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[…]The post Beyond HM Queen’s Enviable Royal Legacy! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, ending an era for Britain (Category: Breaking News)
- World bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth II following majestic funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- The Death Of Queen Elizabeth & Conservatives Of Colour In Britain (Category: Breaking News)
- King Charles’s Coronation guest list: who’s who of everyone expected to attend (Category: Breaking News)
ASIA CUP 2022 Pakistan won a seesawing, low-scoring thriller to beat Afghanistan by one wicket in Sharjah, thus booking their date with Sri Lanka in the final of the 2022 Asia Cup. The result not only brought down the curtain on Afghanistan’s campaign but also on defending champions India’s.Having restricted Afghanistan to 129 for 6 […]
- Pakistan win a thriller, set up final against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Unpredictable Pakistan stun Proteas (Category: Breaking News)
- Strong batting performance sees Pakistan post 282/7 (Category: Breaking News)
- India – Pakistan Super Four clash goes into reserve day (Category: Breaking News)
(First Colour Feature Film in Sinhala) By Rohan Abeygunawardena (abeyrohan@gmail.com) and Ananda Wickramarachchi This article is dedicated to all the crew members of the first Sinhala colour film Ran Muthu Duwa that was screened 60 years ago on 10 August 1962.) Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was very well known world over as a […]
- Muthu Raja airlifted back to Thailand for treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Minister Muthu Sivalingam passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka born Canadian Muthu wins world-record for longest Male dreadlocks (Category: Breaking News)
- Thai royal family honours Sri Lankan caretaker of tusker Muthu Raja (Category: Breaking News)
Enhancing its legacy of excellence, Union Assurance has won top accolades for its comprehensive Health insurance solution – Health 360. The awards recognised the Company’s industry-leading role as an innovative trailblazer driving product quality to new heights. The awards won by Union Assurance for Health 360 were Sri Lanka’s Best Health Insurance Plan presented at […]
- Union Assurance is a Most Loved Life Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance Crowns Excellence (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance Rewards ‘First Class Excellence’ at Bancassurance Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance Among Ten Best Integrated Reports for the Third Consecutive Year (Category: Breaking News)
"So when added to VAT it will become 20 or 22 percent."
- Sri Lanka cabinet approves 2.5-pct turnover tax (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ‘social security’ levy is a travesty, should be a sunset tax: Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka parliament panel approves Rajapaksa regime cascading levy (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial Social Security Contribution levy comes into effect (Category: Breaking News)
Southbeach Weligama, Sri Lanka’s most exciting new freehold address on the picturesque Weligama coast completed its first phase of construction, the completion of the raft foundation, ahead of schedule despite working through a very challenging period. It also etched another milestone when in just eight months since its launch, nearly 50% of the apartments have […]
- Train rams into car and drags it onto platform (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker signs Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (Category: Breaking News)
- President invites diaspora to invest in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
(Address delivered by Chairman, National Science Foundation, Prof. Ranjith Senaratne, at the CVCD Awards ceremony, held at the BMICH, on 01 July, 2022. He was the Chief Guest at the event) I consider it a singular honour to have been invited to address this august assembly where outstanding academics are recognised for their remarkable accomplishments […]
- When The Gatekeepers Of Academic Standards & Integrity Commit Fraud, What Is Left Of The Sri Lan... (Category: Breaking News)
- Why are SL universities’ positions low in world ranking indices? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Universities need to play a bigger role in TVET sector’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Nation branding: A holistic perspective (Category: Business)
[…]The post Lanka Adrift In Tempestuous Seas appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- A Meteor Shower Of Novel Terms (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post I Am Not Interested In Becoming A Minister For The Glamour appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Would Voting For A Tamil Presidential Candidate Polarize The Tamils? (Category: Breaking News)
- What Problems The Tamils Are Having In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Is There A Basis For The Sinhalese To Insist On A Unitary Constitution? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Cinematographer Donald Karunaratne, Who Passed Away In LA, Planned Ahas Gawwa Sequel appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Video: Ahas Ganga 13 P2 (Category: Video)
- Video: Ahas Ganga 13 P1 (Category: Video)
- Video: Ahas Ganga 15 P2 (Category: Video)
- Video: Ahas Ganga 15 P1 (Category: Video)
Beleaguered former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the island a short while ago (Sep 02), Ada Derana correspondent says.
Beleaguered former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return to the island tonight (Sep 02), Ada Derana learns.
