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Bringing relief to a woman who was born to Sri Lankan Tamil parents in Mandapam refugee camp in Ramanathapuram district in 1986, the Madurai Bench of India’s Madras High Court held that as per the Citizenship Act, 1955, she was an Indian citizen, and directed the authorities to issue passport to her. The court was […]
- Indian court directs to issue passport to woman born to SL parents in Tamil Nadu (Category: Breaking News)
- Madras court rules in support of Indian born to Sri Lankan parents (Category: Breaking News)
- Absconding criminal from Sri Lanka caught in Mandapam (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight Lankan refugees arrested in TN (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has informed the Ministry of Finance to further restrict the import of non-essential goods as the foreign exchange crisis may worsen in the near future. The Central Bank has informed that the import restrictions must be enforced immediately as the impact on the country’s foreign reserves will worsen in […]
- Sri Lanka import controls are temporary: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Expect rupee to strengthen in coming months: Cabraal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to relax open account imports for 8 foods: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Central Bank spends US$1.1bn in three months (Category: Breaking News)
By Ifham Nizam The government is planning to go for a complete installation of electric fences, to ward off wild elements in all the districts next year, particularly with a focus on eight districts, the Department of Wildlife Conservation said.A senior official of the Department told The Island that they feared the human-elephant conflict would […]
- Environmentalists: All official statistics on elephants bogus (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR lashes out at Wildlife Dept. for failure to protect elephants (Category: Breaking News)
- New policy to be formulated to solve human-elephant conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Elephantine battle erupts over counting of jumbos (Category: Breaking News)
by Panduka Karunanayake The current fluid situation in the country has brought into focus some fundamental issues, as well. Ordinarily, in the midst of pressing problems, like what we are experiencing, it is customary to push fundamental issues to the back seat. But, it is exactly because such issues have been sidelined, in the past, […]
- Japan is willing to provide expertise to Sri Lanka to face disasters (Category: Breaking News)
- Artificial intelligence and reality of life (Category: Breaking News)
- CIPM Sri Lanka and Wayamba Uni MoU to advance knowledge and practice in HR (Category: Breaking News)
- Science Diplomacy as a powerful tool for national unity and friendship among nations – I (Category: Breaking News)
The Minister of Justice has instructed officials to expedite measures to take legal action and secure damages for the devastation caused by the MV -X Press Pearl fire. More than a year has passed since the vessel carrying a hazardous chemical cargo caught fire on 20 May 2021 while at anchorage 9.5 nm off the Colombo […]
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
[…]The post JR & Expert Advice: Failing To Implement Goh Keng Swee Report Of 1980 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President revises budget amid inflationary blow off (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil: A New Definition For Democracy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President RW’s Priority In 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe Enslaves Himself & Will Ruin The Country Too! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
Rushdie, 75, shot to fame with his book “Midnight’s Children,” the film version of which was shot in Sri Lanka.
- MP wants Cat Stevens banned (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Rushdies Midnights Children secretly filmed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rushdie discusses fatwa, Cat Stevens in Toronto (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Salman Rushdie collects royal honour at Windsor Castle in UK (Category: Breaking News)
The mother is employed abroad as a housemaid
July prices surpassed the previous record price reported in April 2022 of 1,333.61 (USD 4.14).
- Sri Lanka’s state-run Litro reduces cooking gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cuts petrol to Rs410 a litre, diesel unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices; Petrol price reduce by Rs.20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s state-run Litro drops cooking gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): In an emotional testimony, a 62-year-old woman who is a victim of religious persecution in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan narrated the ordeal of being called ‘Kafir’ after living in Afghanistan for three generations. On Wednesday, a total of 28 more Sikhs including women, children and infants, arrived at Indira Gandhi International […]
- India part of meeting on Kabul: ‘Military facilities of others in country unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Diplomats part of India’s technical team in Kabul (Category: Breaking News)
- India stands with Afghanistan in time of need, says NSA Ajit Doval at Moscow talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Alarming Neglect and Desecration of Minority Sacred Sites in Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
One BRN and a mobile number is enough to register commercial vehicles to the QR system
- Mobile app nets in around 2000 vehicles topping up fuel more than once (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka state-run CEYPETCO to supply fuel only for filling station with QR system – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister gives update on registering multiple vehicles with fuel pass (Category: Breaking News)
- National fuel pass to be upgraded for businesses to register multiple vehicles (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Navy says that Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur which arrived in Sri Lanka on a formal visit, is scheduled to conduct a Passage Exercise with SLNS Sindurala in seas off Colombo as she departs the island on August 15, upon completion of her visit.
