Sri Lanka News Explorer
Last 7 Days
Older News
- Older than 2023-Dec (187)
Narrow by Category
- Breaking News (187)
[…] The post Mahinda Is Bowing Out! What About Gota? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Layman’s Long-View Of The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka: Dilemmas & Economic Programmes – Do We Consume More Than We Produce? (Category: Breaking News)
- We Are On Course To A Dual Currency Regimen (Category: Breaking News)
- Purchasing Power Parity (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Must Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess (Category: Breaking News)
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a 40 percent price hike for dozens of commonly used medicines on Saturday as the island nation labours through its worst economic crisis in decades. The post... Click on the headline to read the full story
[…] The post The Hoax Of A War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Govt. woos international community (Category: Breaking News)
- The fall of Pohottuwa govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- This is a govt of the Rajapaksa, for the Rajapaksas, by the Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Civilian deaths and injuries in the Govt-LTTE conflict in the Wanni (Category: Breaking News)
[…] 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 Ali Sabry’s Misplaced Optimism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politics Behind A Politician’s Gold (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Grand Alliance For Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Open Letter To All Parliamentarians appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lihini Seafoods expands into local market by entering LAUGFS supermarkets (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Tharu Dilena Ambaraye Song Rahal Alwis & Lihini Hettiarachchi (Category: Video)
The latest findings of the survey Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 2) have found that an overwhelming majority of Sri Lankans have been affected by the current crisis.
Sri Lanka s finance minister has told the BBC he has no choice but to hike the country s sales tax as it faces its worst-ever economic crisis.
A group of MPs who were among the independent MPs who met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today, have been picked to take forward talks to form an all-party Government. The MPs are to have talks with the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and others to seek support for an all-party Government. The President’s Office quoted […]
- SJB to take disciplinary action against Harin and Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- SLFP did not approve MPs joining Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith removes Harin and Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- President to ask Prime Minister to step down (Category: Breaking News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to form an all-party government comprising all political parties represented in the Parliament, the President s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement issued today regarding the meeting held with party leaders and representatives who now sit independently in Parliament.
- Kamala Harris' VP win is huge for HBCUs, Tougaloo president says (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country’s worst economic crisis in decades,... Click on the headline to read the full story
Nine out of 10 Sri Lankans hold the opinion that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign and that the Rajapaksa family should leave Sri Lankan politics. The Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 2) conducted by Social Indicator (SI), the survey research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) found that 87% support the […]
- Sri Lankans in Sydney stage demonstration against Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves proposal for 21st Amendment (Category: Breaking News)
- Resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- Go Gota Gama at Galle Face marks 50 days (Category: Breaking News)
22-04-2022, Amsterdam: In the latest series of EFSAS interviews, Mr. Junaid Qureshi (Director EFSAS) welcomed virtually Professor Mick Moore, a highly regarded political economist and professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is also the founding CEO of the International Centre for Tax and Development and was appointed […]
- Sri Lanka state finances would improve with domestic domestic restructure: think tank (Category: Breaking News)
- China leaves crisis-ridden Sri Lanka in the lurch to fend for itself (Category: Breaking News)
- 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball (Category: Breaking News)
- A Generational Shift To Face The Crisis In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly today adopted a unanimous resolution urging the Union Government to consider the state government’s request immediately to send humanitarian assistance worth Rs 123 crore including rice, life-saving drugs and milk powder for children to the people of Sri Lanka who are now suffering due to the economic crisis. “The Tamil […]
- Stalin thanks Jaishankar for accepting Tamil Nadu’s request to help Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil diaspora recognises hopeful developments in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu sends another shipment of relief goods to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Stalin accuses Sri Lankans of attacking Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has briefed diplomats on steps taken so far on post conflict reconciliation. At a meeting with a group of Ambassadors, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris outlined the progress made by the Government of Sri Lanka in addressing post conflict reconciliation related issues and further strengthening democracy and human rights, the Foreign […]
- Central mechanism to be established to streamline requests for assistance (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Foreign Minister on two-day visit to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Foreign Minister on two-day visit to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to seek assistance from Paris Club and G7 (Category: Breaking News)
India held talks with dissident MPs of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and reiterated India’s continued commitment to support Sri Lanka. The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay received a group of parliamentarians and reiterated India’s continued commitment to support Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. The High Commission […]
- India delivers another 40,000 MT of petrol to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Public urged not to queue up for fuel over next 3 days (Category: Breaking News)
- India wants Sri Lanka to probe attacks on fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- President speaks to Putin and asks for credit to get fuel (Category: Breaking News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to meet the leaders of constituent political parties of the government this morning (April 29).
