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Twitter has told employees that the company's office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.The post Elon Musk: Twitter closes offices until next week appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk looking for someone ’’foolish’’ to take his job (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk says he has appointed new Twitter boss (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk to buy Twitter in $44 billion deal (Category: Breaking News)
By Chamathka Ratnayake The use of social media is proliferating at an unthinkable speed in an age where young people actively choose to learn and connect virtually over connecting physically. With the world now at their finger-tips, young people now choose to consume a variety of information through social media, so much so that a […]
- Thriving on TikTok: A soul laced with dance (Category: Breaking News)
- TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging (Category: Breaking News)
- #FamilyFirst: TikTok reinforces commitment to safety with its Family Pairing feature (Category: Breaking News)
- Unraveling the Threads of Success on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How We Came To This Pass – The Aragalaya Challenge appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass: A Quest For Scapegoats (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – Waiting On IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Anniversary Angst (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ‘Aragalaya’ – From The Spark To The Conflagration appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Government-Sponsored Terrorism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Taxing Without A Mandate (Category: Breaking News)
- JR Jayewardene And The 20 Amendment (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How Useful are VPNs in the Fight for Freedom of Speech? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Yoruba People & Culture (Category: Breaking News)
“The recent lockdowns and the increased isolation that it caused have led to an increase in mental health related issues. Hence, the need for a WhatsApp based solution is very much the need of the hour. The majority who reach out through the chat-line tend to be young Sri Lankans who are struggling to cope, […]
- Airtel enables NIMH Mental Health Helpline 1926 expansion to Whatsapp (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
The nation’s preferred telco among youth, Airtel Lanka in partnership with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), announced a major expansion of the 1926 Mental Health Helpline to now include a dedicated Whatsapp service. Anyone in need of mental health assistance can now reach NIMH’s Mental Health Helpline via WhatsApp on 075 555 1926. […]
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Department of Immigration and Emigration has ordered Kayleigh Fraser, a British national whose passport has been taken into custody after she posted on social media anti-government protests, for violating her visa conditions, to leave the country by 15 August. The Department has already cancelled her visa. Earlier this month Immigration and […]
- British national under probe for posting anti-govt protests on social media (Category: Breaking News)
- Immigration Emigration Dept. temporarily halts issuing of passports (Category: Breaking News)
- Immigration Emigration Dept. temporarily halts accepting applications for passports (Category: Breaking News)
- Special notice for those in urgent need of passports (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post New Director General CAASL’s Commission Was Once Withdrawn By CBK appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- New DG appointed to Civil Aviation Authority (Category: Breaking News)
- New DG appointed to Civil Aviation Authority (Category: Breaking News)
- Full Text Of The Leaked Report: War Criminals, Murderers And Fraudsters Exonerated By Nandasena’... (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass Graves: Lack Of Political Will & Culture Of Impunity In Sri Lanka Exposed (Category: Breaking News)
The Department of Immigration and Emigration is investigating whether Kayleigh Fraser, the British national, whose passport has been taken into custody after she posted on social media anti-government protests, violated her visa conditions.The Department said Fraser had been in Sri Lanka for medical reasons. She has been staying in Sri Lanka since 2019. During that […]
- British national to be deported (Category: Breaking News)
- Court rejects case filed by foreigner over passport (Category: Breaking News)
- Court rejects British woman’s attempt to halt being deported (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka immigration on the hunt for Scotswoman who documented protests (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A White Paper For A Draft Campaign Finance Regulation Bill/Act appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Bribing voters (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Election Year; The Perennial Challenge Of Cleaning The Stables For Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- System Changes Are Critical For Our General Election Process To Produce A Genuinely Democratic, ... (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Janus Moment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- July 9th 2022: ‘Ever Onward To Victory!’ (Category: Breaking News)
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A New Definition For Democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankans living in Australia are refraining from sending desperately-needed funds to struggling friends and family back home, fearing money will never end up in the hands of those in need because the government will steal it. Multiple members of the Sri Lankan community contacted by NCA NewsWire have lost trust in the government to […]
- Samantha Power urges Sri Lanka to take corrective measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest in Singapore against Rajapaksa draws audience of one (Category: Breaking News)
- WikiLeaks recalls Ranil asking Japan in 2007 to suspend funding (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia says 4 boats from Sri Lanka were intercepted in June (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sajith & Anura Should Dare Arrest; Take The Battle To Gota & Ranil appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anura & Sajith: Sri Lanka’s Tweedledum And Tweedledee Or Hero And Jester (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s International Crusade – Will It Come To Naught? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hamaduru Ethics Or Deontology? The Challenge Before Modern Sri Lankans appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Identity In Choice: The Problem Caste In Christianity (Category: Breaking News)
- My Jaffna Is No Longer My Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – III: Pivot To East appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and businessman Thirukumar Nadesan have been acquitted in the Malwana property case. Basil Rajapaksa was accused of misappropriating Government funds to purchase the land. He is reported to have constructed a mansion on the land, with a swimming pool and a functioning farm. However, the Gampaha High Court today acquitted […]
- Overseas travel ban on Basil temporarily lifted (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil Rajapaksa likely to step down as an MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil says he is not part of the Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil not disappointed on losing MP seat (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Parliament Of Monkeys appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Cabinet Of Patriotic Opportunists (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Ranil Rescue The Economy Or Rajapaksas? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- GR’s Gamble With RW (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Moment Of Truth For The Church Of Ceylon: Are We Better Than The Rajapaksas? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been facing a severe economic crisis since the beginning of 2021 and was trying to cushion the effect of the financial instability by seeking help from almost all friendly countries. Sri Lanka sought the intervention of the good offices of the political hierarchy of Bangladesh and Pakistan, apart from India, for much-needed […]
- China assures will not harm Sri Lanka’s interests (Category: Breaking News)
- China only observer in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring platform (Category: Breaking News)
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s attitude puzzles Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
China’s zero covid policy has resulted in the oppression of the masses and hit their manufacturing sector hard, as lockdowns tighten. With some 15,000 new covid cases reported on a daily basis, the Chinese Government has imposed lockdowns on its two major cities of Shanghai and Beijing. Both Shanghai and Beijing are two major production […]
- China at a crossroads: Confronting COVID limitations (Category: Breaking News)
- China reports first Covid deaths in six months (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid Zero takes a toll on Shanghaians’ mental health (Category: Breaking News)
- Canada joins list of countries imposing COVID rules on China arrivals (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Is Ranjan Ramanayake Disqualified? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scandalizing The Court: A Non-Existing Offence (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
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