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[…]The post Economic Growth, National Security, And What Next For Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Reflections On The Life & Achievements Of Dr. N. Ethirveerasingam: An Exceptional Tamil Hailed From Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reflections On Solar Consciousness & Unity: A Message For Vesak Day 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Manikavasagam’s News Experience, A News Textbook (Category: Breaking News)
- A Reflection On Forty Years Since The ‘Black July’ Anti-Tamil Pogrom In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Exploring The Silent Wilderness Of Self-Discovery (Category: Breaking News)
Acceptance of applications for the 22nd edition of the ‘DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship’ will end on 31st May 2024. The all island schools Volleyball Championship organized and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Volleyball Association supported by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation and sponsored by D Samson & Sons Pvt Ltd, will be conducted […]
- Mens volleyball team reach AVC Super 8 for first time (Category: Breaking News)
- DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship finals over the weekend (Category: Breaking News)
- Girls defeat Sri Lanka in Asian Junior Volleyball Championship (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka plays several Int’l VB tourneys (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his address at the International Nurses Day celebration held at the Temple Trees, today (12) stated that the growth rate of Sri Lanka’s economy will be increased up to 3% by the year 2025. International Nurses Day is observed annually on 12th May to honor the birth of the Founder of […]
- Healthy nation should be moulded from the village (Category: Breaking News)
- Minnesota hospitals fight to improve odds in COVID-19 ICUs (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Minnesota hospitals fight to improve odds in COVID-19 ICUs (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Elliot Hospital doctors, nurse managers make space for ICU staff to decompress (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that he expects to increase the growth rate of Sri Lanka s economy up to 3% by the year 2025 and mentioned that steps would be taken to increase the salaries of government employees.
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has resigned from the post of Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and appointed Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as the new Chairman. The appointment was made when the SLFP faction led by Sirisena met at a hotel in Kotte, Sunday. The Executive Committee of the SLFP appointed Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as […]
- Order preventing Sirisena from functioning as SLFP Chairman extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena goes to Thailand as SLFP crisis continues (Category: Breaking News)
- Bribery complaint filed against Maithripala (Category: Breaking News)
- Police seal SLFP headquarters as internal rift intensifies (Category: Breaking News)
Couples in Sri Lanka are not prioritizing having babies resulting in a sharp decline in the birth rate, medical experts said. Gynecologist and obstetrician, Professor Ajith Fernando said that the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is among the reasons why couples in Sri Lanka are not placing priority on having children. He said that some […]
- NIA arrests wanted accused in espionage case involving Sri Lankan (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates inks strategic tourism agreement with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Six killed as torrential rains batter Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Nagapattinam fishermen injured in mid-sea attack by Sri Lankan gang (Category: Breaking News)
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Mahinda Rajapaksa, has called for the postponement of the Government decision to privatize state assets. Rajapaksa said that as a measure to ease the widespread discontent over the government’s divestiture drive, he proposes that all moves to sell off state owned assets or […]
- Restructuring of CEB to continue despite Mahinda’s concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- Overseas travel ban on Mahinda temporarily lifted (Category: Breaking News)
- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa accuses ‘Aragalaya’ of murder (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The way the politics of the upcoming presidential poll is panning out, it may not be long before some external player involved in Sri Lanka’s debt-restructuring and allies aspects of economic recovery will begin hinting at the need for a national consensus on such matters. It may be the IMF, it may […]
- CB chief says Sri Lanka polls could risk economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- President insists he is not a dictator (Category: Breaking News)
- Can emergency be a hurdle to forming an all-party government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Old Wine in Older Bottles (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has voiced concerns over the current government's plans to sell off national assets and state-owned enterprises, sparking discontent among various sectors of society.The post Mahinda Rajapaksa criticizes Government’s plans to sell national assets appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Former President Rajapaksa calls for postponing sale of national assets and SOEs (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda wants move to privatize state assets postponed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to Sell Dollar Bonds Overseas by End-2010, Central Banker Says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Opposition Leader calls on President (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that he expects to increase the growth rate of Sri Lanka’s economy to up to 3% by the year 2025 and mentioned that steps would be taken to increase the salaries of government employees.The post Sri Lanka Nursing University inaugurated appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Growth rate of Sri Lanka’s economy will be increased up to 3% by 2025 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- President proposes establishing Int l University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government focuses on promoting ‘Health Tourism’ (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks ADB support to set up International University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has stepped down as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).The post Wijeyadasa appointed SLFP Chairman, Keerthi appointed Acting General Secretary appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe appointed Acting Chairman of SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- Nimal Siripala appointed Acting Chairman of SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- SLFP suspends membership of nine members including former President Chandrika (Category: Breaking News)
- SLFP leadership overhaul: Amaraweera, Lasantha, Duminda stripped of party positions (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party s (SLFP) faction led by former President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to appoint Attorney-at-Law Keerthi Udawatte as the Acting General Secretary of the party, Ada Derana reporter said.
