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A high level delegation headed by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya is scheduled to visit Russia to arrange for the repatriation of Sri Lankan ex-military personnel deployed in Russia for military purposes and the related discussions will be held on June 26 and 27, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, President’s Counsel Ali […]
- Government appoints delegation to check on Sri Lankans embroiled in Russia-Ukraine conflict – St... (Category: Breaking News)
- A special discussion will be held in Russia on June 26-27 to facilitate the return of Sri Lankan... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister to visit Russia and Kazakhstan (Category: Breaking News)
- GL to visit Russia and Kazakhstan (Category: Breaking News)
Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security retired Vice Admiral Sarath Weerasekera has said an external mechanism is in place to prepare the ground for a war crimes probe against the Sri Lankan military and those who provided political leadership for the country’s war on terror. Addressing the last SOC held in the Parliamentary complex, […]
- Govt. urged to seek UK position on Naseby disclosure (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Genocide’: Dire warning issued over Canadian move, Sabry asked to move resolution in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty International head to join M’vaikkal commemoration (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath draws RW’s attention to humiliation of military officers (Category: Breaking News)
Arrangements are being made by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages of the Sabaragumawa University to hold its second International Conference on Social Sciences and Languages (ICSSL) on the 18th and 19th of December 2024. A press release said that the conference will feature a wide range of presentations on multidisciplinary research activities in the fields of social sciences […]
- Issues and Challenges of Humanities and Social Sciences Education in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastoral Literature Translation workshop cum conference in Bangkok (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussion on rethinking civil society’ today (Category: Business)
- Pera PGIA Annual Congress (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s HC in the UK Rohitha Bogollagama has sought an opportunity to engage in further discussions on the UK models of devolution with the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish government representatives.The Foreign Ministry revealed this in a press release issued on Wednesday (12) regarding a team led by HC Bogollagama with the UK […]
- Bogollagama assumes duties as new SL High Commissioner-designate to UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Bogollagama meets British MP of Lankan descent (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohitha Bogollagama appointed Sri Lanka s High Commissioner to UK (Category: Breaking News)
- UK, Sri Lanka to review foreign and security policies in ‘strategic’ dialogue tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
The Colombo Stock Exchange’s (CSE) implementation of the shortened settlement cycle for equity trades has been executed seamlessly with the first settlement under the T+ 2 cycle taking place on 12th June 2024, marking a significant milestone in Sri Lankan Capital Market operations. Investors have experienced swift payment processing, receiving their funds within two days […]
- Unrelenting (Category: Technology)
- SEC chairman calls for positive mindset, better housekeeping and collaborative synergies (Category: Breaking News)
- Cycle, walking lanes for bridge (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Linn Duchaill (Category: Technology)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today (June 14) that Sri Lankan authorities have formulated an initial roadmap to relax restrictions on motor vehicle imports by 2025.The post IMF reports Sri Lanka’s roadmap to relax motor vehicle import restrictions by 2025 appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Vehicle import ban: traders want to be consulted in decision-making (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to relax Import restrictions on 328 more items from tonight (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to relax import restrictions imposed on vehicles used for public transport (Category: Breaking News)
- Ban on vehicle imports to Sri Lanka likely to be lifted in 2025 (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the completion of the second review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement, allowing Sri Lanka to draw SDR 254 million (about US$ 336 million).The post IMF approves $336 million for Sri Lanka after second review appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- IMF Executive Board approves another US$336 million for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF and Sri Lankan Authorities Reach Staff-Level Agreement on Economic Policies (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement on first review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility arrangem... (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite signs of stabilization, full economic recovery not yet assured – IMF Mission (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Critique On IMF’s Second Review Under Extended Fund Facility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy (Category: Breaking News)
