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Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24, says former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga.The post Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24 – Udayanga appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates
- Gotabaya will return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24- Udayanga Weeratunga (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for U.S. Green Card, looks to settle back in United States (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa and wife leave for USA (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island on August 24, says former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga.
Former ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga has arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department to record a statement.
Former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga arrived at the CID to provide a statement with regard to the procurement of MiG-27 fighter jets to the Sri Lanka Air Force.The post Udayanga Weeratunga at the CID over MiG Deal appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24 – Udayanga (Category: Breaking News)
- Udayanga questioned on MiG deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Udayanga Weeratunga arrives at CID (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya will return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24- Udayanga Weeratunga (Category: Breaking News)
” Sri Lanka cannot do without IMF’s support. Having declared its inability to service its foreign debt, Sri Lanka is struggling to reach a consensus with lenders and the IMF. Two of Sri Lanka’s major creditors, India and China, locked horns over a port visit by a Chinese ship. Sri Lanka should be wary of […]
- Yuan Wang 5 triggers a moot point of contentious politics between India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese ship visit: Sabry contradicts Defence Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka and India in ‘meeting of minds’ over security (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
By Neville Ladduwahetty “Relationship Not Normal, Can’t Be…”: S Jaishankar On India-China Ties As reported by a NDTV Staff Writer (13 Aug, 2022}, “External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India-China relations cannot be normal unless border situation is and added that if China disturbs the peace and tranquility in border areas, it […]
- Impact of security considerations on foreign policy crafting (Category: Breaking News)
- A brave new world (Category: Breaking News)
- Relevance of Non-alignment or ‘dynamic neutrality’ to SL’s foreign policy (Category: Breaking News)
- Advisability of SL addressing India’s security concerns (Category: Breaking News)
The MPs’ political engagement “in a highly sensitive issue such as this” was “totally unnecessary”, Herath tweeted.
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Yuan Wang 5 triggers a moot point of contentious politics between India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
“Fuel price revisions will take place again on September 01,” the ministry official said on Tuesday August 16.
- Sri Lanka increases fuel prices from August 31, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from March 05, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Flammable economy? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from July 31, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Yes, of course, the older folks would all remember Edward Joseph; the young ones may find the name unfamiliar as Edward now lives in Germany and does his thing in that part of the world. Better known as Eddy, he was with the leader of the group Steelers and they were big in the local […]
- How the celebrities reacted (Category: Breaking News)
- Earl’s Hotels & Resorts in Rs. 4 billion expansionary drive in SL and Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR lashes out at Wildlife Dept. for failure to protect elephants (Category: Breaking News)
- Skinny jeans will never die (Category: Breaking News)
Beijing [China], August 3 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the first by such a senior US official in 25 years sparked anti-US vitriol on Chinese social media. Chinese social media reacted strongly to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. On the morning of Wednesday, when most Chinese woke up to the news of […]
- Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan completely justified: CTA’s Penpa Tsering (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Nancy Pelosi’s home vandalized with graffiti, pig head: reports (Category: USA, New York)
[…]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)
By Uditha Devapriya Divided from the Indian subcontinent, yet also deeply connected to it, Sri Lanka has never had an opportunity of forging and shaping a foreign policy of its own. The high point of its foreign relations, under the three Bandaranaike administrations over a period of 20 years, did signal an effort, and a […]
- Sirisena boasts of his successful foreign policy to current rulers (Category: Breaking News)
- Crashing economies and the South’s narrowing foreign policy options (Category: Breaking News)
- Relevance of Non-alignment or ‘dynamic neutrality’ to SL’s foreign policy (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Diplomats’ Day – history, present plans (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Purchasing Power Parity appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Presidential Election Results (Category: Breaking News)
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan governments have, during the past several years, ruined the relationship, progressive forces cultivated with China, over the past seven decades, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) Dr. G. Weerasinghe says.Commenting on the decision by the government to delay the arrival of Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang […]
- 40 Sri Lankan students awarded full scholarships from China (Category: Breaking News)
- Flights between China and Sri Lanka to be increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to receive essential medicines worth Rs. 1.8 Bn from China today (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese nationals urged to strictly abide by Sri Lankan laws and regulations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Looking At The Problem Of The Point Of View Of The State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of The Attorney General In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Democracy Of Dunces appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Two Men, Two Cultures (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, A Bankrupt Country & Fifty Years Of Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Wants Elections To Be Held (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
One person has been killed after blasts rocked a military base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration there said. Sergei Aksyonov wrote on social media that the blasts had taken place at the Saky military base near Novofedorivka on the peninsula’s western coast
- Twin blasts kill 100 in Somalia (Category: Breaking News)
- Two blasts kill 28 in Balochistan day before Pakistan election (Category: Breaking News)
- Twin bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani’s tomb kill 73 – state TV (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference (Category: Breaking News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two years in office – a period of unprecedented political turmoil, uncertainty and further deterioration of Parliament – should be thoroughly examined. In fact, the UNP, with the support of the then President Maithripala Sirisena, paved the way for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s candidature, at the 2019 presidential election, by blocking Mahinda Rajapaksa’s path […...
