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By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
US President Joe Biden says he raised the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Mr Biden is in Saudi Arabia to rebuild relations, having previously promised to make the country a “pariah” over its human rights record. He said he had made it clear the killing […]
- Gunman kills three in Copenhagen shopping mall (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that the progress on getting an international bailout package depends on political stability in the country. Speaking to the BBC Sinhala Service, Dr. Weerasinghe stated that it is also impossible
- Lanka enjoying fruits of peace - PM (Category: Breaking News)
- New era for Sri Lankan economy, says CIMB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka a land of promise with enhanced opportunities for Japanese co-operation (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA EXPECTS FURTHER FOREIGN INVESTMENTS (Category: Breaking News)
The Governor of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon.The post Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable Government – Central Bank Governor warns appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Sri Lanka News Live and Breaking News Today.
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor asks critics to provide alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Chief says Money printing has drastically reduced in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable govt- CBSL governor warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over his resignation letter to the Speaker a few moments ago, a spokesperson of the Speaker's Office told BBC Sinhala Service.The post President...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post A President In Hiding Is No President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Parliament’s Role In Electing The President (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota’s resignation and Ranil’s appointment gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the Maldives on a Saudi airlines flight bound for Singapore, sources have told the BBC. The president had fled to the Maldives a day earlier amid mass protests over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. It is not clear if Mr Rajapaksa will stay
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
Andy Murray recovered from a set down to reach the quarter-finals of the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island. Australia’s Max Purcell broke Murray twice en route to winning the opening set and broke the former world number one again at the start of the second. But the Briton, 35, won the next […]
- England win third T20 against India despite Yadav’s hundred (Category: Breaking News)
- Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon (Category: Breaking News)
- Chelsea in talks to sign Napoli defender and Man City’s Nathan Ake (Category: Breaking News)
- Bairstow’s 90 helps England beat SA in riotous T20 (Category: Breaking News)
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting by MPs to choose the next Conservative leader and prime minister. He got 88 votes, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in second place on 67 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 50. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt were eliminated […]
- Boris Johnson fights for political survival as cabinet ministers quit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race (Category: Breaking News)
- Race to replace Boris Johnson begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
John Bolton, a former United States ambassador to the United Nations and ex-White House national security adviser, has admitted in an interview he had helped plan coups in foreign countries.Bolton made the remarks to CNN on Tuesday after the day’s congressional hearing into the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Former President Donald […]
- Blackburn relegated as Wigan survive (Category: Business)
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- Mo Farah says his final 26.2-mile race will ‘be emotional’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Spurs relish favourites tag against Arsenal (Category: Business)
හිටපු මුදල් ඇමති බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ ද රටින් පලා ගොස් ඇති බව BBC ලෝක පුවත් සේවය තහවුරු කරනවා. ඔහු අමෙරිකාව බලා ගමන් කරමින් ඇති බවයි එම වාර්තාවේ වැඩිදුරටත් දැක්වෙන්නේ. ඩුබායි හරහාThe post බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ ඇමෙරිකාව බලා පිටත්ව යයි appeared first on ITN News.
- සරසවි ඇදුරන් හා ඇමැති බැසිල් අතර සාකච්ජා එකඟත්වයක් නෑ (Category: Breaking News)
- "බැසිල්ගේ වැරද්දක් නැහැ" - ආණ්ඩුවේ මැති ඇමතිවරු කියති (Category: Sinhala)
- අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මේ සතිය තුළ ඉල්ලා අස්වෙයිද? (Category: Sinhala)
- බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ දිවයිනට (Category: Sinhala)
Chelsea are in talks to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Manchester City centre-back Nathan Ake. Thomas Tuchel’s side have been left short in central defence after the departures of Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen to Barcelona, both on free transfers. The Blues are hopeful of signing both Ake and Koulibaly. Meanwhile, […]
- Cristiano Ronaldo says he feels ‘betrayed” by Manchester United (Category: Breaking News)
- Blues bid £105.6m for Enzo Fernandez (Category: Breaking News)
- England forward leaving World Cup squad after family home break-in (Category: Breaking News)
- Mykhailo Mudryk ‘close’ to £62m Chelsea move from Donetsk (Category: Breaking News)
Twitter has taken billionaire Elon Musk to court to try to force him to buy the social media firm, setting up a legal battle with the world’s richest man. It comes after Mr Musk announced he was walking away from his proposed $44bn (£37bn) takeover of Twitter on Friday. He claimed Twitter had not given information about […]
- Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk says he has appointed new Twitter boss (Category: Breaking News)
- Musk defends deep cuts to Twitter’s workforce (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ (Category: Breaking News)
BBC; Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the country on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis, reported the BBC. The 73-year-old President arrived in the capital of the Maldives, Male, at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT). Rajapaksa’s departure
- Sri Lanka rejects BBC report on LLRC being pro-LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
- Asymmetry in international affairs Opinion (Category: Breaking News)
- Kalutara gets the second Open University of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President Rajapaksa sworn in for new term (Category: Breaking News)
India is set to become the world’s most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures. By this November, the planet will be home to 8bn. But population growth is not as rapid as it used to be. It is now at its slowest rate since 1950 and is […]
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman kills three in Copenhagen shopping mall (Category: Breaking News)
- First Monkeypox deaths reported outside Africa (Category: Breaking News)
- Philippines fire kills eight, including children (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka speaker says he mistakenly told BBC that the president had left the country.
