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[…]The post Why The Aragalaya Is The Only Solution For Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The UK has so far not provided direct assistance to Sri Lanka, struggling to cope up with the balance of payment crisis.UK Development Minister Vicky Ford has explained that their support would be directed, through international lending and relief agencies. Minister Ford stated the UK position on Tuesday (06) in response to a query raised […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) says it recognises the economic challenges that Sri Lanka is facing. UK Foreign Office Minister Vicky Ford said the UK is closely monitoring the economic situation in Sri Lanka, including foreign exchange data reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan authorities. In a written response to the UK […]
By Easwaran Rutnam The United Kingdom (UK) is in talks with Paris Club members on potential solutions to Sri Lanka’s unsustainable debt. The Paris Club is a group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find co-ordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary at […]
[…] The post Delayed IMF Assistance & The Fertilizer Ban: President Rajapaksa’s “Two Mistakes” That Pauperized Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in the first Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first, New Zealand posted 174 for seven wickets after Rob Nicol (58) and Martin Guptil (38) had provided them a strong start. Sri Lanka's reply was even better as Tillakaratne Dilshan ...
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in the first Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first, New Zealand posted 174 for seven wickets after Rob Nicol (58) and Martin Guptil (38) had provided them a strong start. Sri Lanka's reply was even better as Tillakaratne...
By Gamini Weerakoon Towards a sustainable corrupt government’ was the title of the skit we wrote on July 5, in this column stressing the importance of ‘sustainability’, the buzz word in politics and economics. In almost every sphere of human activity environment, trade, commerce, education or ADT (Any Damn Thing), ‘sustainability’ is a vital factor. ...
Sony Music International has signed up Sri Lankan born singer Alston Koch to distribute his latest album “Don’t Funk With Me” set to be released next week. While so many Asians have been signed up with regional Sony Music distributers Alston becomes the first Asian to be signed up directly under Sony Music International. Alston ...
Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Upali Dharmadasa has backed the major changes announced recently in the cricket management and team. In a statement to the media Dharmadasa said that the changes were required to take Sri Lanka cricket forward. The statement said : “Many seem to criticize Sri Lanka Cricket for the Changes we ...
Graham Ford has been confirmed as coach to the Sri Lanka national team replacing Geoff Marsh. Sri Lanka Cricket sources said today that Mr.Ford earlier met with Sri Lanka Cricket officials to finalize his coaching contract. Former Australian Test opener Marsh was replaced just four months after taking over the top job in Sri ...
South Africa Graham Ford was named today as the new coach of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. He will replace Geoff Marsh who is among several officials to lose their spots as part of a major shakeup in Sri Lanka Cricket. Ford recently announced he was quitting as head coach of the Dolphins, the ...
Justice C. V. Wigneswaran, former Judge of the Supreme court of Sri Lanka talks to ‘Daily Mirror’ on the current state of judiciary, countering human rights allegations leveled against Sri Lanka and the reconciliation process after the end of the war. Q: There is a widely held perception that the judiciary of this country is politicised and ...
‘He that spares the bad, injures the good’ - Thomas Fuller–Gnomologia ‘Are you going to hang him anyhow-and try him afterwards.’- Mark Twain-Innocents at Home The two foregoing statements by Thomas Fuller and Mark Twain depict two sides of the argument on the relevance of capital punishment. The recent murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Presidential Advisor on Trade Union Affaires ...
OCTOBER 24, 2011:Just days after Sri Lanka’s chief diplomatic envoy to Australia former Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe was named in an extensive war crimes dossier now being deliberated upon by the Australian Federal Police, its President Mahinda Rajapakse has been slammed with another war crimes suit – this time in Victoria, Australia. Already grappling with war crimes cases ...
By Jamila Najmuddin and Easwaran Rutnam A bomb disposal squad in Sri Lanka screeches past a police barricade followed by an ambulance and stops next to a police station. Officers rush into the police station followed by police sniffer dogs. There is commotion inside the police station after policemen and policewomen realise that a bomb ...
Nationalism, Cricket and the Religio-Politics of Sport On social networking sites, such as Facebook, debates about the usefulness of the boycott were pervasive. Some members of the diaspora argued that supporting the Sri Lankan cricket team against India in the...
by Somapala Gunadheera Of late there have been some adverse comments on the failure to downsize the armed forces after the defeat of the LTTE and engagements of soldiers in seemingly infra dig civilian activities. It appears to be in...
The Galle Literary festival is a haven of civilised values in a country that is no stranger to strife by Robert McCrum Associate editor, The Observer, UK [Click for more pictures] Ever since the Hay festival set up shop overseas...
By Kelum Bandara and R. Sethuraman Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, after a long period of silence, expressed herself in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror at her residence in Horagolla. She discussed about her currents activities and future plans in...
by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...
by Ranga Jayasuriya "I was taken to the upstairs, where there were four police officers. I was ordered to strip naked. I felt shamed. I looked around. Then a cop shouted at me to strip or else will be beaten....
by M.S.Shah Jahan “The Saudi sponsor, who is over 60, suffers from heart conditions. The sponsor’s doctors have advised him to do only 25 percent of his normal work because of his weak heart....
There are times when one simply cannot believe the attitude of the government. It acts with an impunity never quite before seen and unlikely to be seen elsewhere either. They send out signals to the international community with no apparent care in the world for what our overseas trading partners think. The case of stripping ...
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “You’ve made the world in to a madhouse….an enclosure in which the sane are trampled underfoot by a herd of galloping lunatics”. - Ernst Toller (Hoppla, Such is Life!) We are living through a transformative time, a...
Brendon McCullum will return to the wicketkeeping gloves while Rob Nicol will make his debut for New Zealand as they play an historic first Twenty20 international agsinst Sri Lanka in the US
Brendon McCullum will return to the wicketkeeping gloves while Rob Nicol will make his debut for New Zealand as they play an historic first Twenty20 international agsinst Sri Lanka in the US