- From Socialism To Success: Sweden’s Economic Evolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Only A Unified Approach Can Solve The Economic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- 600 Articles Over 11 Years: What Did They Tell The Reading Public & Policymakers? (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 14th June, 2024 The US presidential race has taken another dramatic turn with a federal jury finding President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, guilty of having illegally purchased and possessed a gun while being addicted to crack cocaine. A sentencing date has not yet been set. The offence carries a prison term. Hunter is reportedly […]
- Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Biden's transition contends with probe into son's finances (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Aide: Biden won't talk about son Hunter with AG candidates (Category: USA, South Dakota)
[…]The post President RW Emphasizes He Has Not Deviated From The Principles Of The Democratic Socialist System appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s interim budget aims ambitious revenue, debt cut targets (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite signs of stabilization, full economic recovery not yet assured – IMF Mission (Category: Breaking News)
- India ready to restructure its Colombo debt: What about others? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement, allowing the authorities to draw SDR 254 million (about US$336 million). This brings the total IMF financial support disbursed so far to SDR 762 million (about US$1 billion). The Executive Board also concluded the […]
- IMF Executive Board approves US$ 337 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Letter of Intent for fresh IMF support under SBA (Category: Business)
- IMF approves $336 million for Sri Lanka after second review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board approves another US$336 million for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Twenty newly recruited officers to the Sri Lanka Foreign Service were welcomed to the Ministry by Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane on Tuesday (11). The Foreign Secretary highlighted the important role of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS) and the special responsibilities of all officers as public servants. She referred to the skills required in the […]
- Fargo native set to assume ambassadorship in Mauritania (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fargo native set to assume ambassadorship in Mauritania (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Romesh Jayasinghe passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Transfer Havoc at the Ministry of External Affairs (Category: Breaking News)
Ambassador comments on 2024 prez poll Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan said that regardless of the outcome of the presidential election later this year in Sri Lanka, the Russian Federation expected the new government to continue with what he called independent neutral foreign policy and preserve the continuity in friendly relations with Russia. Declaring that Russia […]
- Sri Lanka should decide if it wants nuclear cooperation with Russia - Envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian envoy perplexed by omission of Sri Lankans fighting for Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Ambassador calls on new Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in talks with Russia to build nuclear power plant (Category: Breaking News)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement, with Sri Lanka allowing the authorities to draw about US$336 million. This brings the total IMF financial support disbursed so far to SDR 762 million (about US$1 billion). The Executive Board also concluded the […]
- IMF approves $336 million for Sri Lanka after second review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement on Sri Lanka’s second review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to receive first tranche of IMF funds in two days (Category: Breaking News)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Sri Lanka s second review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, paving the way for the country to receive the third tranche of around USD 330 million, Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said.
Sri Lanka called on BRICS to ensure a rules-based order, not only when it suits the rich and powerful, but as an equitable and justifiable model for a sustainable world order. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry undertook an official visit to Russia at the invitation of his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the […]
- Russian Foreign Minister assures Sri Lankans will not be recruited for war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to enhance ties with Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister of Maldives Moosa Zameer to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia and Sri Lanka discuss issue related to Sri Lankans in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
Nepal, which earlier hesitated to completely pivot towards China because of several economic and geopolitical factors, seems to have tilted heavily towards its big northern neighbor, giving it an opportunity to further increase its footprint in the Himalayan country’s political, economic, and social space. Yet what concerns Nepal watchers the most is the Himalayan nation’s […]
- India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China’s long shadow (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts (Category: Breaking News)
- China must develop a more consensual approach to Himalayan water (Category: Breaking News)
Director-General of the International Labour Organisation Gilbert F. Houngbo has lauded the Sri Lankan government’s recent move to grant a 70 percent salary increment to plantation sector workers. Houngbo commended the government for increasing the estate workers’ salaries when Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara met him on the sidelines of the Annual International Lab...
