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By Hal Brands The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi Jinping’s China will soon be driven by plenty of both. In our new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, which this article is adapted from, we explain the cause of that desperation: a slowing economy and a […]
- How China Wants to Replace the U.S. Order (Category: Breaking News)
- Six things to know as Xi Jinping moves to be China’s dictator for life (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Buddhist diplomacy and Sri Lanka’s predicament (Category: Breaking News)
Industry experts say 70% of government construction projects are on hold now.
- New Zealand PM to step down next month (Category: Breaking News)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Despite being part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and enjoying growth in trade and investments, Bangladesh refuses to be China’s lackey. Recently, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to visit Dhaka in the first week of August, his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen categorically asked him […]
- Wage Rage (Category: Business)
- Bangladesh hopeful Sri Lanka will repay $ 200 million debt within timeframe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in trade discussions after 19 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese companies involved in tax evasion, fraud in Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
- Sri Aurobindo: Mystical Awareness Supplants Production (Category: Breaking News)
- Gandhian Ethics (Category: Breaking News)
- Of histories and identities -11th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhist Heritage And The Present (Category: Breaking News)
Huawei launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 in collaboration with ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). From August 19 to 27, the program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Phillipines across the Asia Pacific […]
- President Wickremesinghe visits Huawei Company in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President inked agreement with Huawei company for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Cabinet Trap & Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- Unholy Silence Of Holies (Category: Breaking News)
The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held on 27th July, 2022 via Zoom. The SLSBC was inaugurated in 1997 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the objective of promoting trade, investments, tourism and services between Sri […]
- “Sri Lanka has enormous growth potential”: Robyn Mudie (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Council holds first AGM (Category: Business)
- Cabinet nod for selecting consultants to sell Insurance Corporation, Litro, etc. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Australia – New Zealand Business Council holds 16th AGM (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published todayThe post Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Watch urges major creditors to help restructure Sri Lanka’s debts (Category: Breaking News)
- New resolution on Sri Lanka adopted at United Nations Human Rights Council with 20 votes in favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law within weeks – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published today outlining key human rights concerns. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president on July 21, 2022, after then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down after months of widespread protests against [...
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW accuses Sri Lanka of ignoring EU GSP+ requirements (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Election Year; The Perennial Challenge Of Cleaning The Stables For Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Human Rights In Geneva This September appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s In Store In Geneva For The Sri Lankan Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Are Economic Crimes None Of The UNHRC’s Business? (Category: Breaking News)
- A snake may lurk in the UN grass (Category: Breaking News)
- So Far, No Good (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Is The Fascist Now? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Not My President (Category: Breaking News)
- So Far, No Good (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (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)
Social Learning and Cooperation Go Deep
- Whales die in stranding (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Sri Lanka Navy launches a website for whale watching (Category: Breaking News)
- West Coast whale rescue (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Whale watchers’ paradise (Category: Business)
Thursday 21st July, 2022 President Ranil Wickremesinghe is in seventh heaven. Everybody wrote him off when he lost the last general election (2020), having contested two presidential elections unsuccessfully in 1999 and 2005, and baulked at running for President in 2010, 2015, and 2019. He became the Prime Minister in May and President in July. […]
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential race and horse-trading (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Withdrawal syndrome’ (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB asks Mahinda why he protects Ranil if SLPP plans to go it alone at next election (Category: Breaking News)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has renewed his call for early elections after a stunning by-election upset saw his party take control of a crucial provincial assembly. His PTI party won 15 of 20 seats up for grabs in Punjab, beating their arch-rivals the PML-N on their home ground. The result is a foretaste […]
- Pakistan’s shock televangelist dies at 50 (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan police open investigation into former PM (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The IMF Mad To Give Loans To A Murderous Government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Dawn At Galle Face: Which Tomorrow? (Category: Breaking News)
by Kumar David Thus, we may all “Chortle in our joy” on July 13 or 20 if everything goes as promised. The first step in the Sri Lankan Colour Revolution seems to have inched forward like a golden dream but I will remain on guard till both Gotabaya (GR) and Wickremesinghe (RW) have been seen […]
- Oh Frabjous Day! Calloo Callay! (Category: Breaking News)
- President to make fresh clarion call for all-party national government (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF working with a government without a mandate – Handunnetti (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition to boycott today’s meeting with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Oh Frabjous Day! Calloo Callay! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Oh Frabjous Day! Callooh Callay! (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya At The Cross-Roads & In The Cross-Hairs (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Cascading Collapse Unstoppable? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A SWOT Appraisal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Should The United States Care About Sri Lanka’s Predicament? (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Civilizational Twist To Indo-Lanka Relations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Open Letter Requesting Kumar Sangakkara To Assume The Leadership Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Murali explains (Category: Sports)
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali to retire (Category: Sports)
- Murali included for Aussie tour (Category: Sports)
Stax, the global management consultancy with a strong presence in Sri Lanka announced the launch of ‘Stax Academy’, the firm’s learning platform for up-skilling future business leaders to take-on the challenges of the global economy. Given Sri Lanka’s present economic climate, students and professionals are facing challenges to secure placements in foreign universities and bridge […]
- Stax Academy celebrates second class of graduands (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Stax Academy’ enabling graduates with global business exposure (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore says Gotabaya has not sought asylum (Category: Breaking News)
- Stax acquires boutique consulting firm in London to expand its global footprint (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Going, Going, But Not Gone Yet: Why Delay Inevitability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- The Morning Prayer Of Rajapaksas: Ranil Saranam Gachchāmi (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Latest Laughingstock In The Parliament: Holding Mohini’s Baby (Category: Breaking News)
- Going, Going, But Not Gone Yet: Why Delay Inevitability (Category: Breaking News)
- The Morning Prayer Of Rajapaksas: Ranil Saranam Gachchāmi (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim Or Military Government; Time To Free Us From Despotism (Category: Breaking News)
Under the exalted theme, ‘First Class Excellence,’ Sri Lanka’s leading Bancassurance provider Union Assurance honoured its top achievers at the Bancassurance Annual Awards 2021. The event, which was held on 21st May, 2022, celebrated the Company’s spectacular growth in the field. It was graced by the President of John Keells Group/ Non-executive Director of Union […]
- Union Assurance Champions Employee Engagement at the Bancassurance Super League 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance rewards top Bancassurance performers in Seylan Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance Enters into Strategic Bancassurance Partnership with Standard Chartered (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance Celebrates Spectacular Year with Commercial Bank Partnership (Category: Breaking News)
CreativeHub’s B2B sales platform Marketrix.io is paving the way for Sri Lankan export manufacturers to drive conversions by as much as 300% even in the midst of today’s challenging economic landscape. With Sri Lanka facing an unprecedented economic crisis, the need to boost the country’s export earnings is greater than ever. Although the grave economic […]
- WSO2, Sri Lanka’s Largest Software Company, Closes Yet Another Successful Year (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-New York policeman, 2 Chinese citizens found guilty of conspiracy in landmark US federal trial (Category: Breaking News)
- ASUS Republic of Gamers blaze a trail with all-new TUF Gaming laptops (Category: Breaking News)
- MAS named Official Clothing Partner for Sri Lanka Athletics Journey to the Olympics 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
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