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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. […]
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 30:India is developing the world’s most advanced and affordable Artificial Heart, or a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). And it is being greeted as the next big thing in world healthcare because an Artificial Heart is rated as one of the most complex machines to […]
By Norman Palihawadane The Financial and Commercial Crimes Bureau of the CID has arrested three persons for committing massive crypto currency fraud amounting to around Rs. 14 Billion (US $ 37,891,504.00)Police Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that the scam was committed by a Chinese couple together with a Lankan identified as Lamahewage Shamal Keerthi Bandara. […]
Rex Clementine in Sydney There are few players who always made runs against Sri Lanka. There was Martin Crowe in 1980s, and then there was Mohammad Azharuddin in 1990s followed by Brian Lara in the next decade. In the last decade it was Virat Kohli and now Glenn Maxwell has taken on that baton. Maxi […]
Three more suspects have been arrested over a major cryptocurrency scam involving two Chinese nationals. The Police have already arrested the two Chinese nationals and a Sri Lankan. The other three who have now been arrested are also Sri Lankans. The Chinese nationals were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport last month when they were […]
Jerry Lee Lewis, the notorious singer behind Great Balls of Fire, has died aged 87, his agent has confirmed. One of the last survivors of rock ‘n’ roll’s golden age, his life was also marred by scandal and violence. His career was briefly halted when, aged 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale Brown. […]
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The results of the 2021 G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination are expected to be released by the end of November, Commissioner-General of Examinations L.M.D. Dharmasena said speaking to Ada Derana.
Prime Group, the leading real estate company in Sri Lanka won two Gold Awards at the 11th Global Customer Engagement Forum and Awards held recently, in recognition of its social media campaign carried out on Facebook over the past few months. The awards recognized the customer engagement from the 3rd phase of the campaign themed, […]
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in Colombo over a major cryptocurrency scam, the Police said today. Police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said that the Chinese nationals were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport when they were about to leave Sri Lanka. He said that the two foreigners had several meetings at star class hotels in […]
[…]The post From Little Things Big Things Grow – The Anthonians Who Excelled Beyond Excellence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Union Assurance, Sri Lanka’s trailblazing Life Insurer, has incentivised customers with lifestyle rewards for the third consecutive year with ‘Lifestyle Bonus 2022.’ Fifty winners were selected from eligible customers who purchased a Life Insurance policy between 1st January and 31st March, 2022, in a raffle draw held in June 2022. The first-place winner, W. I. […]
Sri Lanka’s bowlers choked the Ireland batting performance, their spinners taking five wickets between them, as they restricted the opposition to 128 for 8.The target was a stroll for the top order led again by Kusal Mendis, who hit 68 not out off 43 balls. He hit his third six to take Sri Lanka home at […]
Sri Lanka commenced their Super 12 campaign with an impressive nine-wicket triumph over a disappointing Ireland in Hobart on Sunday. There were many fears for Sri Lanka when they were thrashed by Namibia in the opening match of the First Round, but the reigning Asia Cup champions are slowly gathering some momentum. While the nine-wicket […]
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Three popular science books had made a deep impact on the young minds of some of us still in college, about the ultimate human destiny and the insignificance of life on Earth in this fathomless infinite Universe. By PARIMAL BRAHMA Three popular science books had made a deep impact on the young minds of some […]
[…]The post ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
South African freedom icon Nelson Mandela’s autobiography titled, ‘Long Walk to Freedom’, has this blurb on its cover page penned by the ‘Boston Sunday Globe’: ‘Should be read by every person alive.’ Indeed, any person of conscience is bound to benefit immensely by reading this historic autobiography which details the pivotal and courageous role Mandela […]
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 […]
Sri Lanka’s internet freedom declined during the period of June 2021 to May 2022 due to Government attempts to repress online activities related to protests around the economic crisis, the Freedom on the Net report 2022 said. Prolonged powercuts in the early part of the year also impacted connectivity. In April 2022, the Government briefly […]
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 […]
Booker Prize 2022: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire has won the Booker Prize. Shehan’s novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the […]
Wednesday 19th October, 2022 Most political leaders in this country tend to live in the past. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is one of them. He seems to be labouring under the delusion that his theatrics can still yield enough votes for the SLPP to win elections. He has undertaken to revitalise the battered SLPP almost […]
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous Sri Lankan civil war, has won the Booker Prize. The Sri Lankan writer’s novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the […]
Indian star Kamal Haasan today assured continued support for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The assurance was given during talks with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP S. Sritharan. Sritharan had talks with the Indian actor turned politician in Tamil Nadu today. The issues faced by the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the militarisation of Tamil land […]
A woman has been found murdered within a three-storey building in Pannala City earlier this morning (Oct 17), Ada Derana correspondent said.
Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand’s top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned. Surprise gave way to shock as allegations about his inappropriate behaviour in the newsroom surfaced. Soon Mr Santamaria’s former colleagues at Al Jazeera, where he had worked for 16 years, began speaking out. A BBC investigation […]
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 […]
A strong team performance has helped Namibia register a stunning 55-run upset victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash opener in Geelong on Sunday. Some big hitting from Jan Frylinck (44) and JJ Smit (31*) helped Namibia overcome a shaky start to register 163/7 and that proved too much for […]
The Feed a Child child nutrition program was jointly launched by Manusath Derana, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians and the Family Health Bureau today (Oct. 15), concurrent to the 17th anniversary of TV Derana.