New Year Gift To Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka threw up a big surprise in the opening game of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup holding its nerve in the field in a frantic finish to beat host South Africa by three runs. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu hit 68 from 50 balls to set up a total of 129-4 after her team […]
- Sri Lanka captain quashes retirement speculation (Category: Breaking News)
- Athapaththu guides Sri Lanka to victory in Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Qualifier Final (Category: Breaking News)
- Chameera and Mathews to join Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad as reserves (Category: Breaking News)
The 2023 Sumathi Awards ceremony, the 27th edition of one of the most popular television awards shows in Sri Lanka, was held at the Water s Edge Hotel in Colombo today (Feb. 09).
- Business briefcase: New jobs, promotions, awards and news (Category: USA, Montana)
- Golden Globes 2021 livestream: Start time, nominations, how to watch - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Business briefcase: New jobs, promotions, awards and news (Category: USA, Montana)
- Business briefcase: New jobs, promotions, awards and news (Category: USA, Montana)
Reforms to be introduced to end ‘media abuses’ President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the government was not in a position to lower the taxes. Delivering his second government policy statement to inaugurate the Fourth session of the Ninth Parliament, the President said: “Some people say that the primary taxable income should be raised from […]
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez insists on IMF approved new tax regime, warns of dire consequences unless fully implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 9th February, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who presented his government’s policy statement in Parliament, yesterday, sounded like a seasoned insurance sales agent with glib phrases rolling off his experienced tongue; he sought to scare the public and infuse them with hope, at the same time, to sell his policies. The knee-jerk reaction of the […]
- Rs. 100 bn cannot be raised with PAYE hike – Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Wajira says new tax formula meant to consolidate economy (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil delivers govt s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals plans to exempt school essentials, medicines medical equipment from VAT (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Celebration Of Independence Day Could Have Been Done Differently appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Celebrates Independent Of The People (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. actions must be for people’s benefit (Category: Breaking News)
- Black July Fiasco Highlights No Trust In Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Dream Team For National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The government celebrated the 75th Anniversary of its independence from colonial rule under tight security. President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not even deliver a speech on the occasion. He had an excellent written speech, but chose not to deliver it for reasons not known. The speech was circulated later. The exclusion of the […]
- Celebration Of Independence Day Could Have Been Done Differently (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. insulates itself from the people (Category: Breaking News)
- The Absurdity Of ‘Independence’ & The Myth Of ‘Public Mandate’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
Award-winning startup ecosystem builder Hatch entered a strategic partnership with Draper Startup House, a global network of spaces connected to resources for entrepreneurs. Hatch shares a vision with Draper Startup House for Sri Lanka and has come onboard to support Hatch’s “Sri Lanka: From Troubled Nation to Startup Nation” initiative which seeks to change the […]
- Hatch in partnership with Draper Startup House open Colombo’s first Co-Living Space to drive col... (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch fund secures investment from Mountain Lion Ventures (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch Opens Applications for AccelerateHer 2.0: An Accelerator Program for Budding Female Entrep... (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch and Sarvodaya launch “GoviLab” AgriTech Accelerator as part of National Agriculture Transf... (Category: Breaking News)
A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.The post Major earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria – hundreds dead, many trapped appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines (Category: Breaking News)
- A quake strikes New Delhi (Category: Breaking News)
- 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes in Atlantic Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- US and UK launch fresh strikes on Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fragile State Policy & The Rise Of Muslim Extremism In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Deadly Symbols, Vibrant Electoral Politics and War Crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Muttonhead Zahran & The Theatrical Professor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala-Buddhism & The Nation State Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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