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[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The China-Lanka Conundrum (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Will Subramanian Swami‘s Visit Revive Racist Politics? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian-Israeli Involvement In Sri Lanka Is A Disaster (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
by Harischandra Gunaratna Former Sri Lanka Rugby captain Lanil Tennakoon in an interview with The Island said that he was compelled to ride his 650cc BSA motorcycle from Passara to Colombo and back covering nearly 450 km to attend national team practices. He said that he had to be at Longdon Place by 4.30 pm […]
- Sri Lanka can start making quick progress in the ‘sevens rugby’ – Phil Greening (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka aim high at Shanghai Sevens (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia Rugby reinstates Sri Lanka as full member (Category: Breaking News)
- Can red hot CR check Kandy’s dream run in rugby this Saturday? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism in the first 08 months of 2022 has increased to USD 892.8 million or Rs. 246 billion, according to the Central Bank’s latest statistics.The post Sri Lanka’s Tourism earnings in first 8 months of 2022 nears USD 900 Million appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka s tourism earnings in first 8 months of 2022 nears USD 900mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Tourism industry earnings surpass US$ 1 Billion mark (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s tourism earnings surpass USD 107 mn in Nov. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects to attract two million tourists in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
Cinnamon Life will transform Colombo as a leisure and entertainment destination for the region
- Cinnamon Life lights up with Hope for 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Life lights up with Hope for 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Life lights up with Hope for 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Life lights up with Hope for 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
By Krishantha Prasad Cooray In many ways, the economic collapse of Sri Lanka became a near certainty in the weeks after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected President. In hindsight, it is clear to all that his government’s number one priority was consolidating their power and punishing those it saw as its enemies. Their next priority was […]
- CBK points finger at her successors as SLFP leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Of that crab dance (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President (Category: Breaking News)
We can make the Mannar Island like entertainment location like Macau island
- 8 hoping to visit Australia arrested at Mannar (Category: Breaking News)
- Words of Wisdom (Category: Business)
- Steve Hanke on currency boards and flawed pegs amid Sri Lanka meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- India to assist restoration of Thiruketheeswaram Temple (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post UNHRC Session 51: Acid Test For Sri Lanka For The Subsistence & Upholding Of Accountability & Justice appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
By Gwynne Dyer I never thought I’d be writing a column in defence of Donald Trump, but a journalist has to go where the evidence leads. Over the years I have written columns in defence of Daniel Ellsberg, Mordechai Vanunu, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, so how could I abandon Donald Trump in his time […]
"So when added to VAT it will become 20 or 22 percent."
- Sri Lanka cabinet approves 2.5-pct turnover tax (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ‘social security’ levy is a travesty, should be a sunset tax: Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka parliament panel approves Rajapaksa regime cascading levy (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial Social Security Contribution levy comes into effect (Category: Breaking News)
Southbeach Weligama, Sri Lanka’s most exciting new freehold address on the picturesque Weligama coast completed its first phase of construction, the completion of the raft foundation, ahead of schedule despite working through a very challenging period. It also etched another milestone when in just eight months since its launch, nearly 50% of the apartments have […]
- Train rams into car and drags it onto platform (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker signs Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (Category: Breaking News)
- President invites diaspora to invest in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lanka Adrift In Tempestuous Seas appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- A Meteor Shower Of Novel Terms (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
By Hal Brands The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi Jinping’s China will soon be driven by plenty of both. In our new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, which this article is adapted from, we explain the cause of that desperation: a slowing economy and a […]
- How China Wants to Replace the U.S. Order (Category: Breaking News)
- Six things to know as Xi Jinping moves to be China’s dictator for life (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight-in-ten Americans detest China now as recent poll witnesses uptick in anti-Beijing feelings (Category: Breaking News)
Industry experts say 70% of government construction projects are on hold now.
- New Zealand PM to step down next month (Category: Breaking News)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- BCFD releases new mental health docu-series amid rising calls for mental health assistance (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Despite being part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and enjoying growth in trade and investments, Bangladesh refuses to be China’s lackey. Recently, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his desire to visit Dhaka in the first week of August, his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen categorically asked him […]
- Wage Rage (Category: Business)
- Bangladesh hopeful Sri Lanka will repay $ 200 million debt within timeframe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in trade discussions after 19 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese companies involved in tax evasion, fraud in Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
- Sri Aurobindo: Mystical Awareness Supplants Production (Category: Breaking News)
- Gandhian Ethics (Category: Breaking News)
- Of histories and identities -11th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhist Heritage And The Present (Category: Breaking News)
Huawei launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 in collaboration with ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). From August 19 to 27, the program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Phillipines across the Asia Pacific […]
- President Wickremesinghe visits Huawei Company in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President inked agreement with Huawei company for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Cabinet Trap & Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- Unholy Silence Of Holies (Category: Breaking News)
The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held on 27th July, 2022 via Zoom. The SLSBC was inaugurated in 1997 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the objective of promoting trade, investments, tourism and services between Sri […]
- “Sri Lanka has enormous growth potential”: Robyn Mudie (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Council holds first AGM (Category: Business)
- Cabinet nod for selecting consultants to sell Insurance Corporation, Litro, etc. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Australia – New Zealand Business Council holds 16th AGM (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published todayThe post Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Watch urges major creditors to help restructure Sri Lanka’s debts (Category: Breaking News)
- New resolution on Sri Lanka adopted at United Nations Human Rights Council with 20 votes in favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Revoke sweeping new order to restrict protest – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published today outlining key human rights concerns. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president on July 21, 2022, after then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down after months of widespread protests against [...
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW accuses Sri Lanka of ignoring EU GSP+ requirements (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Election Year; The Perennial Challenge Of Cleaning The Stables For Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Human Rights In Geneva This September appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s In Store In Geneva For The Sri Lankan Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Are Economic Crimes None Of The UNHRC’s Business? (Category: Breaking News)
- A snake may lurk in the UN grass (Category: Breaking News)
- The Women At Gates Of The Mahara Prison (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Is The Fascist Now? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Not My President (Category: Breaking News)
- So Far, No Good (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Janus Moment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- July 9th 2022: ‘Ever Onward To Victory!’ (Category: Breaking News)
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A New Definition For Democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
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