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The Taliban has accused Pakistan of killing eight women and children in two overnight air strikes in Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban government, said the “reckless” strikes had hit homes near the border with Pakistan at about 03:00 local time (22:30 GMT). Pakistan has yet to comment. But it comes after President […]
- Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Girl, 8, only survivor as 45 killed in South Africa bus crash (Category: Breaking News)
- US and UK launch fresh strikes on Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Leap Of Faith Awaits appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Rat Cunning Or Intelligent Nation Building? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anti-Corruption, A Losing Battle? (Category: Breaking News)
- April & May – Images From Two Months (Category: Breaking News)
- Let Dudley Speak! (Category: Breaking News)
There is always a method to Chinese madness and this applies to its “Xiaokang Villages” also. Construction of these villages began across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) just over a decade ago, China has today began populating them. The delay in getting residents for these villages is probably because of the reluctance of Tibetans […]
- China’s approach to develop border areas centred on coercion and encroachment (Category: Breaking News)
- Pentagon report claims China considered Sri Lanka for military logistic support (Category: Breaking News)
- India-China border skirmish signals volatile ‘new normal’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Coup a further complication for tricky Myanmar-China ties (Category: USA, South Dakota)
[…]The post From Biden To Trump, Mahinda To Ranil! Have We Run Out Of Choices? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Trump Likely To Be The Next American President? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Democracy Like No Other: Learning From Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- A Democracy Like No Other: Learning From Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- A Democracy Like No Other: Learning From Trump (Category: Breaking News)
Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told prospective jurors that another jury had already decided that the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Later, when the judge asked during jury selection if anyone felt he had been treated unfairly […]
- Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump must pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot by Colorado Supreme Court (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump pleads not guilty following arrest (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Intervention Or Flirtation: America’s Interest: Good Governance Or Economic Stability? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-SWOT: A Reappraisal (Category: Breaking News)
A plane carrying 303 Indian passengers has been grounded at an airport in north-eastern France on suspicion of human trafficking, French media report. The Airbus A340 was flying from the United Arab Emirates to the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. It was grounded during a technical stopover at the small Vatry airport in Marne on Thursday after […]
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya mid-air collision kills student pilot and trainer (Category: Breaking News)
The Emirati president of the United Nations Climate conference in Dubai has denied reports that he has used his role at the negotiations to pursue fossil fuel deals. A day before the talks are due to begin, Sultan al-Jaber, who also is the CEO of the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), rejected allegations […]
- India, UAE reach agreement on green hydrogen development and under sea cable connectivity (Category: Breaking News)
- UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai (Category: Breaking News)
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuwaiti leader Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed dies aged 86 (Category: Breaking News)
Second death anniversary by Tisaranee Gunasekara “Who has known the ocean.” Rachel Carson (Undersea) Weddings require invitations. Funerals are open spaces. None are barred; anyone can turn up, even sworn enemies. Lankan politicians make use of this openness as a political tool, thus only so far as they remain in active politics. Sirisena Cooray never […]
- Where have millions of USD invested in good governance and accountability projects et al gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- Thico ‘investments’, money laundering and related matters (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential Dilemmas: Global Headwinds and Archaeological Mischiefs (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC, cryptocurrency and repealing of time-tested law (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Merely Focussing On Hamas Attacks – Missing The Wood For The Trees! (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- If It Is Not ‘Genocide’ In Gaza, Then What Should We Call It? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of A ‘UN Day Of Palestinian Solidarity’ – In A World Carrying Its Past Guilt! (Category: Breaking News)
A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60 Indians have killed themselves after being abused and threatened. A BBC undercover investigation has exposed those profiting from this deadly scam in India and China. Astha Sinhaa woke […]
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) thas urged the government to revise the recently gazetted Online Safety Bill. It has made seven recommendations. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles, the HRCSL has revealed its preliminary observations and recommendations on the controversial Bill. The HRCSL has said the general observations […]
- HRCSL makes key recommendations for Bill on Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- HRCSL to release set of guidelines on protection of human rights defenders (Category: Breaking News)
- HRCSL to launch 3 very important guidelines and recommendations in view of Human Rights Day (Category: Breaking News)
- HRCSL lists six recommendations to President on issues in the North (Category: Breaking News)
Some of Sri Lanka’s official creditors are advocating for a debt restructuring agreement that excludes China, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (28.) This move, if successful, could have implications for how wealthier nations handle financial stress in developing economies. The proposal involves major creditors, including the US, Japan, and India, signing a memorandum of understanding with [...
