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China’s efforts to gain the space it lost in Sri Lanka to India have hit yet another stumbling block after it vehemently opposed the invitation to Tibetan Buddhist spiritual guru Dalai Lama. Sri Lanka is a Buddhist-majority country and China’s record of treatment of religious minorities especially Tibetan Buddhists has not been good. China’s image […]
- China accused of blocking Dalai Lama’s Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s wicked diplomatic maneuvers exposed (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Buddhist diplomacy and Sri Lanka’s predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s historical connection to Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 75 Years Of Corruption, 75 Years Of Tears: Pearl Of The Indian Ocean Has Become The Teardrop Of Asia appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
The Government today asserted that it will not scrap the Independence Day celebrations to be staged in Sri Lanka. Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said that despite the economic issues faced by the country, Independence Day celebrations will go ahead. There have been wide calls for the Independence Day celebrations to be cancelled this year owing […]
- Bandula unaware if MPs don’t have 3 meals a day (Category: Breaking News)
- Memorial to be constructed to commemorate victims of conflicts (Category: Breaking News)
- National Security Act to replace PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet Ministers will not draw salaries for a year (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said regardless of the future elections, he wants to see a continuation of the economic reform path the country has embarked on, as it is the only way to come out of the current crisis.The post Sri Lanka’s Central Bank insists on staying on reform path regardless of election outcome appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking ...
- IMF process should continue whoever is in power – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to go for another DDO strategy if targets of current plan not achieved – CBS... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must implement budget proposals to avoid return to crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor explains debt restructuring process (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka was found to be more corrupt in 2022 than it was in the year 2021, according to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International saw Sri Lanka’s rankings drop by 1 point in 2022 from the year 2021. The CPI has ranked Sri Lanka […]
- Sri Lanka drops further in corruption perceptions index (Category: Breaking News)
- Forbes Asia recognises Sandra Wanduragala Founder Selyn (Category: Breaking News)
- D-day for Sri Lanka as IMF Executive Board meets to decide on EFF (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP appeals for assistance to help rebuild Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Absurdity Of ‘Independence’ & The Myth Of ‘Public Mandate’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
- Mockery Of Commemorating The ‘Independence’ Which Denies Freedom & Due Rights To Its People! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Enlightened Leadership To Overcome Challenges appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politically Strategic Or Principled Decisionmaking In The National Interest? (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- President Needs Trust To Succeed In Problem Solving (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy, 13th Amendment & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Enduring Hellholes That Are Public Hospitals In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lasantha’s 66th Birthday: Who Was Lasantha? (Category: Breaking News)
- Passengers arriving from Sri Lanka tested for Covid in Chennai (Category: Breaking News)
- Additional hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients (Category: Breaking News)
- Additional hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Implementing 13A: Countering The ‘Separatist’ Bogey appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Devolution & The Coming Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- 22A Ensures Government Domination In Constitutional Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Police & Land Powers; Friends Of The Provincial Council Solution Falling Into The Lap Of Its Ene... (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Barring his followers, no one really got to know about the lead of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) of Upcountry Tamils, Mano Ganesan, abstaining from what passed off for an all-party conference called by President Ranil Wickremesinghe the other day, to discuss and discourse on the ‘National Problem’. No, it is […]
- A new storm in the tea cup (Category: Breaking News)
- CWC ready to accept Cabinet portfolio (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeevan says having difficulties working with Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Remembering the Tamil Dead – one last time? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has held talks with ministers and senior officials in Saudi Arabia, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks to boost cooperation with the Kingdom and other Gulf countries.The post Sri Lanka seeks to boost ties with Saudi Arabia and Gulf nations appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka seeks to boost ties with Saudi Arabia and Gulf nations (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka seeks release of crew (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks US$ 6 Billion fuel credit line from Saudi Arabia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks Asian Development Bank support in digitalization, agriculture (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 30th January, 2023 Those who are all out to scuttle the local government elections (LG) scheduled to be held on 09 March have got down and dirty. Having failed to intimidate the Election Commission (EC) into postponing elections, they are now trying to scare the members thereof into resigning as part of their strategy […]
- EC ready to squeeze in two national polls this year (Category: Breaking News)
- EC to announce new date for LG elections (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP questions PM’s role in bid to postpone LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP rebels question legality of Prez, AG meeting EC members as accusations grow over bid to pos... (Category: Breaking News)
A little over four months after winning the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka are on the verge of a selection committee shake-up and its chief Pramodya Wickramasinghe is likely to be among the first names on the chopping block. Wickramasinghe has headed the selection committee since April 2021, overseeing a youth-driven overhaul of Sri Lanka’s limited overs squads. This has […]
- Cricket selection chief summoned by Sports Ministry s SIU (Category: Breaking News)
- Chief selector reveals reasons behind Sri Lanka s disappointing World Cup campaign (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Minister orders SIU to probe cricket selection chief s statements (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket selection chief appears before Sports Ministry s SIU (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post State Sponsored Child Abuse – Will Sri Lanka Honor UNHRC Recommendations? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Stop Child Cruelty Trust stands up for Sri Lankan children at UNHRC (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has held talks with ministers and senior officials in Saudi Arabia, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks to boost cooperation with the Kingdom and other Gulf countries.
