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A Sri Lankan was among foreign students assaulted at the Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad for offering namaz in the facility’s building. The Press Trust if India reported that students hailing from different foreign countries were assaulted allegedly by a group of persons in the Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad. Two students – one from […]
Another 21 Indian fishermen were arrested in Sri Lankan waters, taking the number of Indians arrested for poaching in Sri Lanka to 146 in 2024. The Sri Lanka Navy said it conducted a special operation to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters in the late hours of Saturday. The operation led to […]
By Meera Sirinivasan Sri Lanka has received a stock of bomb squad equipment through a grant from the Chinese military, the Sri Lankan army has said. The Chinese Ambassador in Colombo Qi Zhenhong handed over the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) equipment to the Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence General Kamal Gunaratne (Rtd) in a ceremony held […]
ECONOMYNEXT –State-run Ceylon Electricity Board is losing qualified engineers at an alarming rate, after a currency collapse and new progressive taxes slapped on the debased salary, and they are not coming back, union officials said. Ceylon Electricity Board has a cadre of around 1,000 engineers but they have been usually managing with lower levels of […]
As many as 158 illegal immigrants including Sri Lankans were detained in Malaysia for residing there without valid visas or permits and overstaying their allowed duration, foreign media reported.
US prosecutors have widened their probe of India’s Adani Group to focus on whether the company may have engaged in bribery as well as the conduct of the company’s billionaire founder, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Investigators are digging into whether an Adani entity, or people linked to the company including Mr […]
CreatorX, organized by Digital Turtles and supported by the United States Embassy in Sri Lanka, brought together creators from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and regions for a day of workshops, discussions, and networking. With an emphasis on fostering collaboration and cross-cultural understanding, CreatorX offered a dynamic platform for creators from all walks of life to connect, […]
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The US Embassy in Sri Lanka noted the importance of discerning factual from fake news. The American Corner Jaffna, in collaboration with American Center Chennai, hosted a media literacy workshop for University of Jaffna students, connecting them virtually with students in Chennai. The workshop, led by media educator and YourStory Tamil editor Induja Raghunathan, equipped […]
By Saman Indrajith The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not at all satisfied with the furtive manner in which the government is conducting discussions with Sri Lanka’s commercial creditors to restructure 12 billion dollars of debt, SJB MP and Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), Dr. Harsha de Silva said. The SJB MP […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Association of Public Service Engineers (APSE) revealed that government departments, ministries, and local government bodies currently have only 1,000 engineers in their employ. This number represents only 66 percent of the approved cadre, according to Eng. L.S. Sooriyabandara. Eng. Sooriyabandara, a representative of the Association of Public Service Engineers (APSE), no...
Standard Chartered Bank’s Global Research team conducted its 2024 H1 Global Research Briefing (GRB) in Sri Lanka recently, themed ‘A soft landing, with risks’. The event took place on 4 March at the Galle Face Hotel Colombo and was attended by corporate, commercial and institutional banking clients of the Bank. It provided a valuable platform […]
The Sri Lanka Navy arrested 15 Indian fishermen who were poaching in the country’s territorial waters in the early hours of yesterday (15), the Navy said in a statement. The Navy also apprehended the trawler used by the Indian poachers, the statement said.The arrests were made during a special operation to chase away Indian poaching […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry has requested assistance from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara to facilitate the early repatriation of rescued Sri Lankan nationals currently in the Myawaddy area in Myanmar.
Foreign Affairs Minister M U M Ali Sabry spoke with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, over the phone to request assistance to facilitate the early repatriation of rescued Sri Lankan nationals currently in the Myawaddy area in Myanmar. The Thai Foreign Minister agreed to facilitate the repatriation of […]
The Mannar Wind Energy Controversy Ifham Nizam of The Island interviews Conservationist Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda The government must have an open and transparent bidding process, says foremost Biodiversity Expert cum Electrical Engineer Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda.Speaking to The Island about the proposed wind power project in Mannar by Adani Wind Energy (Sri Lanka) Limited, he stressed: […]
Friday 15th March, 2024 The JVP turned down President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s invitation to a meeting with the IMF, but some of its senior members met a visiting IMF delegation yesterday in Colombo perhaps as part of its strategy to gain political mileage. Whoever would have thought, a decade or so ago, that the JVP leaders […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan environmental groups are intensifying their campaign against the proposed Adani wind farm in Mannar. They have accused the Sri Lankan political parties of having ignored the the disastrous environmental, social and economic implications of the Adani wind farm to be established in Mannar. Prominent among the senior environmentalists and scientists […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare Saliya Wickramasuriya-Member of Colombo Port City Economic Commission said in Colombo on Wednesday that the new Port City Commission to be appointed at the end of the tenure of the current one would only have a few boxes to tick, in getting its work completed as a fully-fledged functional body going forward. […]
The late Ray Forbes encompassed within himself administrative excellence and profound humanity. On account of these rare qualities he endeared himself to the staff and students of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Colombo, for well over a decade. The above sentiments were expressed with regard to the former Director of the BCIS, Ray […]
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Sri Lanka: Repression of Civic Space Threatens Financial Reform The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should urge Sri Lanka’s government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardize the IMF’s programme in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the IMF that was released on Tuesday (12). The proposed […]
State Minister of Fisheries, Piyal Nishantha de Silva, at a press briefing held at the Presidential Media Centre on Wednesday (13) announced plans to introduce the installation of cooling plants on all multi-day fishing trawlers operating in Sri Lanka. The initiative is being taken with the aim of reducing post harvest wastage which is between […]
India has agreed to extend all possible technical assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka in the areas of solar, wind, biomass and grid connection, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said. The first meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Renewable Energy constituted under the MoU on Cooperation in the field of […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should urge Sri Lanka’s government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardize the IMF’s program in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to the IMF that was released on Tuesday (March 12).The post Human Rights Watch urges IMF to oppose laws restricting freedom in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should urge Sri Lanka’s government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardize the IMF’s program in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the IMF that was released, Wednesday. The proposed Non-Governmental Organizations (Registration and Supervision) Act is among several recent and […]
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