[…] The post The Absurd, Asinine All-Parties Administration Attempt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- July 9th 2022: ‘Ever Onward To Victory!’ (Category: Breaking News)
- The New Opposition Group Of 40 & The Aragalaya: Potentials, Prospects & Problems (Category: Breaking News)
- Defeating Gota-Ranil: Re-Thinking The Aragalaya & Left Strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
Social unrest, political uncertainty and a complex web of creditors could scupper Sri Lanka s push for a swift overhaul of its $12 billion overseas debt, analysts warn, saying the South Asian nation is fast running out of road.
The 11 political parties that became independent in the parliament recently have conditionally agreed to attend the meeting convened by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tomorrow (April 29).
India, the world’s second-biggest tea producer, will likely fail to take advantage of an export gap in the global market sparked by Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, according to a top grower. The post... Click on the headline to read the full story
Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government quit over Sri... Click on the headline to read the full story
[…] The post A Godfather’s Last Stand appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Epitaph On A Tyrant (Category: Breaking News)
- Unthinkable, Unspeakable Can Happen (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Sovereignty Roadblocked (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is The “System Change” We Anticipate? How Can It Be Achieved? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post On Political Appointments To Universities appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- When The Gatekeepers Of Academic Standards & Integrity Commit Fraud, What Is Left Of The Sri Lan... (Category: Breaking News)
- Friday Forum on crisis in the education sector (Category: Business)
- "I dont like to use the term 'student supppression' simply because there is no such thing" (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna University Vice-Chancellor Commits Fraud Again With Impunity (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Shaming Buddha & His Teachings appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Strict Laws Against Those Distorting Buddha’s Teachings: A Point Of View (Category: Breaking News)
- Should A Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka A Buddhist Country? – A Critical Reflection Of Sri Lankan Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
- Freedom Of Speech & Religion (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post From Anyone But Karu To No One But Karu appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Abortionists Of A Nation’s Rebirth; Sajith Joins Ranil In The Act (Category: Breaking News)
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Ranil Resign!’: Awaken Aragalaya 3.0 (Category: Breaking News)
- Full Text Of The Leaked Report: War Criminals, Murderers And Fraudsters Exonerated By Nandasena’... (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Government Brutalities Against Protesters appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Second Wave Of Covid-19 Or Continuation Of Community Spread Of Covid-19 In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Second Wave Of Covid-19 Or Continuation Of Community Spread Of Covid-19 In Sri Lanka? (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)
Indonesia has provided humanitarian aid worth US $1.6 million to Sri Lanka. The Indonesian Embassy in Colombo said that the Indonesian Government has provided humanitarian aid of essential medicines and medical equipment to Sri Lanka to the value of LKR 517.5 million (around US $1.6 million), due to the severe shortage in Sri Lanka caused […]
- Second consignment of Indonesia humanitarian aid arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- EU provides €200,000 in humanitarian funding for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Children in Sri Lanka still require critical lifesaving support (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesian aid for needy Sri Lankan families (Category: Breaking News)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (84)
- Political crisis (187)
- Foreign exchange reserves (69)
- Shortage (9)
- Bank reserves (35)
- Fuel (21)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (187)
- Russia (7)
- Ukraine (6)
- Sri Lanka Tea (187)
- Tourism (10)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (187)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (187)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (187)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (187)
- Sri Lanka Elections (187)
- Hiru Tv (21)
- ITN News (187)
- Shakthi Tv (21)
- Derana Dream Star (25)
- BBC (4)
- Rob Ford (1)