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[…]The post The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
Heart to Heart International has obtained all necessary government approvals for the third in-kind donation of urgent medical aid, worth an approximate of $7,270,756.31 USD ( LKR 2.7 billion), to the people of Sri Lanka, said the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC.The post USD 7.2 Million worth medicines from Heart to Heart International to Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Brea...
- U.S. sends Medicines and Medical Supplies worth over USD 12 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Heart to Heart Intl donates USD 6.9 Mn worth medical aid (Category: Breaking News)
- Heart to Heart International donates more medicines to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh Reinforces Relationship with Sri Lanka- 2.2 million USD Donation of Essential Medi... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Billions Of Dollars Of Tsunami Aid Disappeared appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President’s Peace Overture Ignores Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Ram Mandir At Babri Masjid Site: Death Of Secular Democracy & Rise Of Hindutva Fascism (Category: Breaking News)
A bus belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) running from Trincomalee to Mulativu has toppled in the Palai area, Ada Derana reporter said.
[…]The post The TGTE; Past, Present & Future appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sinhala Colonisation Of Ancient Tamil Hindu Sites & The Importance Of Muslim, Christian, Hindu U... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan wrestler Nethmi Ahinsa Poruthotage, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham was presented with a house in Wepalla, Kurunegala, by ÂManusath Derana, the CSR initiative of TV Derana.
[…]The post President, Politicians & The National Question appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Psychopathic Tendencies: Pet Dogs, Incompetency & Beds To The Foray (Category: Breaking News)
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Should We Beg IMF? – When More Than $36 Billion To Be Recovered (Category: Breaking News)
Institutions remain the most important factor for strengthening productivity and the investment climate in a country. Good governance, rule of law, and socio-political stability are crucial determinants of long-run economic growth. As famously described by Douglas North, “Institutions are the rules of the game in a society; more formally, they are the humanly devised constraints […]
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- President at Nikkei Forum: Asia needs a single voice at 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- International financial institutions and development in Asia (Category: Business)
Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera took over as the new Navy Commander today. President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, promoted Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed him as the 25th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy effective from 18th December 2022. Former Commander of […]
- Priyantha Perera appointed 25th Commander of Sri Lanka Navy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Navy promotes 1,877 personnel on its 73rd anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy Commander promoted to the rank of Admiral (Category: Breaking News)
- Rear Admiral Pujitha Vithana appointed Sri Lanka Coast Guard Director General (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will settle into life in Sydney after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman multiple times, a court has heard. The 31-year-old appeared in Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Friday after being charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He asked the court for permission to move […]
- Danushka launches second bail bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka returns to court as new details emerge (Category: Breaking News)
- Trial of rape-accused Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunathilaka appears in court via video link to face sex assault charges (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided not to stage mass protests like Sri Lanka to overthrow the Government. Thousands took to the streets and staged protests, some turning violent, forcing then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down. Khan has been hinting of similar protests in Pakistan to overthrow […]
- Imran Khan warns Pakistan heading towards Sri Lanka-like situation (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan makes not so thinly veiled attack on judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan warns of ‘Sri Lanka-like’ situation if elections not held (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan commends India’s foreign policy, plays EAM Jaishankar’s clip at Lahore rally (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, promoted Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne to the rank of Admiral effective from today (17th December 2022). He was appointed as the 24th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy on 15th July 2020, promoting to the 3-star […]
- Priyantha Perera appointed 25th Commander of Sri Lanka Navy (Category: Breaking News)
- Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera takes over as Navy Commander (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Navy chief discusses defence cooperation with Sri Lankan President, PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy bids farewell to Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Amend The Constitution: End Racism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How Did We Become A Lawless State? (Category: Breaking News)
- Social Democracy, The NPP’s Tasks & Global Extremism (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Recession & Its Impact On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Enact A New Constitution Now (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Transforming Northern Province Into Multibillion Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Light Railway System For Jaffna Peninsula (Category: Breaking News)
- Light Railway System For Jaffna Peninsula (Category: Breaking News)
- Light Railway System For Jaffna Peninsula (Category: Breaking News)
- Light Railway System For Jaffna Peninsula (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will settle into life in Sydney after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman multiple times, a court has heard.The post Australian court allows Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka to move house appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Danushka Gunathilaka granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka being moved to Sydney’s Silverwater Prison – report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka charged with alleged sexual assault of woman in Sydney (Category: Breaking News)
- Sexual assault case against cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka adjourned for evidence to be collated (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Missing The Missing For 33 Years Pro-Missing With Many Missings (Category: Breaking News)
- Ethnic Conflict: From Reconciliation To Reescalation (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidents Pledge On Grazing Land Is In Question? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Political Solution Before Next Independence Day appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Enlightened Leadership To Overcome Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- A Coalition Of Power To Stay In Power Is Not What Country Needs (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconciliation Also Needs Accountability To Be Viable (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The passage of the budget by a comfortable majority confirms that the government’s parliamentary majority is holding in the face of adverse circumstances. The ruling party has lost over twenty of its members who no longer follow the party line. But the rest of them appear to be staying together despite the […]
- Missing factor in roadmap to recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- 13 A: Political parties miss Ranil’s Feb. 04 deadline for submitting their proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- Never-ending APCs (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil and SLPP hold talks on presidential candidacy in upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Did Faulty Constitution Bring Misery? – Undermining The State Is The Game (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Gloom, LG Polls & Coalitions Of Clowns (Category: Breaking News)
Union Assurance, Sri Lankas trailblazing Life Insurer clinched multiple awards at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2022, held recently at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo. The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka conferred the honours in recognition of the Company’s steadfast commitment to upholding the highest standards of financial transparency, [R...
