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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 […]
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese “spy ship” leaves Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Prime Minister Modi has given us a breath of life: Ranil says addressing Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
ÂOpaque loans for Âheadline-grabbing infrastructure projects, were among the factors behind the current crisis that has engulfed Sri Lanka, said Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Wednesday.
A 30-year-old has been killed in a shooting inside a residence at Silva Mawatha in Ratmalana last night (July 27). According to the police, two unidentified men, who entered the victim s home, had opened fire at him.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina conveyed her congratulatory wishes to newly-elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and expressed her conviction for strengthening the ties between the two nations.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at most parts of the Island during the evening or night, says the Department of Meteorology.
Net finance income up, inflation boosts revenue
- Khazanah invests in Sri Lanka's largest listed firm (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Stock Exchange makes gains on Thursday (Category: Breaking News)
- Development as the key to stability (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bourse performs Asia's best in 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
SJB, TNA votes against
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Turkey organized the second leg of the Sri Lankan Batiks promotional event with the assistance of the Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka to Antalya Ali Kamburoglu on 20 July 2022.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Navy seized about 470 g of gold and a conch shell (Valampuri) attempted to be smuggled from the country, during a special operation carried out in seas off Kurusapadu in Pesalai,
NTPC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy for cooperation in the renewable energy sector, the Ministry of Power said on Wednesday. The agreement was signed during the 17th CII EXIM conclave on India-Africa growth partnership held in New Delhi from 9th-20th July 2022. The conclave witnessed huge participation […]
- India’s renewable energy capacity at 114 GW till June-end (Category: Breaking News)
- Gautam Adani reviews status of investments in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Body found washed ashore at Galle Face beach (Category: Breaking News)
- Specific areas made available for non-violent protests (Category: Breaking News)
Due to a lack of proper medical facilities and unavailability of beds, the maternity wards of the city’s largest public sector medical institution, PIMS have been crammed with babies with three to four babies kept in each crib making the patients and neonates susceptible to increased risk of infections. Saleema Meharban, a private school teacher […]
- Huge fire kills over 35 people and injures 450 in Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Ninewells Family Wellness opens in Flower Road (Category: Breaking News)
- US donates medical equipment to Sri Lanka-wide hospitals (Category: Breaking News)
- Four injured following clash at fuel station (Category: Breaking News)
The FBI has unravelled that equipment built by Chinese company Huawei, installed on cell towers near US military bases, is capable of disrupting US nuclear arsenal communications, a media report said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered that the Chinese-made Huawei equipment atop cell towers near US military bases in the rural Midwest could […]
- Huawei launches its largest-ever regional Seeds for the Future Program, inspiring digital talent... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President inked agreement with Huawei company for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools (Category: Breaking News)
- Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward (Category: Breaking News)
- Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the man whose letter supposedly turned the tide of the Punjab chief minister’s election, went on record with his reason for opposing the PTI-backed candidature of his cousin, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, saying he could not support “anyone who criticised state institutions”. He clarified that while Elahi “was, is […]
- ‘We are inches away from full-fledged civil unrest’, says Fawad (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicians, media bodies demand probe into Arshad Sharif’s death (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan stable after surviving assassination attempt (Category: Breaking News)
- “We are not far from Sri Lanka moment”: Imran Khan (Category: Breaking News)
A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the West deteriorate, Russia and China are seeking to rewire global power flows in ways that will work to their advantage. Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as […]
- Iran, India complete each other: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Chabahar-Central Asia transit route to boost India-Iran cooperation: Raisi (Category: Breaking News)
- India part of meeting on Kabul: ‘Military facilities of others in country unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian envoy Iraj Ilahi lauds India’s role in development of Chabahar port (Category: Breaking News)
Almost one million people in a suburb of Wuhan – China’s central city where the coronavirus was first recorded – have been placed under lockdown. Jiangxia district residents have been ordered to stay inside their homes or compounds for three days after four asymptomatic Covid cases were detected. China follows a “zero Covid” strategy, including […]
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
- MI5 and FBI heads warn of ‘immense’ threat from China (Category: Breaking News)
Underworld figure Saman Rohitha Perera alias Pas Podda who was under medical care after suffering gunshot wounds in Gampaha area earlier today (July 27), has succumbed to injuries.
Gota Go Gama protester Dhaniz Ali, who was arrested inside a plane at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday, has been remanded till 5th August. Ali was arrested for forcibly entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 13th July. Airport officials asked the activist to leave the aircraft but he refused to do so. He […]
- Gota Go Gama protester Dhaniz Ali remanded further (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhaniz Ali guilty of using mobile phone in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Face protester Dhaniz Ali granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Go Gama activist Dhaniz Ali arrested inside flight (Category: Breaking News)
Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri Lanka found itself struggling to make […]
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
- IFC to provide $400 million to banks in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
The sailors were expected to return on a vessel gifted to Sri Lanka by the US
- Somaliland (Category: Business)
- USA fears loss of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka should become Switzerland of Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- Risky Voyage (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan sailors of the hijacked Saudi ship to return to the country (Category: Breaking News)
The emergency regulations declared by the Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was approved in Parliament today (July 27) with the majority of votes.The post Sri Lanka Parliament approves emergency regulations appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Will not allow another Aragalaya – would deploy military and use emergency powers – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Parliament votes in favour of IMF’s Extended Fund Facility program (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Sri Lankan Parliamentarians suspended after uproar in Parliament of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 2-minute silence in Sri Lanka Parliament for the late Queen Elizabeth II (Category: Breaking News)
Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung said that she met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (July 27) to discuss how Sri Lanka arrived at this point of economic and political crisis.The post U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka meets Sri Lankan President to discuss Sri Lanka’s economic and political crisis appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News...
- US envoy meets President Ranil, discusses ongoing crisis situation (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- This is not the time to crack down on citizens and not a way to win confidence – U.S. Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
Immigration officials downed tools at a VIP terminal in trade union action
- Sri Lanka Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate NSB purchase of TFC (Category: Breaking News)
- No connection with Colombo stock market: President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to begin construction of northern expressway this year (Category: Breaking News)
- President orders halt to flora and fauna destruction (Category: Breaking News)
Dhaniz Ali, the person who was arrested last night while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the BIA remanded till 05 August by Fort Magistrate s Court.
• Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga reappointed as the Chief Government Whip...
One person has been gunned down and killed in a shooting incident reported in the area of Galagoda in Ambalangoda this evening (July 27).
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage has ordered to further remand the 04 suspects who had been arrested on suspicion over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe s private residence, until the August 10.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved power cuts of 03 hours for the 28th of July (Thursday).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sri Lanka should kick off debt restructuring talks with its bilateral lender China, while the island state’s government seeks a financing loan from the Washington-based fund. “China is a big creditor, and Sri Lanka has to engage proactively with it on a debt restructuring,” Krishna Srinivasan, director of the […]
- Rights group seeks arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club to give Sri Lanka financing assurances (Category: Breaking News)
- Bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law within weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April (Category: Breaking News)
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, who became the 32 nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, arrived in Parliament today (27) for the first time after assuming the position.
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