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Miranda said long distance buses will be given around 125-150 litres of diesel at a time.
Friday 5th August 2022 Sri Lanka’s struggle to shore up its crumbling economy continues, and there are no signs of promised foreign assistance materialising anytime soon. The Cabinet has just retained the services of some foreign firms for external debt restructuring, which is one of the main conditions for the IMF bailout package. When the […]
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The secret vote on the new President as well as the Emergency sharply divided the SLFP. In spite of talks among members of its parliamentary group, the party, led by one-time President Maithripala Sirisena, has not been able to reach a consensus on a strategy to deal with the new President. Of the 14 SLFPers, […]
The passport of a foreigner who promoted the protest at Galle Face, has been seized. Immigration officers had visited the house where the British woman was staying and seized her passport. Kayleigh Fraser had posted a video on social media showing immigration officers inspecting her passport. In the video, immigration officers are heard saying they […]
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The 2022 Commonwealth Games kicked off on the 28th of July 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Plenty of excitement and exhilarating sporting thrills are expected as over 5,000 world-class athletes from 72 Commonwealth Nations are participating in 280+ events across 20 sports. Catch all of the games live on Dialog Television and on the Dialog […]
Newspapers, TV programmes and video presentations have been dealing with the terrible incident that occurred in the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and on the steps leading to it, at predawn on Friday 23 July. Cassandra feels compelled to present her opinion though it is one week from that day. Experts have dissected it and […]
British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]
India is maintaining an in depth watch throughout its southern neighbourhood following a report that a Chinese scientific analysis vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5‘ will enter Hambantota port on August 11 to allegedly conduct satellite tv for pc management and analysis monitoring within the Indian Ocean Region. What has raised eyebrows right here is the timing […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]
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By Rana Mitter Last week, the UN’s global population project announced a major shift in the way the world looks. Next year, India, not China, will be the world’s most populous country. Right now, China has 1.43 billion people to India’s 1.41 billion, but by mid-century there will be more than 1.6 billion Indians to […]
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warns electorate not to expect early general election By Shamindra Ferdinando Veteran politician DEW Gunasekera (22) said that there must have been a tacit understanding between the new Sri Lankan administration and the Western camp, regarding the deployment of the military and the police to remove Galle Face protesters in the early hours of yesterday. […]
He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.
Being a reader of your esteemed paper for at least 30 years or more, I have always admired your editorials. Firstly, for the erudite language and often the contents. Yet, I could not sometimes help the feeling, ‘what a waste of wonderful talent’. I was thinking, who amongst those you address in your editorials can […]
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, is concerned with the declaration of a State of Emergency by the Prime Minister’s office in Sri Lanka on 13 July and again by the Acting President on 18 July. The organisation urged the Sri Lankan authorities to refrain from using the State of Emergency to stifle dissent and respect […]
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By Jehan Perera Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been nominated by the SLPP general Secretary as the ruling party’s candidate for election to the Presidency to take place in Parliament on 20 July. There is controversy over this nomination as the SLPP Chairman and other party members have denied this. The controversy extends also to […]
Ayozat, a British music company founded by Sri Lankan-born Umesh Perera, is set to revolutionise the music industry by presenting the opportunity for music fans to earn royalties by part-owning iconic songs from today to yesteryear. Ayozat successfully secured the rights to 100,000 tracks, including a string of world-famous hits, in a GBP 38 million […]
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Rupavahini went off air for a time after two protestors were interviewed live on air and suspended programs, while Independent Television Network another state broadcaster is also displaying colour bars.The headquarters of the Sri Lanka Rupahavini Corporation (SLRC), the state-owned television network, was given heavy security from morning with autho...
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Some Sri Lankan EdTech products had the capacity to surveil children in ways that risked or infringed on their rights, Human Rights Watch found. Human Rights Watch raised concerns over the Nenasa app and e-Thaksalawa app used in Sri Lanka. The overwhelming majority of education technology (EdTech) products endorsed by 49 governments of the world’s […]
Basil prevented from leaving in the early hours: report