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Visa charges for several categories including the issuance of dual citizenship and issuance of visas for children of Sri Lankan parents holding foreign passports have been raised with effect from December 01, 2022, the Department of Immigration & Emigration says.The post Sri Lanka increases visa charges for several categories from December 1 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking ...
In a bid to create even more value for its customers, Amana Takaful Insurance has joined hands with Sri Lanka’s No.1 Lifestyle Savings App, SLASH, to provide an exclusive 20% discount on yearly and monthly SLASH plans for its customers. SLASH is Sri Lanka’s first and leading lifestyle savings app that allows customers to access […]
Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia, a remote island in the British Indian Ocean Territory, or BIOT, are expected to be transported to Rwanda for medical treatment, the British foreign office told The New Humanitarian. More than 200 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, mostly ethnic Tamils claiming to have faced persecution by the […]
Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia, a remote island in the British Indian Ocean Territory, or BIOT, are expected to be transported to Rwanda for medical treatment, the British foreign office told The New Humanitarian.The post Britain to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA...
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, launched a campaign to reclaim the Oval Office on Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected his hand-picked candidates in several pivotal Senate races.The post Former President Donald Trump launches 2024 presidential campaign appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ON...
Senior lawyer S. A. Cader sayas that it was the responsibility of Parliament to enact legislation to enable the country to seek UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets.Cader, senior partner at Julius & Creasy emphasised the urgent need to address the issue at hand as part of the overall efforts meant to […]
GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said […]
Things had finally been looking up for 26-year-old Jinath. He had married his wife, Fatima, in July. It was a love match, and they had struggled for eight years to win the approval of their parents. Finally, after Jinath came to Korea, both families accepted the marriage, and they were expecting a child. Jinath died in […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s premier defence exposition, DefExpo 2022, in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. “This is the first defence expo where only Indian companies are participating and it features only Made-in-India equipment,” he declared. “From the land of Iron Man, Sardar Patel, we are setting an example of the capabilities of India before the world,” said the PM. […]
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A whole host of countries from West Asia to Europe were on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign travel list for 2022. He co-chaired with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz, the Plenary session of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) in May this year. Prime Minister Modi emphasized that India-Germany partnership […]
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war opened up an opportunity for China to expand its influence and lock down access to the country’s vast mineral deposits. It has not worked out that way. More than a year after US troops left, Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing, 19 million people are at risk […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that there is some kind of a political stability (?), post-Aragalaya protests, it may be time to revisit the immediate past and learn lessons for the future, wherever possible. The reasons are not far to seek, if one went by the conduct of political parties and their leaders in terms […]
India is considered one of the potential superpowers of the world. This possibility has been attributed to many indicators, mainly demographic trends and a rapidly growing economy and military. India became the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2015, with estimated GDP growth of approximately 5%. There is no stopping India which is celebrating eight […]
Wednesday 12th October, 2022 The resentful public is demanding elections, but the government is offering electoral reforms instead. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that unless political parties co-operate with the government to reform the electoral system, the people will be consulted thereon directly at a referendum. He seems to think the people are still with […]
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by Harischandra Gunaratna Former Sri Lanka Rugby captain Lanil Tennakoon in an interview with The Island said that he was compelled to ride his 650cc BSA motorcycle from Passara to Colombo and back covering nearly 450 km to attend national team practices. He said that he had to be at Longdon Place by 4.30 pm […]
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Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism in the first 08 months of 2022 has increased to USD 892.8 million or Rs. 246 billion, according to the Central Bank’s latest statistics.The post Sri Lanka’s Tourism earnings in first 8 months of 2022 nears USD 900 Million appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Cinnamon Life will transform Colombo as a leisure and entertainment destination for the region
By Krishantha Prasad Cooray In many ways, the economic collapse of Sri Lanka became a near certainty in the weeks after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected President. In hindsight, it is clear to all that his government’s number one priority was consolidating their power and punishing those it saw as its enemies. Their next priority was […]
We can make the Mannar Island like entertainment location like Macau island
[…]The post UNHRC Session 51: Acid Test For Sri Lanka For The Subsistence & Upholding Of Accountability & Justice appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
By Gwynne Dyer I never thought I’d be writing a column in defence of Donald Trump, but a journalist has to go where the evidence leads. Over the years I have written columns in defence of Daniel Ellsberg, Mordechai Vanunu, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, so how could I abandon Donald Trump in his time […]
"So when added to VAT it will become 20 or 22 percent."
Southbeach Weligama, Sri Lanka’s most exciting new freehold address on the picturesque Weligama coast completed its first phase of construction, the completion of the raft foundation, ahead of schedule despite working through a very challenging period. It also etched another milestone when in just eight months since its launch, nearly 50% of the apartments have […]
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