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The new Sri Lankan Government is looking to enhance ties with Russia. The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy called on the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry at the Foreign Ministry. Congratulating Minister Sabry on his appointment, Ambassador Materiy
- Sri Lanka concludes bilateral consultations with Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia considering investing in the energy sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka donates tea to quake hit Türkiye (Category: Breaking News)
- Government briefs diplomats on draft Anti-Terrorism Bill (Category: Breaking News)
The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy has called on the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry at the Foreign Ministry.
have reduced resilience to external shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, high oil...
- Sri Lanka records slight drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- China confirms two-year debt moratorium offered to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman indrajith The Russian energy company that sent representatives to Sri Lanka recently had presented the government with an MoU, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader, Wimal Weerawansa said in Parliament on Wednesday. If the Wickremesinghe administration was willing to sign the MoU, the Russians would supply fuel to Sri Lanka on credit, Weerawansa said. […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Message from a Cell Death (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Match Melancholia (Category: Breaking News)
- Empire’s Enchantment (Category: Breaking News)
The head of the U.S. government aid agency called on China on Wednesday to help Sri Lanka and other nations that had borrowed heavily from Beijing with debt restructuring, not just with lines of credit and emergency loans.The post USAID chief calls on China to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Political reforms need to accompany economic reforms in Sri Lanka – Samantha Power (Category: Breaking News)
The world has just been given a grim reminder of the mind-numbing costs of legitimate political dissent against state repression in Myanmar. The country’s military rulers have had no qualms about executing four pro-democracy activists, including well known political activist Kyaw Min Yu and former legislator Pho Zayar Thaw. Besides being made to witness absolute […]
- Accusing govt. of repression, FUTA pledges solidarity with protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- CSCD takes up battle cry for elections (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA urges govt. to stop suppressing people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Justice for all’ calls for broad democratic movement to protect people’s rights (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 post Aragalaya Betrayed & Exploited, But Rejuvenating appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil’s Cabinet Trap & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe: A Hired Premier (Category: Breaking News)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is counting on his Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe to develop relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. In a congratulatory message to Wickremesinghe, President Vladimir Putin noted that the relationship between Russia and Sri Lanka
- Putin orders to increase flights between Russia and friendly states (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin counting on Ranil to develop Russia-Sri Lanka relations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- SL President calls Russian counterpart, seeks credit support to import fuel (Category: Breaking News)
By Steve A. Morrell Rupee earnings from tea from January to June this year is Rs.164.2 billion. This translates into a 28 per cent increase in earnings from tea over corresponding earnings from tea during the same period last year, which amounted to Rs. 127 billion, an Asia Siyaka (AS) tea research report said. In […]
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Tea production and prices leaving much to be desired (Category: Breaking News)
- Plantation sector and economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka earns 1.12 Billion U.S.Dollars from tea exports in 10 months. (Category: Breaking News)
"I wish you every success as well as good health and prosperity," he said.
- Political stability will help Sri Lanka turn a corner, president tells WSJ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ensure integrity of nominations to Constitutional Council: Sri Lanka Bar Association (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese tracking vessel cleared to dock at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka 2022 interim budget proposes new targeted welfare system (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met with Russia s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Yury Materiy this morning (25).
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is counting on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to develop relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. In a congratulatory message to Wickremesinghe, President Vladimir Putin noted that the relationship between Russia and Sri Lanka are of traditionally friendly
- Military continues to be placed on standby (Category: Breaking News)
- President to pardon 779 prisoners for Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officials from Russian oil company in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP not ruling out Basil as presidential candidate (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has lambasted those who are making wholesale criticism that Bangladesh will face the same situation like that of Sri Lanka. They are making the comments without realising the global context under the fallout of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine War, the Daily
- Bangladesh traders forced to export leather to China at low prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Special port facilities offered to Bangladeshi vessels in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Face protesters decide to return properties (Category: Breaking News)
- Social media activist Pathum Kerner arrested (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)
Washington D.C., July 21 (AFP) –CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed “dumb bets” on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka’s economic collapse, saying it should serve as a warning to other nations. “The Chinese have a lot of weight to throw around and they can make a very appealing case for their investments,” […]
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- Anger over bloated new govt (Category: Breaking News)
- President tells Arab envoys Lanka wants immediate ceasefire in Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- AAC issues clarification (Category: Breaking News)
Video: UDA denies slum eviction accusations in Apple Watta
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: Sri Lanka stuck between UN and EU - Ranil (Category: Video)
- Video: President talks at Mattala airport opening (Category: Video)
- Video: Villagers protest after fisherman killed in elephant attack (Category: Video)
Video: We must stay united despite unwanted interferences
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: FM channels are destroying our language - Wimal (Category: Video)
- Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
- Video: SL thankful to member states for positive engagement; UPR adopted (Category: Video)
Video: FM channels are destroying our language - Wimal
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: We must stay united despite unwanted interferences (Category: Video)
- Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
- Video: SL thankful to member states for positive engagement; UPR adopted (Category: Video)
Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers
- Video: We must stay united despite unwanted interferences (Category: Video)
- Video: FM channels are destroying our language - Wimal (Category: Video)
- Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
- Video: SL thankful to member states for positive engagement; UPR adopted (Category: Video)
Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: Sri Lanka stuck between UN and EU - Ranil (Category: Video)
- Video: President talks at Mattala airport opening (Category: Video)
- Video: Villagers protest after fisherman killed in elephant attack (Category: Video)
Video: SL thankful to member states for positive engagement; UPR adopted
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: Sri Lanka stuck between UN and EU - Ranil (Category: Video)
- Video: President talks at Mattala airport opening (Category: Video)
- Video: Villagers protest after fisherman killed in elephant attack (Category: Video)
Video: Progress by SL far outweigh the challenges -- Pakistan at UNHRC
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: We must stay united despite unwanted interferences (Category: Video)
- Video: FM channels are destroying our language - Wimal (Category: Video)
- Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
Video: US 'disappointed' over Sri Lanka's rejection of recommendations
- Video: Customs, Excise officials break seals on Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: We must stay united despite unwanted interferences (Category: Video)
- Video: FM channels are destroying our language - Wimal (Category: Video)
- Video: UK concerned over independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
Video: Russia commends Sri Lanka's readiness to engage in dialog
- Video: Ada Derana investigates spread of kidney disease - Part 10 (Category: Video)
- Video: Customs officials clash with media over Ethanol containers (Category: Video)
- Video: 2013 festival of St. Anne Church in Thalawila (Category: Video)
Video: Sri Lanka working to build back strong relations with Russia after the recent Aeroflot spat
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Video: 'Aeroflot' aircraft; the Sri Lanka-Russia diplomacy debacle
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Video: Russia welcomes Sri Lanka’s decision to release seized Aeroflot aircraft (English)
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Video: Sri Lanka plans on purchasing crude oil from Russia : PM
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Political analysts have predicted Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to be the forerunner in the presidential
- Rajapaksa’s party is key to deciding Sri Lanka’s new president (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party majority behind Dullas; Sajith to be PM: G L (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s presidential vote – Alahapperuma comes from far behind after Premadasa’s withdrawal (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament split ahead of Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
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