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Faithful urged to refrain from making Christmas a ‘mere occasion for external celebrations’ Catholic bishops have urged devotees to provide medicines and dry rations for the needy at a time when Sri Lankan is mired in crises.The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL), in a statement released on Oct. 28, urged people to be […]
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BY Ruchir Sharma As he embarks on a third term, Xi Jinping’s goal is to make China a mid-level developed country in the next decade, which implies that the economy will need to expand at a rate of around 5 per cent. But underlying trends — bad demographics, heavy debt and declining productivity growth — […]
Sri Lanka noted the critical support given by US President Joe Biden at a time the country is facing a crisis. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that without Biden’s help Sri Lanka will not be having a successful Maha Season, the President’s Media Division said. Wickremesinghe also said that measures have been taken to strengthen the 74-year-old […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says India and Sri Lanka are two sides of the same coin. He said that both countries have their differences in culture and religion but yet there are commonalities. The President said that Deepavali is one of the commonalities that both countries enjoy. The President made these remarks while addressing the gathering […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed his gratitude to India and its expat community for their assistance to Sri Lanka during the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis.
By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that a non-white man of South Asian origin has become British Prime Minister, there is indescribable, if not celebration, in the region. Rishi Sunak is to South Asia what Barack Obama was to Africa when he became the US President. There is a difference. Obama’s parents moved straight to the […]
ECONOMYNEXT –Three more Lankan athletes – this time, wrestlers attending the Under 23 World Wrestling Championship in Spain – have gone missing, sports officials said.Two members of the all-male six-member team had disappeared on October 22, followed by the third sportsman the next day, an official for Sri Lanka Wrestling Federation said, requesting anonymity. This […]
Former PM Imran Khan plans to lead a caravan of vehicles from Lahore to Islamabad with his supporters. (Al Jazeera)Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital, Islamabad, in an attempt to pressure the […]
Catholics in Bahrain hail mainly from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. (UCAN) Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a journey that will make him the first pope to visit the Arab kingdom just off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.The visit on Nov. 3-6 has two […]
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the situation in Sri Lanka is likely to worsen.WFP said that the intensifying economic crisis in Sri Lanka continues to be a threat to its food security. “The situation is likely to worsen without continued assistance during the lean season from October 2022 to February 2023,” WFP said. […]
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Türkiye says tensions between great power rivalries affected developing countries such as Sri Lanka. The Ambassador of Türkiye to Sri Lanka, Demet Şekercioğlu, said that Türkiye is deeply saddened seeing the current hardships faced by the friendly people of Sri Lanka. She said this in a message to mark the 99th Anniversary of the founding […]
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Syria has started buying tea from India after a gap of 50 years, and because of US and European Union sanctions on the Western Asian country, the consignments are routed through Lebanon, traders said.The post Syria starts buying tea from India in absence of supplies from Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
"They had visas till October 25, 2022," the official said.
Japan has granted medical equipment worth JPY 800 million (USD 5.5 million) to the National Hospital Sri Lanka (NHSL) in Colombo and Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama to strengthen the sustainable medical system adaptable to the current economic crisis and to strengthen the readiness against COVID-19.
Thousands of Sri Lankans marched in the capital on Thursday to urge the government to halt its crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean nation for months.The post Sri Lankans march against government crackdown on protests appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By Uditha Devapriya In my essay on H. D. Premaratne, I pointed out that Premaratne and Vasantha Obeyesekere were responsible for much of the changes that swept through the Sinhala cinema in the 1970s. Basically, they helped shatter the distinction that had prevailed until then between an artistic and a commercial cinema. Both directors focused […]
… adequate checks and balances in place The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has warned the government and all political parties represented in parliament that if the 21st Amendment (presented to Parliament as the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill) fails to create strong independent institutions, it will have a bearing on future law reform […]
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in its annual financial report, has outlined a fund of USD 100 million for crisis-hit Sri Lanka.The post AIIB outlines USD 100 million fund for Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in its annual financial report, has outlined a fund of USD 100 million for crisis-hit Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Leader and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says he and his Government could not prevent certain incidents in the past. He said that in the name of protecting democracy they could not prevent certain incidents which he admits was a mistake. The former Prime Minister expressed these views while speaking […]
The BASL also called for an open, and inclusive process by which it nominates chairpersons and members of commissions.
"The government should step in and set a rate, but instead they are making obnoxious statements."
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