- Info about USD 4.2 bn debt deal with China shared with other creditors – CBSL Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Sri Lanka creditors seeking debt restructuring deal without China - Bloomberg (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka confident of meeting conditions for IMF funding soon (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says 2.9bn loan bailout for Sri Lanka tied to debt relief from bilateral creditors (Category: Breaking News)
A veteran US senator has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber’s powerful foreign relations committee as he battles bribery charges. Justice department prosecutors allege Robert Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to Egypt’s government. The couple have denied the charges. The embattled senator has rejected […]
- Bob Menendez steps down as US Senate foreign relations chairman after indictment (Category: Breaking News)
- Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Rooster Coop & Its Impact On Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Beneath The Skin Deep Liberalism Lies Cancerous Caste Prejudices (Category: Breaking News)
- The Tamil Nadu Factor (Category: Breaking News)
The president of Stanford University has stepped down in the wake of an independent investigation that found “substandard practices” in research papers he was involved in. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the leader of the prestigious California university, issued a statement on Wednesday (19 July) saying he would leave his post, effective August 31. Media reports in the […]
- Keynote On Scientific Research: Researchers Find A Truth & Not The Truth (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Technology Marketplace’ exhibition opens (Category: Breaking News)
- HR conference held in Canada (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia ready to offer scientific data on Sputnik V to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Strategic Manoeuvres: But Global Capitalism Is At A Tipping Point appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For NPP/JVP At The Next Election (Category: Breaking News)
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- The JVP & The Tamil People: Change The Party Line Now! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What Is an All-Hands Meeting? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tips for business start-ups in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries Of Struggle appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- May 11th Indefinite Hartal: Plug The Gaps (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Deal Is Not A Solution – Restart Decisive Struggle Against Government Attacks! (Category: Breaking News)
- Risk Of Another Tsunami Disaster: Are We Adequately Prepared? (Category: Breaking News)
- Manikavasagam’s News Experience, A News Textbook (Category: Breaking News)
A Dutch court has banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive. A judge at The Hague District Court ordered the halt in an injunction on Friday […]
- Dutch court imposes ban on sperm donor who fathered over 500 children (Category: Breaking News)
- Why I need a sperm donor (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Critical sperm shortage in NSW (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Emerging baby boomers (Category: Australia, Queensland)
The youth, who was arrested for giving an anonymous false tip-off to the police about a possible bomb threat to Akurana area recently, was remanded until May 04.
A Uyghur refugee from China’s Xinjiang region died of alleged police neglect this month at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center, raising concerns about the treatment of the more than 50 Uyghur refugees who have been held at the center since 2014. The victim was Abdulaziz Abdullah, 49. His son, Muhammad Abdullah, who lives in […]
- Thailand arrests Tamils waiting to hear status of UNHCR for refugee (asylum) status - Sydney Mor... (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankans stranded in Togo (Category: Breaking News)
- On the smugglers’ trail: ‘So many refugees are here’ (Category: Breaking News)
- On the smugglers’ trail: Sun Sea’s Canadian link and the unlucky ones (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Scandalizing The Court: A Non-Existing Offence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Ranjan Ramanayake Disqualified? (Category: Breaking News)
- Contempt Of Court: Hiragedarara Yawanna Hitiya Ekkenāwa Mama Raja Gedarata Yawwa (Category: Breaking News)
- Contempt Of Court Law Should Not Be Used To Create A Chilling Effect On Lawyers & Litigants (Category: Breaking News)
- Sentence Of 4 Years RI For Contempt Of Court Is Unprecedented: Sumanthiran (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Election Monitoring Organisations Raise Serious Concerns On Election Expenditure Law appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill inadequate - monitoring groups (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka elections monitor calls for guidelines on campaign expenditure for candidates (Category: Breaking News)
- The Committee on Parliamentary Business decides to take into debate the Regulation of Election E... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka election watchdog complains of election law violations (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s indigenous Vedda community have accepted an invitation to attend the 75th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo. The invitation had been extended by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on behalf of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Vedda Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo met Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Parliament premises and confirmed that his community will attend [...
