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Sri Lanka's key inflation rate rose to 1.5% in October from 1.3% a month ago, the statistics department said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 25.2% in May (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VI appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VII (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part V (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Police have reportedly implemented a plan to control the armed groups and completely eradicate the operation of the underworld gangs in the country within the next six months.The post Sri Lanka Police plans to eradicate underworld activities within next 6 months appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Public Security Minister says ‘Aragalaya’ led to rise of underworld activities and drugs (Category: Breaking News)
- Deshabandu Tennakoon appointed as Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President appoints Deshabandu Tennakoon as acting IGP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka installs Facial Recognition System at Airport to identify criminal suspects (Category: Breaking News)
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, MP, has drawn the attention of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the humiliation caused by travel restrictions imposed on senior serving and retired military officers and two former Presidents by the US, Australia and Canada. In a letter dated 25 Oct., the former Public Security Minister has pointed out to the President […]
- War crimes court is flawed, but it is beginning to deliver (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group: Sri Lankan Tamil women exposed to sexual violence, trafficking after war (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Remains Defiant Against New Allegations of War Crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Groups Condemn Proposed Appointment of Alleged War Criminal Silva to U.N. Peacekeep... (Category: Breaking News)
nearly 180 arrested, 27 trawlers taken into custody this year Regardless of continuing protests in Tamil Nadu, the government is going ahead with naval operations to deter poaching by the Indian fishing fleet that is hitting the livelihood of local fishers.Navy headquarters yesterday (29) said that over the weekend SLN vessels, led by Fast Attack […]
- More Indian poachers, trawlers held in north (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy takes 15 Indian fishers into custody (Category: Breaking News)
- Illegal fishing: 33 trawlers, 220 fishers held this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy catches more Indian vessels for poaching (Category: Breaking News)
by Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com Electricity consumers reeling from the massive increase in tariff in February (adjusted somewhat in July 2023) were naturally appalled by the request for a further increase by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). A public consultation was held on 18 October 2023 by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) […]
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB GM Eng. Rohan Seneviratne steers electricity sector toward sustainable and renewable future (Category: Breaking News)
- Everyone for himself or herself in electricity sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Correct method of pricing electricity and need to reduce costs (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- PAYE Tax; Will There Be A Mass Exodus? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Management Of A Country Relies Upon True Economic Policies appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- My View Completes 13 Years: Still Batting & Not-Out Yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Complex Economy System (Category: Breaking News)
- Without A Code Of Ethics & Principles Of morality, No Meaning In Social Market Economy (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has granted 48 hours for a Chinese vessel to conduct marine research off the island s west coast under supervision, the foreign ministry said on Sunday (29 Oct.), despite Indian concerns that it could be a spy ship.
[…]The post The Interplay Of Climate Change & Water Shortages In Sri Lanka’s Ecosystems appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Climate Change: A Red Flag For Environmental Security In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
- Impact Of Climate Change In Sri Lanka: National Security Challenges & Way Forward (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Navy seized five Indian trawlers with 37 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off Mannar as well as near the Delft Island, Jaffna during special operations.The post Sri Lanka Navy arrests 37 poaching Indian fishermen in five trawlers on Sri Lanka waters appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- 37 Chinese fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- 43 Indian fishermen arrested by SLN (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Navy seizes three Indian fishing trawlers, arrests 22 fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy detains 36 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters (Category: Breaking News)
A special operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters last evening (28) and this morning (29), led to the seizure of five (05) Indian trawlers and 37 Indian fishermen who were poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Mannar and near Delft Island, Jaffna. The three […]
- 43 Indian fishermen arrested by SLN (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy arrests 22 Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy detain three Indian trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters (Category: Breaking News)
- Two trawlers nineteen fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters detained (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka and France convened the inaugural bilateral consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries at a senior official level earlier this week in Colombo.
Banking consultant Ravi Abeysuriya has passed away. With a proven track record of establishing and managing several Financial Sector Institutions in Credit Rating, Investment Research Outsourcing, Investment Banking, Stock Broking and Asset Management, Abeysuriya possessed over several decades of hands-on practical experience and broad knowledge of financial market operations in Sri Lanka. He was ...
- World Bank approves $150 Mn to strengthen Lanka’s financial sector (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Siyapatha Finance to issue LKR 4 billion debentures, reinforcing commitment to growth’ (Category: Breaking News)
- NDB launches full service investment banking operations (Category: Business)
- Lanka may appoint local advisors for small SOE divestment (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who had been entrusted with the task of governing the country have instead ruined it, Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Fonseka, on Thursday, said that every citizen should bear […]
- Fonseka loses patience, calls for revival of aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Poverty level will increase sharply in coming months – Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Second term for Ranil: UNP thanks Kanchana’s backing (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Ranil knows what to do’ (Category: Breaking News)
Analysts have condemned the politicizing of China’s legal scientific activity in the Indian Ocean after some Indian media made sensational claims about an oceangoing geophysical research ship from China that docked at a port in Sri Lanka, adding that the claims merely serve India’s regional strategy. The oceangoing geophysical research ship Shiyan 6 reportedly docked […]
- Govt. finally allows Chinese ship visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign research vessels: Cabinet to discuss how to handle them (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 docks in Colombo amidst India s concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence - report (Category: Breaking News)
The Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo has set up two emergency hotline mobile numbers for Sri Lankan nationals residing in the Middle East.
