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Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has encouraged Indians to visit Sri Lanka if they want to travel overseas on holiday. He also noted that India’s assistance to Sri Lanka during its economic crisis has played a key role in enhancing India’s image among Sri Lankan citizens. “My first advice to you, the next […]
- India says it has done more for Sri Lanka than IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s prudence towards Sri Lanka further consolidates the “neighbourhood first” policy of Prim... (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s Minister of State for External Affairs to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India will continue developmental assistance to Sri Lanka in every possible area: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel prices in Sri Lanka have been revised with effect from February 01, 2024.The post Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from February 01, 2024 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Price of 92 Octane Petrol increased in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from March 05, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from May 1, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from June 1, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar has urged all Indians to visit Sri Lanka, emphasising the strong ties between the two nations.The post ‘The next time you want to take a holiday, go to Sri Lanka’ – Jaishankar to Indians appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- India remains committed to assist Sri Lanka in its economic recovery – Jaishankar tells Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP Leader Anura Kumara meets India’s Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar in Delhi (Category: Breaking News)
- India will continue developmental assistance to Sri Lanka in every possible area: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka expressed his strong displeasure regarding Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa accepting the support of former Army Commander (Retired) General Daya Ratnayake.The post Sarath Fonseka slams Sajith Premadasa for bringing Daya Ratnayake to SJB appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Fonseka obtains enjoining order against SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith warns critics inside SJB following Fonseka’s outburst (Category: Breaking News)
- Those criticizing Party decisions will be penalized – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Army Commander Daya Ratnayake joins SJB (Category: Breaking News)
Commenting on the recent aid extended by India to Sri Lanka at a crucial juncture during the country s most severe and unprecedented economic crisis, India s Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar has urged for all Indians to visit Sri Lanka, emphasising the strong ties between the two nations.
Lawyer Chamari Priyanka Perera, wife of late former State Minister Sanath Nishantha, said she is ready to consider her husband's vacant seat only if the people of Puttalam district and the party make a request to do so.The post Sanath Nishantha’s wife Chamari Priyanka Perera ready to enter politics appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Complaint to CID from Sanath Nishantha’s wife Chamari Priyanka Perera (Category: Breaking News)
- Late State Minister Sanath Nishantha s wife to enter politics? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Nishantha’s widow contemplates political career (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Nishantha’s wife ready to enter politics (Category: Breaking News)
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was charged with leaking state secrets.The post Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking state secrets appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Pakistan s former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan gets 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife jailed for 7 years for unlawful marriage (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 31st January, 2024 Sri Lanka is going through difficult times, which are interesting nonetheless. In a dramatic turn of events replete with irony, a political crisis that Maithripala Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksa created more than half a decade ago, has received media attention again. The Supreme Court has granted leave to proceed with a […]
- Change of govt. unconstitutional but reality has to be accepted – MS (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB’s dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Political pole dancing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unite! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka had failed to attract substantial foreign investment in the mining industry during the last 50 years mainly due to the high sovereign risks associated with Sri Lanka, Chirantha Weerawardena, a mining engineer, said during a seminar, titled ‘Blueprint for Developing a Sustainable Sri Lankan Mining Industry by Attracting Foreign Investment,’ organised by the […]
- Cabinet nod for President’s proposal to make Parliament underwrite foreign investment agreements (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia keen to invest in Sri Lanka phosphate, graphite, ilmenite sectors: High Commissioner (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. accused of giving Indian companies access to Lankans’ biometrics (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s apparel manufacturing industry asserts importance of Vertical Integration, improved ... (Category: Breaking News)
by Sanath Nanayakkare Beyond Wealth, a leading company which provides professional investment advisory services (PIAS) in Sri Lanka, recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary while entering into a strategic tie-up with TIW Capital Group, a multi-asset, multi-geography global asset management company headquartered in Singapore. For two decades, TIW Capital Group (TCG) has been amassing tech exp...
