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President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his New Year Message to the nation says that it is the responsibility of every Sri Lankan to contribute towards the resurgence of the nation from its current state of crisis President Wickremesinghe’s New Year Message: As we step into the year 2024, we find ourselves facing both challenges and the […]
- The President underscores the criticality of financial discipline in nation-building (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament to convene from 20th to 23rd (Category: Breaking News)
- Let's collectively advance the 13th Amendment to the Constitution for the future betterment of t... (Category: Breaking News)
- Government's Priority is setting the Nation Right, Not Playing Politics -Senior Presidential Ad... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post “People’s Power” A Myth: Is Deliberative Democracy The Way Forward? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- UK’s Bumpy Fall, Change Of Guard & Lessons Beyond! (Category: Breaking News)
- From Biden To Trump, Mahinda To Ranil! Have We Run Out Of Choices? (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics & Death Of Sanath Nishantha: Some Sombre Lessons & Reflections (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 2024: A Year Of Historic Choice appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Road Ahead For RW & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
Dead bodies of three children and their mother who are suspected to have committed suicide were found in a house at Kahanthota Road in Malabe this morning (December 31), Police said.The post Mother commits suicide after feeding poison to her three children in Malabe appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Mother commits suicide after feeding poison to her three children (Category: Breaking News)
- Woman and three children found dead in Malabe (Category: Breaking News)
- Man commits suicide after killing his two children in Aranayaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Four dead bodies of father, mother and two daughters found inside a house (Category: Breaking News)
by Amal Jayasinghe The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods. Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the Kataragama Maha Devale was taken into custody on Wednesday over a missing gold tray […]
- Lay custodian arrested over missing gold tray from Kataragama Devale (Category: Breaking News)
- Police arrest Krrish CEO over financial fraud links (Category: Breaking News)
- The Randoli Perahera, the most grandiloquent of all (Category: Breaking News)
- Heard at the club: How Dr. Adikarampunished himself for being late (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to 4.0 percent in December, the third consecutive monthly rise as the cash-strapped nation was set to increase taxes from the New Year.The benchmark Colombo Consumer Price Index jumped by 1.7 points to reach 195.1, or a 4.0 percent increase compared to a year ago when inflation was 57.2 percent. The […]
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
[…]The post 2024: The Year Of South Asian Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil’s Last Hurrah For A New Parliament In March (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Year Road Map For Constitutional Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhaka Goes Metro, Colombo Stuck On Tuk-Tuk (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil As PM Till 2025, Opposition Disappears, No End In Sight For Queuing Trauma (Category: Breaking News)
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka crossed the 200,000 mark in December, the highest arrivals for the last four years in one month. Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said that total arrivals for 2023 will be almost close to 1.5 million which was the original target set in Jan 2023. Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has been on […]
- Sri Lanka records 624,874 tourist arrivals by end of June (Category: Breaking News)
- UK relaxes travel advise on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka records over 630,000 tourist arrivals in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over USD 1 million earned from tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka this year (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandala Weerasinghe has emphasized the importance of the continuity of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The post Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor says IMF agreement must be continued under any Government appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank lays out policies to restore price stability, macroeconomic strength (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly raises rates to fulfil IMF bailout requirements (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank chief: monetary policy transmission still incomplete (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka gives China deal details, keeping IMF aid on track (Category: Breaking News)
New Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees yesterday (29). They held a detailed discussion on economic ties and cooperation between the two countries and examined ways and means of expediting the proposed joint projects.They discussed the possibility of more Indian investments in the energy sector including solar and wind power, joint p...
- Indian High Commissioner calls on Sri Lankan Premier (Category: Breaking News)
- India pledges assistance for development (Category: Breaking News)
- India Signals it Will Back Human Rights Resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Greeting from Indian PM (Category: Breaking News)
The Pathfinder Foundation has formed a Study Group of Experts to develop a blueprint and framework aimed at doubling Sri Lanka’s economic growth rate through accelerated economic integration and infrastructural connectivity with India. The framework document is expected to be formally launched in March 2024. Most economic forecasts place Sri Lanka on an average growth trajectory of 3% per […...
