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- Sri Lanka faces risk of international airlines pullout after fuel notice (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
By Steve Grant In 1993 then premier of China, Zhu Rongji, stood in front of a large map on his office wall, pointed to it and saw China’s destiny. China was largely landlocked, he said, open to the sea only on one side. It was different to other great powers who looked out onto a […]
- Chinese military raises tensions everywhere it goes (Category: Breaking News)
- Obama tells Asia, U.S. ‘here to stay’ (Category: Business)
- 2023 outlook: India will mark its rise by showing leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
[…] The post An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News1st): Opposition groups have raised concerns on the quarantine process in Sri Lanka’s “pilot tourism project” involving Ukrainian tourists amidst COVID-19. The project headed by Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, has drawn stiff objection due to the preferential treatment of the tourists and the former envoy. Weeratunga was seen with...
- Suzlon wins second Sri Lanka order from Senok (Category: Breaking News)
- DIY Friday with Danielle: Making a secret door (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Fate of Fargo high rise remains undecided as city selects co-developer (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fate of Fargo high rise remains undecided as city selects co-developer (Category: USA, North Dakota)
COLOMBO (News1st): The first batch of Ukrainian tourists touring Sri Lanka as part of a pilot tourism project engaged in whale watching off Mirissa on Saturday. “I think this is good news for everyone in the tourism industry,” Udayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia told media. Weeratunga had accompanied the tourist group […] Ukrainian tourists engage in wh...
- VIDEO: Chernobyl opens as tourist destination (Category: Technology)
- More Ukrainian tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More Ukrainian tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More Ukrainian tourists infected despite negative certificate (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Sri Lanka: Vaccinating Against Covid-19 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News1st): Opposition groups have raised concerns on the quarantine process in Sri Lanka’s “pilot tourism project” involving Ukrainian tourists amidst COVID-19. The project headed by Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, has drawn stiff objection due to the preferential treatment of the tourists and the former envoy. Weeratunga was seen with...
- Suzlon wins second Sri Lanka order from Senok (Category: Breaking News)
- DIY Friday with Danielle: Making a secret door (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Fate of Fargo high rise remains undecided as city selects co-developer (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fate of Fargo high rise remains undecided as city selects co-developer (Category: USA, North Dakota)
COLOMBO (News1st): The first batch of Ukrainian tourists touring Sri Lanka as part of a pilot tourism project engaged in whale watching off Mirissa on Saturday. “I think this is good news for everyone in the tourism industry,” Udayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia told media. Weeratunga had accompanied the tourist group […] Ukrainian tourists engage in wh...
- VIDEO: Chernobyl opens as tourist destination (Category: Technology)
- More Ukrainian tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More Ukrainian tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More Ukrainian tourists infected despite negative certificate (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Sri Lanka: Vaccinating Against Covid-19 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Sri Lanka: Vaccinating Against Covid-19 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has reiterated its continued support to Sri Lanka which is advancing as an independent state achieving the goals. Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Vladimir P. Mikhailov made this reiteration during a meeting with Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne. The Russian diplomat paid this courtesy call before ending his tenure of office. The meeting took place ...
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
US based Marriott International said in a statement that it has signed up with Sri Lanka's East West Properties Plc, to open a 200-room hotel in Weligma, in 2014.The 11-storey Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, will be operated under Marriott's flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand. "Sri Lanka is a destination that has great potential and opportunity and we hope to capitalise...
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Eastern Beaches (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Expolanka Holdings PLC today acquired the controlling stake in Akquasun Holidays India Private Limited, by making an investment of US$ 915,000. Akquasun Holidays, a Mumbai-based destination management specialist is a B2B Destination Management network company. The firm is primarily mandated to attract traffic from emerging markets like India, Russia and China. “This acquisition gives ...
- Global recognition for Expolanka’s social marketing at 20th World Brand Congress (Category: Business)
- IPO Debut (Category: Business)
- Expolanka gains control of two of its overseas arms (Category: Breaking News)
- Share Appetite (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s largest business chamber has signed a deal with an organization representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) to increase trade ties. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said it had inked the agreement with the Chamber for Promotion and Economic Development of the BRICS countries, which will promote products and services and ...