[…]The post Sri Lankan Tamils & Palestinians: International Justice In The Dark? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Gaza conflict: NPC asks int’l community to step in (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Lankan ambassador to Iran alleges Israel destroying two-state solution (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Home Grown Solution’ A Trojan Horse & Solidarity With Palestine Is A Gimmick (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Department of Wildlife has given up efforts to protect elephants in the country, Sajeewa Chamikara of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) has said. Addressing a gathering at the launch of his book, Sanwardana Jawaramen bihikala Ali minis getuma (The Human-Elephant Conflict: A Creation of the Development Racket), on […]
- Environmentalists: All official statistics on elephants bogus (Category: Breaking News)
- So-called experts blind to what is exacerbating human-elephant conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive increase in deaths in human-elephant conflict since 1969; things to get worse due to don... (Category: Breaking News)
- Elephantine battle erupts over counting of jumbos (Category: Breaking News)
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) on Thursday (26 Oct.) introduced Regulated Short Selling (RSS) through Stock Borrowing and Lending (SBL) to enhance trading opportunities, marking a groundbreaking development in the Sri Lankan stock market.
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- Sony PS5 vs. Microsoft Xbox Series X: The best new game console for holiday 2020 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Trading Trouble (Category: Business)
Four persons suspected of being involved in human smuggling were arrested by the Navy, during a search carried out in Sand Dunes 3, Talaimannar over the weekend. A spokesperson for the navy headquarters said naval personnel intercepted two dinghies in the sea area on suspicion. As 04 individuals aboard those dinghies had no valid licence […]
[…]The post Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 is expected to dock at the Port of Colombo today (October 25), Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed.The post Chinese research vessel ‘Shi Yan 6’ to dock in Colombo today appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Chinese research vessel permitted to make port call in Sri Lanka in Nov. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves request to dock Chinese Research / Survey Vessel Shi Yan 6 (Category: Breaking News)
- Shi Yan 6- China research ship requests Sri Lanka port call (Category: Breaking News)
- China s vessel Shi Yan 6 to dock in Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 will make a port call in Sri Lanka today (Oct. 25), Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry says.
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal to amend the Shop and Office Employees (regulation of employment and remuneration) Act to allow women employed in certain sectors to engage in night shifts, the Information Department announced on Tuesday (24). Women working in information technology companies, knowledge outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), […...
- Act on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment to be presented to Parliament soon  President (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive setback for Afghan women- Taliban vows to publicly stone them to death for adultery (Category: Breaking News)
- Trilingual website to fight violence against women (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Retirement age made equal for men and women (Category: Breaking News)
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca According to newspaper reports (The Island 16 October [1]), an NGO carrying the acronym MONLAR has accused that “the agricultural policies of successive governments have rendered millions of Lankans insecure”. It claims that “as of today, 5.3 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure. This proves that what the government [̷...
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR flays international lenders and govt., for making 5.3 mn Lankans food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Multi-sector combined mechanism launched to ensure food security and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sagala Ratnayaka, Senior Adviser on National Security to the President and Chief of the Presidential Staff, announced the forthcoming establishment of an ‘Anti-Narcotic Command’ to combat the influx of drugs from foreign nations into Sri Lanka.The post Sri Lanka to establish Anti-Narcotic Command to curb drug influx appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Establishment of an Anti-Narcotic Command to curb drugs - Sagala Ratnayaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to establish Anti-Narcotic Command to curb drug influx (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy seizes second trawler with heroin within five days (Category: Breaking News)
- An ‘Anti-Narcotic Command’ will be established to combat influx of drugs to Sri Lanka – Sagala (Category: Breaking News)
Mr. Sagala Ratnayaka, Senior Adviser on National Security to the President and Chief of the Presidential Staff, announced the forthcoming establishment of an 'Anti-Narcotic Command' to combat the influx of drugs from foreign nations into Sri Lanka.
- Education Department robbed (Category: Breaking News)
- Bodies of a couple found in hotel room (Category: Breaking News)
- New Supreme Court Judge sworn in (Category: Breaking News)
- Police probe death of Swiss national (Category: Breaking News)
Senior Adviser on National Security to the President and Chief of the Presidential Staff, Sagala Ratnayaka, announced the forthcoming establishment of an Anti-Narcotic Command to combat the influx of drugs from foreign nations into Sri Lanka.
Newly appointed Ambassadors to Sri Lanka from the EU, Iran and Switzerland handed over their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today. Dr (Ms) Siri Walf the Ambassador of Switzerland in Colombo, Ms. Carmen Moreno the Ambassador of the European Union in Colombo and Dr. Alireza Delkhosh the Ambassador of the Islamic […]
- Indian Navy ship arrives in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia notes the good relationship it maintains with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Navy’s Advanced Light Helicopter lands in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bodies of woman and son recovered from buried house (Category: Breaking News)
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