- Economic growth of 9.5% targeted by 2013. (Category: Breaking News)
- India aims for enhanced trilateral cooperation with Japan and Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring Power And Energy Sector Vital (Category: Business)
- Milinda blames halfhearted economic reforms over the years for current crisis (Category: Breaking News)
One of the key factors that contributed to the exodus of medical specialists from the state sector is the disparity of the total remuneration received by the state medical specialists when compared to parallel grades in the government sector, the Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) says. There was always a shortage of medical specialists in […]
- GMOF: Specialists hogging posts in Colombo at the expense of young docs (Category: Breaking News)
- Medical specialists welcome appointment of new NMRA chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- AMS warns of chaos in health sector due to new retirement rule (Category: Breaking News)
- GMOA, medical consultants sound pessimistic about 2023 due to new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
Saturday 30th December, 2023 Sri Lankans are gripped by an anticipatory dread of another surge in the cost of living owing to the crippling effect of enhanced VAT and the expansion of its application. Hardly a day passes without people being shown on television cursing the government for the untold suffering it has inflicted on […]
- Fonseka loses patience, calls for revival of aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Mihintale sermon (Category: Breaking News)
- Election bribes have ceased to work: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- Goaded by greed (Category: Breaking News)
India and Sri Lanka discussed expediting some of the proposed joint projects in Sri Lanka. India’s new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha on Friday called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and discussed a wide range of topics related to the multidimensional bilateral ties and facilitating more Indian investments in the island nation. Jha […]
- India and Sri Lanka begin joint work to establish land bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- India to develop all-round cooperation with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi committed to support Indian origin Tamils in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- BJP chief releases postal stamp dedicated to Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Education of about 54.9 percent of Sri Lankan students has been affected by the economic crisis since March 2022, the latest Household Survey on Impact of Economic Crisis – 2023 by the Department of Census and Statistics reveals. Out of the respondents surveyed 93.5 percent have adopted at least one strategy to counter the impact […]
- More than a quarter of Lankans living in poverty – World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP finds 32 percent of Lankan households are food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 6 million Lankans need humanitarian assistance – Red Cross (Category: Breaking News)
- Poverty has increased from 11% to 26% during past four years (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 29th December, 2023 The police are all out to eradicate the scourge of narcotics, and their efforts must not go unappreciated. But it needs to be added that they would not have had to exert themselves in this manner if they had carried out their duties and functions properly over the years. Having let […]
- Cops arrested for mugging drug pusher (Category: Breaking News)
- Police uncover drug racket operated by an inmate (Category: Breaking News)
- Thirteen PNB officers arrested over links with drug dealers re-remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Thirteen PNB officers arrested over links with drug dealers re-remanded (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel and Gas will be exempted from the Port and Airport Levy when imposing the Value Added Tax (VAT) from January 01, 2024, Tax Advisor of the Ministry of Finance, Thanuja Perera said today (December 28).The post Sri Lanka to remove 7.5% Port and Airport tax from Fuel & Gas but add 18% VAT appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka to increase VAT to 18% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government waives all duties on imported raw material for locally-made sanitary napkins (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Social Security Contribution Tax will increase Value Added Tax to 20% – Anura (Category: Breaking News)
Indian Actor and DMDK chief Vijayakanth passed away at the age of 71 this morning (December 28), at a private hospital in Chennai.The post DMDK chief Vijayakanth passes away appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Veteran Tamil actor Vijayakanth passed away (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka saddened over the death of Indian actor Vijayakanth (Category: Breaking News)
- Fans of Indian actor Vijay cause flutter (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian actor and DMDK founder Vijayakanth dies at 71 (Category: Breaking News)
Outgoing New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Michael Appleton yesterday (27 Dec.), met with TNA leader R. Sampanthan. Taking to ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Appleton said that several matters of concern were discussed at the meeting, including political developments in the North and East. They also discussed the approaches adopted by both New Zealand and […]
- Cricket Partnership (Category: Business)
- Aussies survive fightback (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Sri Lanka acclimatise to a new venue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka acclimatise to a new venue (Category: Breaking News)
Pastor Jerome Fernando is to spend the New Year behind bars after the Colombo Fort Magistrate ordered that he be remanded further until 3rd January. The order was given when Fernando, who is currently in remand, was produced in court after spending Christmas Day in jail. Fernando was arrested on 1st December and remanded under […]
- Petition filed against attempt to arrest Jerome Fernando withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastor Jerome’s petition fixed for hearing (Category: Breaking News)