- Sri Lanka's Largest Business Chamber Steps Up Trade With BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's largest business chamber signs deal for trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan business chamber steps up trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
- CCC reaches out to emerging markets through BRICS-PED (Category: Business)
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has signed a co-operation agreement with the Chamber for Promotion and Economic Development of the BRICS countries to promote trade. Under the agreement, CCC will initially promote an identified range of products and services between Sri Lanka and BRIC countries and also facilitate alliances on reciprocal basis. The agreement has come into effect ...
- Govt. and Oman to sign trade agreement (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore Airlines inks a deal to promote Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- SL threatens to go to IAEA over Kudankulam (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu fisheries representatives arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Apr 17, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow, Russia has published a Catalogue of Tourism in Sri Lanka in Russian language to promote Sri Lanka as a tourist destination in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries including Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan .
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka has compiled a tourist guide book in Russian language to promote the Island nation among the people of the former communist country. The initiative, which is a move by the Sri Lankan embassy in Russia, contains the country profile, places to visit in Sri Lanka, information about accommodation facilities, available leisure activities and emergency ...
- Festival Boycott (Category: Business)
- Pull Out (Category: Business)
- Electronic Books (Category: Business)
- Aurthor arrested in Sri Lanka - report (Independent Online) (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will see nearly 1000 international buyers arriving in the country to explore opportunities at its Expo 2012, country’s largest export promotion event, which will commence during the last week of this month. The country’s Export Development Board says, already they have enlisted to take part in the event which will ...
- Sri Lanka’s export earnings during the 1st half of 2012 drops marginally (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s export earnings decline during Jan – May period (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign tour operators at the EXPO 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s y/y import bill declines by 3.3% in April, first time in over 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
A leading company in Russia, Gazprom expresses its willingness to construct a hotel in Sri Lanka, in order to promote tourism between Sri Lanka and Russia.
Below is an interview with Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke published in the French Diplomatic Review – La Lettre Diplomatique (The Diplomatic Letter) Two years after the end of a three decades conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011 confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent discovery of ...
- France assures assistance to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- French President Emmanuel Macron pledges strong support for debt restructuring in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- France continues support for Sri Lanka’s renewable energy plans (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been named among the top emerging travel destinations in the world. The global travel and tourism industry identified Sri Lankaas part of a group of emerging countries with potential as attractive holiday destinations behind the so-called BRICS nations. Sri Lanka was named as it is re-emerging after the civil war, investing in ...
- Travel Destination (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka named among top emerging travel destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka named among top emerging travel destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Statement (Category: Business)
The World Travel Market 2011 report has highlighted Sri Lanka among five other nations which have future growth potential. According to the WTM latest report Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Argentina has been earmarked as new emerging countries behind BRIC nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and most recently South Africa. Sri Lanka has been included in ...
- SRI LANKA NAMED AMONG TOP EMERGING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS IN THE WORLD (Category: Breaking News)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
- Global Bond, Stock Managers find opportunities in Sri Lanka – Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan firm finds a new business opportunity emerging owing to pirate attacks on ships (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan Airlines has begun flights to Moscow as it expands its network and increases the number of planes in the fleet. The first flight to the Russian capital was on September 17, a twice-weekly scheduled service between Katunayake International Airport and Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. The island’s national carrier has been expanding steadily over the ...
“What hurts me is that the panel has failed to recognize the immense steps the government has taken to bring peace and reconciliation, matched with development, to the north and north-east of the country that not too long ago was controlled with an armed fist by the LTTE states Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.Within the first 12 months of the war ending we even re-settled over 350,00 displac...
- As Sri Lanka General Silva At UN Peacekeeping Signing, War Crimes Questions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rights panel hands report to UN chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Arrival of Moons panel to SL unsure visit floundering (Category: Breaking News)
- Ban calls for accountability (Category: Breaking News)
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