- Sri Lanka donates 4.6 tons of apparel to earthquake victims in Türkiye (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Affirmative action’ of another kind ? (Category: Breaking News)
- President to hold talks with Japanese PM in Tokyo (Category: Breaking News)
- CC decides to select new members for independent commissions (Category: Breaking News)
Police fired teargas as they clashed with Kurdish protesters after a racially-motivated shooting in Paris on Friday. The scene of a triple murder in the 10th arrondissement descended into confrontations between officers in riot gear and Kurdish demonstrators. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, condemned the shooting, which left three people dead outside a Kurdish community […]
- Man shot dead in Seeduwa in broad daylight (Category: Breaking News)
- Man shot dead in Elpitiya (Category: Breaking News)
- Father and two sons murdered in Minuwangoda (Category: Breaking News)
- Four cops granted bail over Rambukkana shooting incident (Category: Breaking News)
Hayleys Plantations set yet another benchmark in the local and regional industry when another subsidiary Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL), was ranked as a Great Place to Work (GPTW) in Asia and Sri Lanka, in addition to being recognised as one of the Best Workplaces for Women. Notably, Hayleys Plantations subsidiary Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC […]
- Hayleys wins 14 awards including coveted ‘Overall Excellence in Corporate Reporting’ at CA Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Aqua Dynamics among 50 Best Workplaces in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- AmSafe Bridport Sri Lanka making strides as one of the Best Workplaces for Women (Category: Breaking News)
- Hilton Sri Lanka Ranked as one of the 30 Multinational Best Workplaces in AsiaTM for 2022 by Gre... (Category: Breaking News)
(UCAN) Religious leaders in Sri Lanka have urged the government not to promote the cultivation of cannabis for the sake of making income from export to ease the economic woes of the nation. Ven Omalpe Sobitha Thera, an acclaimed scholar, researcher and philanthropist, said that everyone should oppose the government’s effort to legalize cannabis. “An attempt to […]
- Cabinet approval to cultivate cannabis for export (Category: Breaking News)
- NATA Chairman warns the danger of legalising growing of ganja (Category: Breaking News)
- SLMA opposes move to legalise cannabis (Category: Breaking News)
- Now cannabis? (Category: Breaking News)
Gareth Bale rode to Wales’ rescue once again as the captain’s late penalty salvaged a draw against the United States in his country’s first World Cup game for 64 years. Wales were listless and overrun in a first half dominated by a vibrant USA team, who led as Tim Weah finished smartly after a surging […]
- Wales captain retires from football aged 33 (Category: Breaking News)
- Fifa approves 26-man squads for Qatar tournament (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatar beaten by Ecuador as dream turns into nightmare (Category: Breaking News)
- Scrum-half quits Wales 100 days before World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Twitter has told employees that the company’s office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately. In a message seen by the BBC, workers were told that the offices would reopen on Monday 21 November. It did not give a reason for the move. The announcement comes amid reports that large numbers of staff were quitting […]
- Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man (Category: Breaking News)
- Musk defends deep cuts to Twitter’s workforce (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk says he has appointed new Twitter boss (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ (Category: Breaking News)
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