- Proposals approved for the welfare of migrant workers yet to be implemented  Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 200,000 Sri Lankans have left for overseas jobs so far this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Saudi Arabia to provide 200,000 jobs for Sri Lankans in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- 12-hour flight delay affects another group of S.Korea-bound SL workers (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) has declared war on plantation companies that failed to pay the Rs. 1700 daily wage. CWC President Senthil Thondaman said that some plantation companies had paid only Rs. 1000 as the daily wage despite a gazette notice being published last month stating that a daily wage of Rs. 1700 be […]
- PA accuses Thondaman of blatant and reckless disregard for the law (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeevan defends his aggressive behaviour at Point Pedro estate (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Jeevan warns plantation companies (Category: Breaking News)
- Plantation workers stage protest demanding Rs. 1700 wage (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Uncertainty About Elections Can Cause Instability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- System Change Happening In Wrong Direction (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF & LG Elections: Presidential Machinations & Opposition Myopia (Category: Breaking News)
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese regime succeeded where the Soviet Union failed: it kept and revamped Communism, making the West pay the price It happened a few hours before dawn. It was June 4, 1989, 35 years ago, more than a generation ago. In the dark of night, peaceful demonstrators camped out since April 15 in Tiananmen Square, […]
- Chinese government has done far more good than harm both for China and the world over the past 3... (Category: Breaking News)
- What Does China Want? (Category: Breaking News)
- Bloodbath In The Politburo (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil visits China (Category: Breaking News)
‘A violation of unanimous parliamentary resolution’ By Saman Indrajith The SJB yesterday said that the government had published a gazette allowing the incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket President and Secretary to remain in their positions, purportedly in exchange for providing funds for government members to contest future elections. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office […]
- Parliament tells SLC bigwigs to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- Now, what? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cheers for Maxwell and Roshan (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet sub committee recommends cricket board to be overhauled (Category: Breaking News)
An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president’s office has said. The Malawi Defence Force aircraft “went off the radar” after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, it added. The plane was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, in the country’s north, […]
- Malawi VP confirmed dead in plane crash in forest (Category: Breaking News)
- Malawi VP confirmed dead in plane crash in forest (Category: Breaking News)
- Aircraft carrying Malawi vice-president goes missing (Category: Breaking News)
- Implement SC order on accessibility! (Category: Business)
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) has accused Minister Jeevan Thondaman of blatant and reckless disregard for the law. Issuing a statement, the Planters’ Association of Ceylon strongly condemned the recent “illegal and unacceptable behavior” exhibited by Minister Jeevan Thondaman at Pedro Estate, Nuwara Eliya. ”His blatant and reckless disregard for the law, al...
- CWC declares war on plantation companies over wage issue (Category: Breaking News)
- CWC ready to accept Cabinet portfolio (Category: Breaking News)
- Thondaman regrets discrimination faced by LGBTQ community (Category: Breaking News)
- Thondaman launches scathing attack on plantation companies (Category: Breaking News)
In the midst of tension in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, Japan, China and South Korea held a trilateral summit in Seoul on May 27, the first since July 2019. The summit was attended by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Japanese Premier Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. For the sake […]
- Japan-South Korea Summit: Countering China’s aggression and North Korea’s nuke threats (Category: Breaking News)
- North-South links firming in face of Chinese challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Ignoring China’s Ultimatum, Philippines To Hold Drills With Australia, Japan & US In Disputed So... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Modi 3.0 In India: What Next For Sri Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048: It Is Democracy & Not Authoritarianism That Will Do The Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Growth, National Security, And What Next For Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Technological Developments & How Sri Lanka Should Reframe Its Growth Strategies (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to venture into deep space exploration through the collaboration between a Sri Lankan company and China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL). Supreme Deep Space (Pvt) Ltd. and China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) have outlined several areas of collaboration to advance space exploration and technology. This partnership promises to leverage Sri Lanka’s […]
- NASA includes Sri Lankan in crew for simulated Mars journey (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan among NASA’s new crew for next simulated Mars journey (Category: Breaking News)
- India becomes fourth country to land on the moon (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka elected to United Nations Economic and Social Council (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term starting January 1, 2025.The post Sri Lanka Elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka elected to UN Economic and Social Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka elected to UN Commission on Status of Women (Category: Breaking News)
- SL elected to UN Economic and Social Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Category: Breaking News)
by K.Locana Gunaratna, PhD Following some independence from the Colonial British through the Donoughmore Constitution in 1931, our prime indigenous concerns focused on agriculture for domestic consumption and on the broad-basing of education. These particular achievements were due respectively to two farsighted Sri Lankan politicians: D.S.Senanayake and C.W.W. Kannangara. They were the first Sri L...
- Guideline for planning university addressing Climatic Issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahaweli – A spectacular achievement of JRJ regime piloted by Gamini D (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahaweli Project – North Central Province canal: A tunnel in the wilderness? (Category: Breaking News)
- Use existing resources for agri-food sector in Mahaweli areas (Category: Breaking News)
by ACB Pethiyagoda A desire to visit Burma (Myanmar since 1989) having seen the film ‘The Story of Dr. Wossell’ as a school boy was fulfilled recently. The film was about a dedicated British Army Medical Officer who during World War II fell in love with the country and more deeply with a lithesome and […]
- ‘Burmese Lessons’ for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Myanmar: South Asia’s other ‘Small Miracle’? (Category: Business)
- ‘Burmese Lessons’ for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- It breaks my heart to see the Indian Prime Minister pose cordially with the butchers of Burma (Category: Breaking News)
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