It has been reported that former President Maithripala Sirisena has resigned from the post of Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). The Executive Committee of the Maithripala faction of the SLFP when it met today (12) has unanimously voted to appoint Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as the new Chairman of the party.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that LKR 01 billion will be allocated next year for research on the relationship between Buddha’s teachings and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The President mentioned that while the research on Buddha’s teachings and AI was scheduled to begin this year, it has been postponed to next year due to the absence of […]
- Kamala Harris' VP win is huge for HBCUs, Tougaloo president says (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
[…]The post The Sale Of National Assets & State Owned Enterprises appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda wants move to privatize state assets postponed (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP Deserves Fairness From Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa criticizes Government’s plans to sell national assets (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has resigned from the post of Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
[…]The post Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Undemocratic Rule Of Modi’s India Is A Security Threat To South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- Destination Delhi: Roving President’s Next Port Of Call (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The 2024 Presidential Election appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolishing The Executive Presidency – Is Time Running Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- System Changes Are Critical For Our General Election Process To Produce A Genuinely Democratic, ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Year Road Map For Constitutional Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Navy has apprehended an individual who was in possession of antiques suspected to be gold in the Alankuda area of Kalpitiya on Saturday (11).
Sri Lanka Police reported that this morning (May 12), they arrested a tutor from the Katugastota area in Kandy for sharing the General English question paper of the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) exam on WhatsApp.The post Sri Lankan tutor arrested for sharing O/L English paper appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- 2023 A/L Exam Agricultural Science paper leak: Teacher in Ampara arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Excise Officer arrested for distorting ‘Soorya Mangalya’ song, sharing online (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Harak Kata’ arrested in Dubai (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested for throwing out child from 3rd floor of Samagipura Housing Complex (Category: Breaking News)
Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has joined India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is contesting in the elections.The post Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Joins BJP, Contests Lok Sabha Election appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Former Indian envoy to Sri Lanka enters politics (Category: Breaking News)
- India Signals it Will Back Human Rights Resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump presents PM Modi with top US honour ‘Legion Of Merit’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump presents PM Modi with top US honour ‘Legion Of Merit’ (Category: Breaking News)
As the Olympic flame touched down in France from Greece, excitement brewed for the relay involving 10,000 torchbearers, each representing diverse stories of achievement.The post Sri Lankan Baker Tharshan Selvarajah joins Olympic torch relay in France appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lankan-born baker Tharshan Selvarajah to carry Olympic torch in France (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan baker Tharshan Selvarajah wins Paris’s ‘Best Baguette’ award (Category: Breaking News)
- Air France resumes flights to Colombo for season (Category: Breaking News)
- 46 Sri Lankans arrested in Réunion Island of France repatriated to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita None of the actions and initiatives of the Ranil Wickremesinghe government is sincere and the state machinery is being blatantly misused for election purposes, MP Prof G.L Peiris said on Thursday.He told the Sunday Island that in recent months the government has established an independent Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation and […]
- EU MPs say Lanka needs global support on reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Achieving national unity and reconciliation requires multi-partisan consultations and acceptance... (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka urged by US to take ‘concrete’ reconciliation steps (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope Francis implores Lankan leaders to listen to the cries of the people (Category: Breaking News)
Elections chief on Diana Gamage case By Rathindra Kuruwita The Elections Commission is in no position to verify whether a candidate is a citizen of another country, Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake said commenting on whether they could have determined whether State Minister Diana Gamage was a citizen of Sri Lankan when the […]
- The government printed Rs 278 billion between October and December 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Local council polls officially postponed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith says govt lying about there being no money to hold polls after having printed Rs 278 bn i... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil emulating his uncle J. R. Jayewardene – AKD (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –The government is waiting for clearance from Public Security Ministry to go ahead with a dragged India-funded Unique ID card project, State Technology Minister Kanaka Herath said. The key stakeholders including President Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet on Friday to discuss (10) the latest on the project, he said. The project has faced delay while […]
- Govt. accused of giving Indian companies access to Lankans’ biometrics (Category: Breaking News)
- Is JVP/NPP signalling left and turning right? (Category: Breaking News)
- India assures continued support for SL at Creditors’ Committee along with Japan and Paris Club (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Chinese investment’ in sea cucumber farm sparks concerns among northern fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Friday raised significant concerns regarding the prolonged delay in appointing judges to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.In a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the BASL highlighted the pressing issue of as many as five vacancies currently existing within the Court of Appeal. The letter signed BASL […]
- BASL expresses concern over prolonged delays in judicial appointments (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL concerned about Parliament discussing judicial proceedings (Category: Breaking News)
- Wide-ranging proposals on judicial & legal reforms from SJB Lawyers Federation to Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- BLA accuses BASL of partisanship (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine Sri Lanka have named their squad for the ICC T-20 World Cup and some big names that featured in T-20 sides in recent outings have been given the cold shoulder. The most notable of them all is former captain Kusal Janith Perera. Perhaps the fiercest striker of the cricket ball in Sri […]
- IPL stars expected to join teams in Hambantota (Category: Breaking News)
- Pace dominates spin in Sri Lankan attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set aside their worst fears (Category: Breaking News)
- Kamindu Mendis needs to be persevered with (Category: Breaking News)
The HSBC Bank in Sri Lanka has warned constituents to beware of scammers actively promoting unauthorized crypto currency investment schemes through compromised or hacked social media profiles. In some cases, there have been false notifications appearing to be from HSBC, referring to a crypto investment credit, he bank said. “We wish to clarify that HSBC […]
- Police shed light on massive fake crypto investment scheme (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese couple and local arrested over Rs. 14 bn. crypto currency fraud (Category: Breaking News)
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