Former Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom met President Ranil Wickremesinghe while on a private visit to Colombo. Faris Maumoon, accompanied Gayoom on his trip. Gayoom met Wickremesinghe at the Sri Lankan President’s Office, where the two spoke about the bilateral ties between the two countries. The two spoke about ways of improving the longstanding cooperation. […]
- Former Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom calls on Sri Lankan President (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Maldives President Gayoom meets Sri Lankan President (Category: Breaking News)
- Nasheed slammed for representing Sri Lanka at COP27 (Category: Breaking News)
- Maumoon, Mahinda meet (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) and the Red Cross Society of China have joined hands to help over 9,000 vulnerable families in Sri Lanka. The programme aims to provide additional assistance to help people reduce their daily food expenses, with a special emphasis on children and the elderly. The country’s economic crisis has […]
- Canada offers $3 million to help vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The Coca-Cola Foundation and Sri Lanka Red Cross Society come together to uplift over 1,800 wast... (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka slams US envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka still facing food insecurity (Category: Breaking News)
India and Sri Lanka have been able to address the impact of a Chinese surveillance vessel’s visit to Hambantota port last year and Colombo is looking to New Delhi to help drive economic recovery through investments in key sectors such as energy, Sri Lankan envoy Milinda Moragoda said.The post Jaishankar’s visit reset bilateral relations, says Sri Lankan envoy appeared first on Sri Lanka News...
- Sri Lanka-India cooperation will heavily focus on connectivity, investment - Envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- HC Moragoda meets India s Petroleum Minister for bilateral energy cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
- India steps up internationalisation of INR for Sri Lanka s economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months – envoy (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's economy could contract by -3.5 or -4.0% in 2023 after shrinking -11% last year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday.The post Sri Lanka economy could shrink by -3.5% to -4%, president says appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka’s economy shrinks 11.5% in first quarter as financial crisis continues (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka flags return to growth, protesters demand tax cuts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan economy expected to contract by 3% in 2023: IMF official (Category: Breaking News)
- Is the worst over for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka is seeing strong prospects of tourists from India driving the sector in 2023, a top industry official said as the country tries to emerge from its worst ever currency crisis. “I think India is going to be our biggest contributor and there’s a lot of activity happening between India and Sri Lanka […]
- Canadian PM reiterates strong opposition to Tigers (Category: Breaking News)
- India back as top Sri Lanka inbound tourism market (Category: Breaking News)
- India is Lanka tourism’s major market (Category: Breaking News)
- Country attracts more than 800,000 tourists by 8 August (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –The United Kingdom is “ready to consider” financing assurances to Sri Lanka to secure a 2.9 billion US dollar extended fund facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a UK official said. Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) Anne-Marie Trevelyan told the British parliament on Tuesday January 24 that the UK […]
- IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF board poised to approve USD 2.9 Bn Sri Lanka bailout on March 20 (Category: Breaking News)
- We are almost there with IMF bailout – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament to debate IMF package from April 26 to 28 (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is The World, Hopelessly Divided Over Ukraine, Coming Together For Sri Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The World After Mikhail Gorbachev & Sri Lanka After JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Where Are We Heading In 2023? (Category: Breaking News)
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post There’s No Statute Of Limitations On Crimes Against Humanity appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Damning Report From UN Envoy On Human Rights Spells Rocky Road For Nandasena Administration In G... (Category: Breaking News)
- Democracy A Global Sine-Qua-Non: Social-Liberal-Electoral Or Whatever (Category: Breaking News)
- Oh! Gaza, Oh! Palestine (Category: Breaking News)
- Contempt Of Court: Hiragedarara Yawanna Hitiya Ekkenāwa Mama Raja Gedarata Yawwa (Category: Breaking News)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland is to offer support to Sri Lanka during a scheduled visit to the country. She will travel to Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Qatar from January 28 to February 3, 2023. In Nepal, Under Secretary Nuland will engage with the new government on the broad […]
- US and Sri Lanka discuss economic assistance, human rights (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- United States will continue to support Sri Lanka – Victoria Nuland (Category: Breaking News)
- Victoria Nuland arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Continuing With Tight Monetary Policy: Is The Central Bank Making A Mistake? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy (Category: Breaking News)
- The Latest IMF Condition – Make The Central Bank Independent (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Inflation, Interest Rate & Imperialism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Big Fishes In Little Ponds: The Government’s & Civil Society’s Rightward Tilt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Civil Society Is In Error (Category: Breaking News)
- Putting Palestine In Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Left, The Nationalist Right & Industrialisation As Policy (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been able to save US$ 2,500 million from the very first day the imports were restricted until today, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.The post Sri Lanka saved over US$ 2,500 Million from import restrictions – State Minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka Government going to further relax import restrictions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Finance State Minister says vehicle imports cannot be allowed yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka decides to lift all import restrictions except vehicles from today (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka reduces Import tax on maize (Category: Breaking News)
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland is scheduled to travel to Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Qatar from January 28 to February 03, 2023.The post U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to visit Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Victoria Nuland arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Victoria Nuland assures U.S. Government’s support for Sri Lanka’s recovery efforts (Category: Breaking News)
- What China has offered Sri Lanka is not enough for IMF bailout – U.S. Official (Category: Breaking News)
- United States will continue to support Sri Lanka – Victoria Nuland (Category: Breaking News)
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland is scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, and Qatar from January 28 to February 03, 2023.
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