- Google's Blob Opera is a weird and wonderful experiment - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Google's Blob Opera is a weird and wonderful experiment - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Google's Blob Opera is a weird and wonderful experiment - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
A broad political coalition would be established under the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena said on Monday following a UPFA executive committee meeting. Sirisena said they would contest elections under the ‘Chair’ symbol. Sirisena added that the new office-bearers of the alliance would be appointed […]
- LTTE supporters hopes to create separation in this country : Maithripala (Category: Breaking News)
- Maithripala is a Lion or Mice?: Tissa question (Category: Breaking News)
- Freedom Alliance District election meetings next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Vacancies in Provincial Councils to be filled (Category: Breaking News)
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- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka dropped further in the latest corruption perceptions index (CPI) for the year 2023. Sri Lanka dropped 2 places to 115 with a score of 34 in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is the most widely used global corruption ranking in the world. It […]
- Sri Lanka more corrupt in 2022 than in 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP and Sri Lanka discuss impact of regressive tax policies (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet Sub Committee on cricket calls for accountability (Category: Breaking News)
- World greets 2024 with major fireworks displays (Category: Breaking News)
Attorney-at-Law Chamari Priyanka, the wife of late State Minister Sanath Nishantha, is prepared to enter politics if she is requested to do so. Chamari Priyanka told reporters that she had no intention of entering politics but if the public and Nishantha’s political party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) request her to enter politics she […]
- President visits residence of Sanath Nishantha (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilith denies claims he will support Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Royal – Thomian, Sydney 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF commends Sri Lanka’s economic reforms endeavors (Category: Breaking News)
A court order was issued today (January 30), preventing the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) from inconveniencing the public during its political rally due to be held later today.The post Court order issued against SJB rally – SJB to go ahead with protest defying court order appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Court order issued against planned SJB rally (Category: Breaking News)
- Second court order issued against SJB rally, barring entrance to parts of Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB s planned rally slapped with yet another court order (Category: Breaking News)
- Court order issued over protest planned by SJB MPs (Category: Breaking News)
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- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing Or Posturing For Elections? (Category: Breaking News)
- Moving Towards A Necessary Balance (Category: Breaking News)
- Moving Towards A Necessary Balance (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H.Senewiratne A top local hotel chain owner who faced an enormous financial crisis during the Covid 19 lock down period and left Sri Lanka to find funds to maintain his local hotels, has ended up in Australia where he has acquired a restaurant next to the Brisbane Cricket Grounds (Gabba Stadium). This is […]
- Sri Lankan openers flying early (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka 9/302 after 48 overs (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner ton pushes Australia to 321 (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner notches 50 from 61 balls (Category: Breaking News)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Partnership for Accelerating Results in Trade, National Expenditure, and Revenue (PARTNER) activity, with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), have completed an on-the-job coaching programme for 50 Development Officers (DOs) attached to the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (SLEDB), said a release from the CCC. At an […]
- SLEDB joins Pakistan High Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID to establish battery-operated swapping stations for E-bikes (Category: Breaking News)
- Promising ‘Sri Lanka Peace Collection’ gets US backing (Category: Business)
- AmChamHosts luncheon on private sector partnerships with USAID (Category: Business)
By Lynn Ockersz Immense learning loss among the young, the likelihood of increasing school dropouts, the interruption of the school feeding programme and rising mental stress and confusion among children are just a few among the multiple ills that result from prolonged school closures in Sri Lanka, the Gamani Corea Foundation’s (GCF) 13th discussion session […]
- MoE and UNICEF spearhead national initiative to recover lost learning for 1.6 million primary sc... (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-pandemic schoolchildren: Does anybody care? (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating challenges of dental education in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Third phase of first school term for 2023 begins next week (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera The election of Sivagnanam Shritharan as President of the ITAK has the potential to bring Tamil nationalism to the fore again. The ITAK is the largest Tamil political party and the mainstay of the now fragmented TNA which was an alliance of political parties that came into existence during the latter phase […]
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian model as wayforward (Category: Breaking News)