In a major revelation in a case pertaining to the seizure of a huge quantity of narcotic drugs along with five AK-47 rifles and 9mm ammunition numbering 1,000 from Sri Lankan fishing boats, India s NIA has stated that an accused had been involved in activities of proscribed terrorist organisation LTTE within India and abroad.
Egg price is rs.65 and flour per kg is rs.310.
- Sri Lanka bakery owners shift price control drumbeat from eggs to wheat flour (Category: Breaking News)
- Eggs to be Imported (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s bakers call for price controls on wheat flour after hurting egg farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- Eat eggs, eggs and more eggs as prices fall to lowest in decades (Category: Breaking News)
The Government of Sri Lanka has lifted the ban imposed on six international Tamil organisations.The post Sri Lanka lifts ban on Six Tamil Diaspora Organisations appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Ban imposed on five organizations following Easter Sunday attacks, lifted (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka lifts ban on six Tamil diaspora organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka increases fuel quota for vehicles with effect from midnight today (April 04) (Category: Breaking News)
- Kabir Hashim appointed COPA Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
"What we ask from the government is to facilitate us through private or state banks to import these as needed," he said.
- Lanka's poultry industry in crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. makes a killing from egg imports’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Moves to regulate poultry and egg industry (Category: Breaking News)
- Poultry farmers cry out for help, oppose govt. move to import eggs (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka hiked its electricity tariffs for the first time in 9 years last week.
- 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)
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved power cuts of 01 hour and 20 minutes for August 15th and 16th.
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) says that a new mobile application will be introduced to obtain information on filling stations with fuel stocks.The post Mobile application to be introduced to obtain information on fuel reserves and upcoming fuel stocks appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- National Fuel Pass to be introduced today in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka started issuing fuel only for National Fuel Pass holders from today (August 1) (Category: Breaking News)
- National Fuel Pass: users able to use revenue licence to register from Friday (July 29) (Category: Breaking News)
- Refuelling according to the National Fuel Pass further delayed (Category: Breaking News)
The Sapugaskanda oil refinery, which was closed for several months due to the shortage of crude oil, is scheduled to resume operations from next week.The post Sapugaskanda oil refinery to resume operations next week appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery operations resumes today after two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda refinery to recommence operations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery resumes operations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery to be closed due to forex shortage (Category: Breaking News)
In a major revelation in a case pertaining to the seizure of a huge quantity of narcotic drugs along with five AK-47 rifles and 9mm ammunition numbering 1,000 from Sri Lankan fishing boats, the NIA has stated that an accused had been involved in activities of proscribed terrorist organisation LTTE within India and abroad.The post Arms, drug seizure from Lankan boat: Accused raised funds to revive ...
- Arms, drug seizure from Lankan boat: Accused raised funds to revive LTTE, says NIA (Category: Breaking News)
- Arms, drug seizure from Sri Lankan boat- Accused raised funds to revive LTTE, says India s NIA (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajiv assassination convict made witness in Kerala drug seizure case (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian investigators file charge sheet against 10 Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka said on Saturday it has agreed that the Chinese survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 can dock at its southernmost port, the Chinese-run Hambantota on August 16, despite security concerns raised by neighbouring India and the United States.The post Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China defends military ship visit to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence – report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has expressed its willingness to work with UNDP and continue its cooperation.
- 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)
The de-listing was announced through an amendment to the List of Designated Persons.
- Rise Against State Repression: A Call To The People (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka lifts ban on Six Tamil Diaspora Organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- Finally, JDCSI Has A New Bishop (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker announces names of COPE & COPA members (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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)
Chennai Airport police has arrested two Sri Lankan nationals who allegedly robbed gold jewellery from a Sri Lankan passenger after posing as Customs officers, The Hindu reported.
The Government of Sri Lanka has lifted the ban imposed on six international Tamil organisations.
Electricity prices were last hiked in 2013 however were slashed almost by 25% in 2014
- Sri Lanka free trade zone manufacturers alarmed by electricity tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity tariffs to go up by 75 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka utility regulator approves 75 percent electricity tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka power tariff hike: ministry offers olive branch to protesting monks (Category: Breaking News)
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