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Given its enduring topicality, ‘terrorism’ unfailingly surfaces in international forums focusing on law-and-order questions in particular. For example, Sri Lanka is on record as calling for ‘greater political will’ in managing ‘terrorist financing’ at the recently conducted third ‘No Money for Terror’ international ministerial conference held in New Delhi. Reports said that Sri Lanka’s High [̷...
The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit has been invited to investigate match fixing claims during Pakistan’s tour to Sri Lanka. The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket decided today (November 23) to invite Alex Marshall, the General Manager of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit, to Sri Lanka to investigate recent allegations of “match fixing” made by a parliamentarian […]
Sri Lanka is hopeful that China will step up to provide it with debt restructuring assurances, along with India so that the island nation can go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to resolve the matter and get back the path for economic recovery, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry says.
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Nomura Holdings Inc, Japan's top brokerage and investment bank, has warned that seven countries – Egypt, Romania, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Czech Republic, Pakistan and Hungary – are now at a high risk of currency crises.The post Nomura warns seven emerging economies including Sri Lanka face currency crisis danger appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Nimsara Nadija Seneviratne and Chamika Pasan Kalhara Nandasiri of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, became the international champions at the Indo-Pacific Quiz Competition 2022 organised by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi, Kerala with support from the U.S. Mission in India.
Sri Lanka's central bank is expected to keep rates steady as inflation shows signs of easing and as authorities focus on discussions to secure a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout to stabilise its crisis-hit economy.The post Sri Lanka to hold rates as inflation slows slightly, focus on IMF bailout appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA Ne...
By Ramesh Khan At the beginning of the year 2022, none in Sri Lanka would have thought that the end of the pandemic would not signal the end of misery. Instead, it signaled the advent of misery in forms that had been unknown to the Sri Lankans until now. A country filled with tourist spots, […]
The second reading of the 2023 budget was passed in Parliament today by a majority of just 37 votes. The second reading of the 2023 budget got 121 votes for and 84 against it. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party voted against the budget. The third reading and vote on […]
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of raping a Sydney woman he met on a dating app has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail.The post Sri Lankan Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka charged with rape seen for first time since leaving custody on bail appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Sri Lanka briefed the European Parliament on discussions to establish a suitable Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) model. A multi-party delegation from the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia in the European Parliament (DSAS) conducted a productive virtual dialogue, the Foreign Ministry said today. The respective […]
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, accused of raping a Sydney woman he met on a dating app, has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail. Danushka Gunathilaka was granted bail on Thursday in his second bid for freedom, which was backed by a $150,000 surety provided by a “friend of a […]
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Sri Lanka has proposed to set up a group of Eminent Persons with a view to helping galvanize greater political will and to create further international awareness among states on the importance of combating terrorist financing. The proposal was made at the 3rd No Money For Terror (NMFT) Ministerial Conference held in New Delhi. Sri […]
By Jehan Perera The Tamil polity has responded with a degree of skepticism to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s declaration that he will talk to Tamil leaders and find a solution within the course of the next year which is also Sri Lanka’s 75th anniversary of independence. They are aware that the promises made by successive governments […]
By Norman Palihawadane The CID took into custody a woman wanted in connection with the human trafficking ring involved in the alleged sex slavery racket of Sri Lankan women in Oman. Police headquarters sources said that the CID had issued summons to the woman as part of the ongoing investigations into the human trafficking ring. Police said […]
Sri Lanka has proposed to set up a group of Eminent Persons with a view to helping galvanize greater political will and to create further international awareness among states on the importance of combating terrorist financing.
The Overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on a Year-On-Year basis was 70.6% in October 2022, compared to 73.7% in September 2022.The post Sri Lanka’s inflation slows down to 70.6% in October 2022 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The opposition today questioned the Government on the decision to give former MP Basil Rajapaksa VIP treatment on his return to the country yesterday. Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka from the US yesterday and was accorded VIP treatment at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). A number of Ministers and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs […]
The Directorate and the Management of Gateway College hosted leaders of the corporate sector and heads of a few leading schools in the country, to an evening of celebrations at GUILDHALL, Colombo, on the 15th of November. To mark the 25th Anniversary, Gateway College has published a coffee table book with a unique concept. The […]
Sri Lanka is in talks with the United Nations Development Programme and other agencies for a debt-for-nature swap programme, as the South Asian island faces its worst economic crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka looks at debt relief through nature conservation – report appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By N Sathiya Moorthy At a time when India, Sri Lanka and Maldives are fighting international drug menace jointly and severally, comes President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget that has proposed legalising cannabis cultivation. The idea is to help boost farm-produce (?) exports and forex reserves, which are at the lowest level since the economic crisis hit […]
The MN Group of Companies won the Brand of the Year award, under the small and medium category, at the Lanka Business Awards, organized by Business World International Organization (BWIO), held at the Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo. Managing Director of MN Group of Companies, Manoj Roshan, accepted the award on behalf of the organization. MN […]
By Saman Indrajith Dissident SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma, taking part in the ongoing Budget debate in Parliament on Saturday, demanded to know whether Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service was engaged in the flesh trade; some Sri Lankan embassy officials were allegedly involved in a racket where female job seekers were forced into prostitution overseas, he said. […]
KANGAR, Perlis –Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad lost his seat in Parliament after residents of Langkawi on Saturday voted to put Perikatan Nasional (PN) in control of the island constituency.It is the 97-year-old’s first defeat in Malaysia’s parliamentary elections since he lost in 1969. The Langkawi seat was won by Datuk Suhaimi Abdullah from PN, […]
(Al Jazeera) Countries at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt have adopted a final agreement that establishes a fund to help poor nations cope with the extreme weather events caused by global warming. Following tense negotiations that ran through the night, the summit’s Egyptian presidency released a draft text of the overall agreement […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought the machinery as scrap iron the buyer had re-installed the machinery and today Sri Lanka […]
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People’s Bank recently entered into an agreement with the National Investment Industrial Bank in Russia to facilitate anovel remittance mechanism that enables efficient and convenient fund transfers from Russia to accounts in Sri Lanka. According to this arrangement, beneficiaries in Sri Lanka, especiallyservice providers, exporters etc. will be able to receive fundsquickly and cost effectively. [...
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a 45-year old local agent (broker) of the main suspect involved in human trafficking to Dubai and Oman.The post Human trafficking to Oman: CID arrests local agent of main suspect appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.