- PRESIDENT’S NEED TO BUILD TRUST AT ALL LEVELS TO GET REFORMS THROUGH (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 30th January, 2024 The government has reportedly decided to enhance the fine for the offence of bribing voters. Candidates contesting elections bribe electors in various ways. The election laws governing the local government, Provincial Council, parliamentary and presidential elections are very explicit on what election bribes are. Bribing voters is the name of the […]
- Time frame for presidential poll set by law: elections chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential election will be held between 18 Sept. and 18 Oct. 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- No regulation of campaign finance at LG poll if Speaker is unable to endorse Bill in time – EC C... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bill to limit candidates election campaign spending to be gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
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- Indian HC explains how Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict expanded India’s role in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Day’ controversy : SL registers protest with Canadian HC (Category: Breaking News)
- SL economy, IMF claims, and reality (Category: Breaking News)
- New Australian HC launches landmark educational programme (Category: Breaking News)
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- President Leads Largest Delegation For Climate Change Summit In Dubai: Probably A Guinness World... (Category: Breaking News)
- Soma Munasinghe – Versatilist-Journalist, Passionate Writer & Prolific Translator (Category: Breaking News)
- A Four Day Working Week For Public Servants – A Comment (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Ocean Security Conference & Ranil’s Statement – A Point Of View (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has stated that the recent increase in the number of ship arrivals at the Colombo Port is likely due to the Red Sea crisis.
Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says that if he comes to power, he will repeal the recently adopted Online Safety Act.The post If elected, will repeal the Online Safety Act – Sajith Premadasa appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- SJB to bring no-confidence motion against Speaker? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith urges Speaker to postpone parliamentary debate on Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Online Safety Bill will cost Sri Lanka gravely  Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith slams Online Safety Bill and pledges to repeal undemocratic laws (Category: Breaking News)
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha has said India and Sri Lanka are natural partners and their interests in matters of security or development are intertwined and interlinked. “The huge potential our partnership holds and the tangible impact it can have on the lives of the common people drives me to work harder to further deepen […]
- Sri Lanka to ink trade deal with India after addressing concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- India assures continued support for SL at Creditors’ Committee along with Japan and Paris Club (Category: Breaking News)
- Sky is the limit for India-Sri Lanka partnership- High Commissioner Baglay (Category: Breaking News)
- ASEAN hints at Sri Lanka s potential entry into RCEP trade deal (Category: Breaking News)
A call for sustainable solutions By R. Sharvanandha, B. Sc, M. Sc. Lanka is currently grappling with a significant challenge – the escalating prices of vegetables. This surge in food prices has a direct impact on households, affecting their ability to afford essential and nutritious foods. In this article, we will explore the reasons behind […]
- Navigating The Challenges Of Escalating Vegetable Prices In Sri Lanka: A Call For Sustainable So... (Category: Breaking News)
- Transformation of agro-food system: (Category: Breaking News)
- Understanding Poverty: A complex, multidimensional challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- Growing challenge of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sri Lanka amidst macroeconomic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
by Lasanda Kurukulasuriya Sri Lanka’s remarks at the meetings of the 19th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement in Uganda, must surely have had observers of international relations, especially relating to West Asia, scratching their heads. President Ranil Wickemesinghe in Kampala on Friday (19 Jan.) said he welcomed the fact that the 19th Summit gave […]
- Sri Lanka Hones Its Balancing Act (Category: Breaking News)
- We don’t have the capacity for a Red Sea deployment on our own (Category: Breaking News)
- Will this massacre of the innocent ever stop? (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Ministry urged to advise govt. against Red Sea deployment (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva, issued directives yesterday to officials of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, emphasising the need for additional measures to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of ship operations as the number of cargo vessels arriving at the port of Colombo has increased, leading to a rise in […]
- Box Trends (Category: Business)
- Ferry service to Colombo from Indian port resumes after 20 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Port to attract Rs 3 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- 3 Japanese warships arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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- Biden’s order to restrict US investments in China’s tech sector opens new opportunities for India (Category: Breaking News)
- US Chips Act restricts companies from expanding production in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Adrift In Tempestuous Seas (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
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