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Wednesday 31st August, 2022 Trade unions in the power and energy sectors are up in arms against a government move to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). They would have the public believe that the blame for the staggering losses the two institutions have been incurring should be laid […]
[…]The post “Really Real Manner Of Managing Sri Lanka” – ‘To Paris and Back’ 1977-1990 (JRJ Years) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Perversions Of The Justice System: Comparative Remarks On Sri Lanka & The USA appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Witch-Hunting Mudalige, Ranil-Rajapaksa Repression & the Opposition’s Convoluted, Collaborationist, Confusion appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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We run on this page today an article written by a retired Major General of the Sri Lanka Army who argues forcefully that the Aragalaya protesters were NOT repeat NOT peaceful. Over the weeks and months of the protest, which now appears to be fizzling out, although contrary claims that it will continue persist, the […]
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[…]The post Truth Is An Abyss appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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[…]The post Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Friday 5th August 2022 Sri Lanka’s struggle to shore up its crumbling economy continues, and there are no signs of promised foreign assistance materialising anytime soon. The Cabinet has just retained the services of some foreign firms for external debt restructuring, which is one of the main conditions for the IMF bailout package. When the […]
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The secret vote on the new President as well as the Emergency sharply divided the SLFP. In spite of talks among members of its parliamentary group, the party, led by one-time President Maithripala Sirisena, has not been able to reach a consensus on a strategy to deal with the new President. Of the 14 SLFPers, […]
[…]The post BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Poor Governance: Lack Of Policies To Overcome The Crises appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Newspapers, TV programmes and video presentations have been dealing with the terrible incident that occurred in the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and on the steps leading to it, at predawn on Friday 23 July. Cassandra feels compelled to present her opinion though it is one week from that day. Experts have dissected it and […]
British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]
India is maintaining an in depth watch throughout its southern neighbourhood following a report that a Chinese scientific analysis vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5‘ will enter Hambantota port on August 11 to allegedly conduct satellite tv for pc management and analysis monitoring within the Indian Ocean Region. What has raised eyebrows right here is the timing […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]
[…]The post July 1983 Pogrom: The Black Week That Devastatingly Impacted Sri Lanka Forever appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post July 1983 Riot: A Spontaneous Racial Outburst Or Planned Pogrom Or Both? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
warns electorate not to expect early general election By Shamindra Ferdinando Veteran politician DEW Gunasekera (22) said that there must have been a tacit understanding between the new Sri Lankan administration and the Western camp, regarding the deployment of the military and the police to remove Galle Face protesters in the early hours of yesterday. […]
He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, is concerned with the declaration of a State of Emergency by the Prime Minister’s office in Sri Lanka on 13 July and again by the Acting President on 18 July. The organisation urged the Sri Lankan authorities to refrain from using the State of Emergency to stifle dissent and respect […]
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By Jehan Perera Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been nominated by the SLPP general Secretary as the ruling party’s candidate for election to the Presidency to take place in Parliament on 20 July. There is controversy over this nomination as the SLPP Chairman and other party members have denied this. The controversy extends also to […]
[…]The post From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Transfer Of Formal Power Vs People Power During Societal Transition appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.