- Sri Lanka’s foreign policy dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Destabilisation project: ACBC inquiry underway (Category: Breaking News)
- Shocking claim in House: Bandula reveals how sugar importers, their henchmen trapped Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- SC ruling on economic crisis: Parliament also responsible, says Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Lighthouse Has Lost Its Glimmer appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The 21st Amendment Dead On Arrival? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Sin (Category: Breaking News)
BY GEORGE BRAINE During the closing stages of the Pacific front in World War II, Kamikaze (‘divine wind’) units were formed as a last-ditch effort to prevent an American invasion of Japan. These units consisted of conventional fighter planes loaded with explosives, bombs, and even torpedoes, and would be deliberately crashed onto warships. About 2800 […]
- Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hits northern Japan, no tsunami warning (Category: Breaking News)
- US to support UN body’s resolution asking Sri Lanka to implement recommendations on abuses (Category: Breaking News)
- Illegal invasion of Iraq remembered (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Could GPS be used to predict earthquakes? (Category: Technology)
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking donor support to reach 3.4 million people in Sri Lanka with food and nutrition assistance as nearly a quarter of Sri Lanka is facing food shortages for millions.Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence is spinning off a “serious food crisis,” says the World Food Programme Representative and […]
- Rice paid for by Australia delivered here (Category: Breaking News)
- US funded fortified rice shipments begin arriving at Colombo Port (Category: Breaking News)
- UN warns situation here likely to worsen (Category: Breaking News)
- UN issues dire warning of food insecurity in SL (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese research vessel saga By Rathindra Kuruwita There would be constant pressure on Sri Lanka to distance itself from China in the future, Ramindu Perera, lecturer at the Open University Law faculty said, commenting on the controversy surrounding the Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5.Sri Lanka, thus, must figure out how to benefit from the […]
- China must be treated as equal Sri Lanka creditor, India says (Category: Breaking News)
- I can perform role of either president or former defence secretary - President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- I can perform role of either president or former defence secretary - President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- I can perform role of either president or former defence secretary - President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India’s trade secretary said.The post India expects $8-$9 Billion bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months appeared first on ONLANKA News
- India expects $8-$9 bn bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Indo-Lanka trade booms in Delhi’s favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months – envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka set eyes on clinching CEPA soon - Hindu (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Foreign Affairs M.U.M. Ali Sabry is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to take part in the forthcoming 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting yesterday and today.The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is composed of 27 members, consisting of 10 ASEAN member states, Dialogue Partners, Observers and includes Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), […]
- ASEAN appreciates efforts taken by Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister to attend ASEAN Regional Forum in Indonesia (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan, wary of China, boosts ties with ASEAN (Category: Business)
India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India s trade secretary said. .
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- What to expect when you go back to conferences and conventions - CNET (Category: Technology)
- What to expect when you go back to conferences and conventions - CNET (Category: Technology)
the implications of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Sri […]
- EU tells President to focus on GSP, IMF, human rights (Category: Breaking News)
- India holds talks with SLPP dissident MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Jayasuriya discusses tourism with Indian envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Samarasinghe briefs President Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s current controversial visit to Taiwan is bound to aggravate East-West tensions, besides having the effect of further straining US-China relations. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the first in more than two decades by any top US administration official to China’s breakaway province, is bound to be viewed as a blatant affront […]
- Proxy wars make unsettling comeback (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Containment Theory’ returns to West’s ties with East (Category: Breaking News)
- China, India call for negotiated way out of Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Curtain rising on heightening ‘global disorder’ (Category: Breaking News)
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