- Jerome seeks court intervention to prevent his arrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Overseas travel ban imposed on Prophet Jerome Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing those present at the centenary celebration of Badulla Guruthalawa Muslim Central College this morning (27), extended an open invitation to all political parties again, urging them to join hands in achieving a prosperous and united Sri Lanka, irrespective of party affiliations. The President emphasized his commitment to safeguarding the rights of […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says he will make a critical statement by March related to reconciliation. His statement will coincide with the annual sessions of the Human Rights Council in March. The President said that expression of opinions not related to terrorism or attempts to incite a revolution should be protected under the law and steps […]
- President to announce Government policy on 7th February (Category: Breaking News)
- President informs Cabinet on next round of ETCA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- President says Sri Lanka no longer bankrupt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka requests to host IPL matches (Category: Breaking News)
‘Ministry cooperating with CID on Immunoglobulin probe’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana yesterday (26) said that in case the government had to make emergency purchases, his Ministry would adhere to procedures laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Pathirana said so when The Island asked him whether he intended to […]
- Sri Lanka s Health Ministry closely monitoring COVID sub-variant JN.1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Step in right direction (Category: Breaking News)
- Health sector corruption makes securing free medicines difficult (Category: Breaking News)
- Bloodsuckers! (Category: Breaking News)
Procurement of fake Immunoglobulin: Dr. Bellana: Keheliya should be either State witness or suspect in the case by Shamindra Ferdinando The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday (26) recorded a statement from Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella regarding the procurement of fake Immunoglobulin during his tenure as the Health Minister. President of the Government Medical Officers F...
- Keheliya arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Minutes missing from files taken into custody from Rambukwella (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Health Minister requested CID to obtain his statement? (Category: Breaking News)
- CID records another statement from supplier of fake immunoglobulin (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Reading “From heyday to ‘hay day’”, the hard-hitting editorial laced with sarcasm (The Island, 18 December) and “Declining power and challenges before SLPP” by Shamindra Ferdinando in the Midweek Review of 20th December, I began wondering whether the recently concluded SLPP convention was the final flicker before the flame was extinguished […...
- Dons condemn suppression of Aragalaya movement (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB: JVP’s call for RW’s participation in proposed debate diversionary tactic (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB Leader wants action against not only Rambukwella but also 113 MPs who defeated no-faith motion (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition calls SLPP bluff, challenges ruling party to defeat budget (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 27th December, 2023 Perhaps, nothing represents Sri Lankans’ resentment towards the new tax regime and the aggravation of their economic woes better than the title of today’s comment; it is a literal translation of a slogan written on the rear of a tuk-tuk. It however is relevant only to the ordinary people who pay […]
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Revenue collection exceeds target for first quarter by more than Rs. 45 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. MP slams Finance Ministry over gaping holes in tax collection system (Category: Breaking News)
- Smokers, drinkers hit by index linked taxes (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Rebuild Trust To Achieve Success Even By 2048 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Private Sector Should Not Just Sit Aloof (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 Requires Sri Lanka To Develop A Viable Creative Capital Base (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Reports of consensual sex involving over 5,000 girls under 16 (hence ‘legal rape) in just one police division, Kandy, should be a cause for serious national concern. The fact that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought further information in the matter, obviously for possible corrective measures that the government could initiate could only […]
- Bill to reduce consent age for sex to 14 years withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Tuition class teacher arrested for raping 15-year-old girl (Category: Breaking News)
- Riot Police deployed as staff take hospital official hostage (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil takes oaths as Finance Minister (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera The change that the country is looking for lies in the future. The change that the government has brought may have been sufficient unto the day, especially for the upper classes and the international community they fraternise with, but insufficient for the future progress and wellbeing of the masses of people. This […]
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- GMOA warns of impending crisis in health sector due to exodus of professionals (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 1000 docs migrated in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor upbeat about being on right track, but urges govt. to do more to protect low-incom... (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 26th December, 2023 It never rains but it pours. As if the multiple crises, armed conflicts and the ill-effects of climate change troubling the world were not enough, there are disturbing reports of Covid-19 raising its head again in some countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of an increase in the cases […]
- WHO predicts COVID-19 will become endemic (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO predicts COVID-19 will become endemic (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO predicts COVID-19 will become endemic (Category: Breaking News)
- More virulent than Covid! (Category: Breaking News)
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