- Name of Prabhakarana would be remember for next 3000 years (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE supporters work against country: President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- If it is possible I will pour rainfall for people: President (Category: Breaking News)
- None of them was permitted to upraise malicious qualities in their lives : President (Category: Breaking News)
ජනපතිවරයා දිවයිනෙන් පිටව ගොස් ඇති බවට BBC පුවත් සේවයට ලබාදුන් ප්රකාශය අත්වැරදීමකින් සිදු වූවක් බව කථානායක මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.
England held on for a consolation victory in the third Twenty20 against India despite Suryakumar Yadav’s sensational century at Trent Bridge. Chasing 216, the tourists were 31-3 after five overs before Suryakumar’s 48-ball ton – his first for India – gave them real hope. He dominated a partnership of 119 with Shreyas Iyer, hitting 14 […]
- Australia beat India by nine runs to claim cricket gold (Category: Breaking News)
- England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
At least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the South African township of Soweto, police say. Police said gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning and started firing randomly at a group of young people. They then fled the scene in a white minibus. No […]
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON — Nick Kyrgios said he felt “disappointment” when he first heard Rafael Nadal had withdrawn from their Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal, then managed only one hour of sleep on Thursday night and was “a reckless ball of energy” as he processed the news. Nadal withdrew from their semifinal with an abdominal injury, meaning Kyrgios will contest his first-ever Grand [...
- Big three primed for Wimbledon double bill (Category: Business)
- Nadal pulls out of US Open with injury (Category: Business)
- Dominant Djokovic claims maiden U.S. Open (Category: Business)
- Rafael Nadal does not know when he will return from injury (Category: Breaking News)
Two former health secretaries – Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt – have joined the race to replace Boris Johnson. Both declared their plans in the Sunday Telegraph – with Mr Hunt emphasising he was the “only major candidate” who did not serve in Mr Johnson’s government. Tax has emerged as a central issue in the race – […]
- Race to replace Boris Johnson begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak wins first round of Tory leadership vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Boris Johnson fights for political survival as cabinet ministers quit (Category: Breaking News)
Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. Four civilians died in a strike on Siversk, a town in Donetsk region, local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Civilian areas of Druzhkivka, in the same region, were also hit. A supermarket was destroyed […]
- Zelensky orders civilians to evacuate Donetsk region (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from his Wimbledon semi-final against Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal injury. The 36-year-old Spanish second seed received treatment during his quarter-final against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday but pushed through the pain to win in five sets. “I have tried a lot of times in my career to keep going but it […]
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- Djokovic wins Australian Open 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Daniil Medvedev replaces Novak Djokovic as world number one (Category: Breaking News)
- Nadal loses to Thomas Paul in Paris Masters (Category: Breaking News)
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed after he was shot at an event in the city of Nara. Mr Abe was shot from the back and collapsed halfway during his speech, and appeared to be bleeding, broadcaster NHK reported. His attacker is in custody, it added. Ex-Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe said in a […]
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
- Million in lockdown in Wuhan after four cases (Category: Breaking News)
The race to replace Boris Johnson has begun, after the prime minister quit as Tory leader following a dramatic few days that saw his authority collapse. Tom Tugendhat is the latest MP to throw his hat into the ring, joining Attorney General Suella Braverman and Brexiteer Steve Baker who have shown interest. Mr Johnson plans […]
- Boris Johnson fights for political survival as cabinet ministers quit (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak wins first round of Tory leadership vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
He had vowed to "keep going" following a wave of resignations from the government over his leadership.
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
The heads of UK and US security services have made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn of the threat from China. FBI director Christopher Wray said China was the “biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security” and had interfered in politics, including recent elections. MI5 head Ken McCallum said his service had more […]
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
- North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases (Category: Breaking News)
- Nancy Pelosi Taiwan trip labelled as ‘extremely dangerous’ by Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
Boris Johnson is fighting for political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit within 10 minutes of each other, followed by a flurry of junior ministers and aides. Critics said it was “over” for the prime minister, while Labour said the […]
- Rishi Sunak wins first round of Tory leadership vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race (Category: Breaking News)
- Race to replace Boris Johnson begins (Category: Breaking News)
Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen has agreed in principle to sign for Manchester United on a free transfer. The 30-year-old’s short-term contract at Brentford ended last month. It is believed Eriksen could also have returned to Thomas Frank’s side, but the lure of playing for United proved too much. A three-year contract is being prepared for […]
- Poland striker completes move from Bayern Munich to Barcelona (Category: Breaking News)
- Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United (Category: Breaking News)
- Andy Murray fights back to beat Max Purcell (Category: Breaking News)
- USA sprinter banned until 2025 over faked email (Category: Breaking News)
US police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed at an Independence Day parade near Chicago. Police say Robert E Crimo III, aged 22, was detained after a brief chase. At least 24 other people were injured in the city of Highland Park, Illinois, after a gunman used a high-powered rifle to target […]
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Sydney floods forces evacuation of tens of thousands (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
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