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[…]The post දේශගුණික ව්යාපාරය දේශපාලනික කළ යුතුයි! වාමාංශයට වැඩ පිළිවෙලක් වගේම කතාන්දරේකුත් අවශ්යයි!! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Celebration Of Independence Day Could Have Been Done Differently appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
By N Sathiya Moorthy For incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe, taking the Independence Day as the nation’s President is known to be a dream come true. It should be so for most politicians in the country, especially when they are young, inexperienced and unexposed. It would have been more so for Ranil, as this is not only […]
The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organisation has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north. […]
[…]The post The NPP/JVP Document: Reflections On The “Rapid Response” appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Good governance lobbyist “Justice for All” on Sunday called for fresh initiatives to urgently form a broad democratic movement mobilising the people of the country for a truly meaningful regime change in the near future. In a statement the organisation said the broad democratic movement can eventually build a robust and inclusive democratic alliance between […]
By Jehan Perera The government celebrated the 75th Anniversary of its independence from colonial rule under tight security. President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not even deliver a speech on the occasion. He had an excellent written speech, but chose not to deliver it for reasons not known. The speech was circulated later. The exclusion of the […]
Tuesday 7th February, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to implement the controversial 13th Amendment (13A) fully could not have come at a worse time for pseudo-patriots such as the SLPP leaders, who enabled him to realise his presidential dream, and are therefore responsible for his acts or omissions. They have refused to grant the Provincial […]
[…]The post The Central Bank Rejected U.S. Billionaire’s Bitcoin Pitch appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post 75 Years Of Non-Democracy In Our Democratic Nation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Sri Lankan YouTuber and political vlogger Dharshana Handungoda, who was arrested by the CID last night, has been released by the Fort Magistrate under two surety bails.
Popular political vlogger Dharshana Handungoda was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). He was arrested when he arrived from Dubai, airport authorities said. According to some reports Dharshana Handungoda was arrested for posting controversial views on social media platforms. Handungoda had published videos with very critical sta...
Sri Lanka is expected to repay Bangladesh a $200 million loan by September this year, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said. Abdul Momen told reporters that Sri Lanka is gradually recovering from an economic crisis. “Sri Lanka is gradually doing better. They are recovering slowly. We have given them time till September (to repay […]
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Sri Lankan social media activist Dharshana Handungoda was arrested on Sunday night (February 05) by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).The post Dharshana Handungoda arrested appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
[…]The post Bankrupt Sri Lanka Celebrated Independence, But Now It Is Back To Hard Economic Realities appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Commonwealth Secretary General, Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has pledged the Commonwealth Secretariat’s full support to Sri Lanka as the country navigates difficult challenges.Speaking at an event in Colombo, on Friday, the Commonwealth Secretary General said she arrived in Sri Lanka to let every Sri Lankan know that they are not alone while the island […]
Udaya compares constitutional threat with Indonesian crisis in late ’90s By Shamindra Ferdinando The government hasn’t received proposals from political parties regarding President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution fully. President Wickremesinghe, on January 26, requested party leaders to furnish their suggestions, if any, by Feb. 04 as he intended...
A final decision on whether Pakistan will host the 2023 Asia Cup is now expected in March, after an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Bahrain failed to reach a breakthrough. They will meet again in a month’s time, around the next set of ICC meetings. The uncertainty around the 2023 Asia Cup began in […]
[…]The post Fragile State Policy & The Rise Of Muslim Extremism In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post K. Annamalai, A Star Eclipsing All In The Politics Of Tamil Nadu appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Sri Lankan YouTuber and political vlogger Dharshana Handungoda has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
New Zealand insisted today that Kiwis have not been advised against travelling to Sri Lanka. The New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Michael Appleton, tweeted saying New Zealand recognises how important international tourism is to Sri Lanka’s economic recovery. “We have two types of travel advisory that advise New Zealanders against going to a […]
[…]The post An Independence Day Of Reflection, Reckoning & Reform appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America. The Department of Defense confirmed its fighter jets brought down the balloon over US territorial waters. China’s foreign ministry later expressed “strong dissatisfaction and protest against the US’s use of force to attack civilian […]
"I know that Sri Lanka continues to feel the weight of political and economic pressure. The pressure can be hard to bear. It can be destabilizing, isolating, and frightening, and I am here because I want every Sri Lankan to know that you are not alone. You are part of this special precious Commonwealth family, said the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland addressing the Inaugural Lectu...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s bondholders have written to the International Monetary Fund expressing their willingness to engage in debt re-structuring talks but also raising matters related to the domestic debt re-structuring and economic assumptions and forecasts. The group, styling itself as the “Ad Hoc Group of Sri Lanka Bondholders (the Bondholder Group) has written last week […]
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva Friday accused main political parties of arousing communal feelings making use of the debate on the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. “This is a trap. We call on people not to fall prey to it,” Silva said addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in […]
ECONOMYNEXT –Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa Thursday rapped social media critics of himself and his party and accused such critics of defeating him in the 2019 presidential polls against ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Premadasa is facing increased social media criticism over his speeches and policies since his party began campaigning for the March 9 local government […]
Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya Friday became the ninth recipient of Sri Lanka’s highest National Award of Sri Lankaabhimana, first received by the late President R. Premadasa when the title was created by the J.R. Jayewardene government in 1986. Humbly accepting the honour, Jayasuriya said in a statement that the rule of the law is the only […]