- CMA felicitates CPA Australia (Category: Business)
- CMA Sri Lanka presented Awards of Excellence in Business Management (Category: Business)
- CMA-SAFA focuses on sustainability and corporate responsibility (Category: Business)
- CMA Sri Lanka hosts SAFA Board meeting in Colombo (Category: Business)
Celebrating efforts made to uplift and empower women in the workplace, Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank HNB PLC was recognized as offering one of the nation’s best working cultures for women at the Second Edition of the Women Friendly Workplace Awards 2022 (WFWA). A joint initiative pioneered by Satyn Magazine and Chartered Institute of […]
- HNB launches Affinity Credit Cards packed with benefits for the members of Ladies’ College OGA (Category: Breaking News)
- Workplace harassment costing Sri Lankan businesses millions (Category: Breaking News)
- HNB together with Caritas initiates ‘Season of Giving’ to spread joy during the festive season (Category: Breaking News)
- HNB unveils the future of rapid customer onboarding in partnership with Lime by LinearSix (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Food Security Challenges Aligning With The Current Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- The Current System & Unlawful Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Ranil’s Budget Only A Dream Of A New Economic Order? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF – Eagerly Awaited – Desperation Grows! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget Woes; How Soon Will Titanic Touch The Bottom? (Category: Breaking News)
- RTI Commission Orders People’s Bank To Release Information (Category: Breaking News)
By D. L. Sirimanne I dreamt I was the Radio Officer on a KLM Super Constellation flight to Colombo with a Dutch crew. Flight Information sent us a ‘red alert’ that Colombo Airport was closed and to divert the flight to Jaffna. I immediately informed the Captain and he accordingly altered heading to Jaffna. I […]
- Abolition Of The Provincial Councils System: Reply To Milinda Moragoda’s Utterance (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: China to build airport in Poonakari to balance Indias Palaali (Category: Breaking News)
- Shake away the old, accept the new (Category: Breaking News)
- Wigneswaran considers himself best Tamil candidate to run for President (Category: Breaking News)
Sandya Ekneligoda, a human rights activist and wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda has made it to BBC’s 100 women of 2022.The post Human rights activist Sandya Eknaligoda named among world’s 100 top influential women 2022 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lankan activist Sandya Ekneligoda makes it to BBC 100 Women 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Letter To UN-CAT Over Mohan Peiris Claim (Category: Breaking News)
- Shining Light on Sri Lanka’s Dirty Secret: the Disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez has been accused of going back on her statement on cosmetic surgery made at the Miss Sri Lanka pageant back in 2006. The Indian media reported that Fernandez, who has lately been in the news over a money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekar, is now being trolled for her old statement […]
- Sri Lankan born Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez served notice by Delhi Police (Category: Breaking News)
- Jacqueline Fernandez named an accused in money laundering case (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born star Jacqueline Fernandez appears before investigators (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born star Jacqueline Fernandez granted interim bail (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Narendra Fernando, Sergeant-at-Arms of the crisis-ridden Parliament, has declared that the largest number of students, in the post-independence era, visited the House on Thursday (Dec. 01). Director, Legislative Services, Janakantha Silva, who is also the Acting Director of Communication, quoted Fernando as having said that approximately 5,000 students, from 32 schools, rec...
- MPs demand stern legal action against ex-Chairman, DG on compulsory leave (Category: Breaking News)
- DG Archaeology resigns over discord with govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- Wildlife DG Advocates Bio-Piracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka appoints new DG to head the country’s Petroleum Exploration Secretariat (Category: Breaking News)
CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca Five-Star Hotels in Colombo In 1986, there were only five five-star internationally branded hotels in Sri Lanka (InterContinental, Oberoi, Taj, Ramada Renaissance and Le Meridien). A Hilton Interna...
- Mastering Showbiz… Music, Food & Fashion In Oman (Category: Breaking News)
- Kumara helps Sri Lanka wrap up second Test before lunch (Category: Breaking News)
- CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY (Category: Breaking News)
- Business lunch amidst a stunning panorama (Category: Business)
By R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN Member of Parliament Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, who has kept together a diverse coalition of Tamil political parties under the umbrella of the Tamil National Alliance since 2001, has witnessed many phases of the struggle since Sri Lanka became an independent country in 1948. Now 89 and largely confined to his official residence in […]
- Stop intimidating judiciary,end undermining democracy,hold elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka government to provide a home-grown solution for ethnic issue as required by the country (Category: Breaking News)
- PRESIDENT’S NEED TO BUILD TRUST AT ALL LEVELS TO GET REFORMS THROUGH (Category: Breaking News)
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