Sri Lankan born Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been served notice by the Delhi Police for questioning on September 12 in a multi-crore money laundering case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. She has also been summoned by a Delhi court on September 26 in connection with the same case. Earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate, […]
- Sri Lankan born star Jacqueline Fernandez granted interim bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born star Jacqueline Fernandez appears before investigators (Category: Breaking News)
- Jacqueline Fernandez named an accused in money laundering case (Category: Breaking News)
- Jacqueline accused of going back on statement at Miss Sri Lanka pageant (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post “Really Real Manner Of Managing Sri Lanka” – ‘To Paris and Back’ 1977-1990 (JRJ Years) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet (Category: Breaking News)
- A Story Of Shadows (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
By A Special Sports Correspondent Former Royal College sportsman and Sri Lanka rugby star Summa Navaratnam is going strong at the age of 97 and is still involved in the Rugby Academy he formed in 2009.He makes it a point to visit the academy and goes there on most days, after lunch, around 2.30 pm. […]
- The return of the educated rugby player (Category: Breaking News)
- A passion for Rugby in an unexpected place (Category: Business)
- Rugby’s obsessions and the big men who want their ‘cake’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Etisalat Supports the Carlton Super 7’s kick off (Category: Business)
Industry experts say 70% of government construction projects are on hold now.
- New Zealand PM to step down next month (Category: Breaking News)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
By Easwaran Rutnam A court has cleared 5 Indonesian women after the Sri Lanka Police attempted to prosecute them for prostitution under the Brothel’s Ordinance. Lawyers said that after months of litigation, the court dismissed police attempts to incriminate the Indonesian victims of sex trafficking. Daily Mirror last November how the Indonesian women were rescued […]
- Court dismisses petition challenging changes to SLFP constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan prosecuted in Vietnam over property theft (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan prosecuted in Vietnam over property theft (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Nishantha and Milan Jayathilake further remanded (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita The government needs to pay 150 billion rupees to the construction industry for various projects, M. D. Paul, former Chairman at National Construction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL), told the media yesterday. The Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration had commenced a number of large scale projects, but payments had not been made for contractors., […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Message from a Cell Death (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Match Melancholia (Category: Breaking News)
- EC: Prez poll can’t be put off (Category: Breaking News)
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Despite being part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and enjoying growth in trade and investments, Bangladesh refuses to be China’s lackey. Recently, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to visit Dhaka in the first week of August, his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen categorically asked him […]
- Wage Rage (Category: Business)
- Bangladesh hopeful Sri Lanka will repay $ 200 million debt within timeframe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in trade discussions after 19 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese companies involved in tax evasion, fraud in Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Aragalaya’s Unfinished Business (Category: Breaking News)
- The Road Ahead For RW & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s leading Cosmetic and Aesthetic Physician Dr. Sarah Fazy’s clinic 360 Wellness turned one. It is her belief that real beauty comes with balance and that is the epitome of what 360 Wellness is all about – the balance of beauty both within and visible on the outside. Dr. Cherry as she is fondly […]
- Ninewells Family Wellness opens in Flower Road (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia hands over package worth LKR 2.5 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India hands over Dornier 228 aircraft to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Cricket Team enjoys signature hospitality at Cinnamon Grand Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Exclusive athleisure clothing brand IZY by Sri Lankan cricketing star Isuru Udana officially partnered with Daraz Mall, launching a collection of casual, comfortable clothing for men and women on Sri Lanka’s leading e-commerce marketplace. The collection, comprising unique designs of men’s gym t-shirts and armcuts as well as ladies’ gym crop tops, was launched in […]
- ‘Daraz Golf Monthly Medal’ tees off this week (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel Lanka official telecommunications partner for Daraz 11.11 (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilly & Carlo lights up the holidays with the festive collection (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns raised over arrests by cops in civilian clothing (Category: Breaking News)
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
- Sri Aurobindo: Mystical Awareness Supplants Production (Category: Breaking News)
- Gandhian Ethics (Category: Breaking News)
- Of histories and identities -11th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhist Heritage And The Present (Category: Breaking News)
Huawei launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 in collaboration with ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). From August 19 to 27, the program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Phillipines across the Asia Pacific […]
- President Wickremesinghe visits Huawei Company in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President inked agreement with Huawei company for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
Let me begin with two anecdotes. In the 1960s, my father would pull into the local Shell petrol shed and a smiling pump attendant, smartly attired in a uniform (khaki shirt and shorts) would come up to the driver’s side and inquire what was needed. While petrol was being pumped, the attendant would wipe the […]
- CPC reduces price of petrol and diesel (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC Compensates 50 More (Category: Breaking News)
- Surcharge tax on diesel, petrol and crude oil at point of importation (Category: Breaking News)
- LIOC suspends sale of petrol in cans, containers and bottles (Category: Breaking News)
“Fuel price revisions will take place again on September 01,” the ministry official said on Tuesday August 16.
- Sri Lanka increases fuel prices from August 31, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from March 05, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Flammable economy? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from July 31, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Rex Clementine in Seenigama You’ll be amazed at the number of international sportsmen and women the Foundation of Goodness has produced. Test cricketer Ramesh Mendis is the most high profile product to come through the institute while there are others like Kavisha Dilhari, a rising star in the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team and Amasha […]
- Former PS member critically injured in gunfire near Seenigama Devalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian veterans promise to return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Kataragama Kapuwa’s arrest sparks debate of divine offerings (Category: Breaking News)
- Man loses life in sea (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post It’s Time To Untether The Kite! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastor Jerome Popped Up At The Wrong Time & May Not Have Jesus To Save Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-SWOT: A Reappraisal (Category: Breaking News)
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