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At first glance, life in Sri Lanka's financial capital Colombo looks deceptively normal.The post Is the worst over for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis? appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka aims to have $2.9 billion IMF loan finalised in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hit by record brain drain, but some stay to rebuild (Category: Breaking News)
Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a video surfaced of Mr Kaluthantri lounging on a bed draped with the presidential flag. Pictures of young men jumping […]
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass arrests in Brazil as President condemns ‘terrorist’ riots (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan arrest was illegal (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's national carrier has been struggling against even more headwinds than many of its rivals.The post Sri Lanka airline boss says ‘don’t be a CEO during Covid’ appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- SriLankan Airlines obtains Government’s approval to recruit foreign pilots (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines participates at the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines, Korean Air activate codeshare partnership (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog, SriLankan offer star points, FlySmiLes conversion (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Exit Of The Old Guard & The Arrival Of The New (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- 40 Years After The Anti-Tamil Pogrom Of July 1983: Root Causes Remain Unaddressed (Category: Breaking News)
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando appealed to international travellers to add Sri Lanka to their travel wish list, assuring tourists are cushioned from the economic shocks the country is undergoing, and that they will be well looked after.The post Hospitality doesn’t die just because inflation is high – Harin appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA ...
- Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara expelled from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara reappointed to UNP working Committee (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s sports minister suspends four national sports federations (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin appointed Sports Minister, Pavithra appointed Irrigation Minister (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
by Sean GLEESON and Amal JAYASINGHE (AFP) Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Friday, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault that raised international concern for dissent under the crisis-wracked country’s new pro-Western president. Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles charged on ...
- AKD: Ranil cannot intimidate public (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP demands release of Aragalaya activists detained under PTA, insists there is no evidence agai... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil vows to fight ‘Fascists’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & Morality (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Unarmed but not peaceful (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Uncharted Global Future Commences In 2021: How & How Much Will The World Change? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka proud hosts of popular and shorter form of most entertaining tournament played in Asia for the first time; 20-teams, 20-day cricket fiesta ICC World T20 kicks off tomorrow Mega boost for tourism as 500 players and officials alone to take up 9,000 room-nights; hundreds of overseas fans, global sponsor officials and media to ...
- ESPN STAR Sports bags multi-year broadcasting rights for Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- ICC launches World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC announces WT20 warm-up schedule (Category: Business)
Playing off India against China and vice versa‘The Great Game’ was the name given to a diplomatic and military tussle between the British and Russian empires during the time of the British Raj in India for influence over what constitutes today’s central Asian states. Commonly known as the ‘Stan states,’ they were located along the ...
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is no pearl on China’s string: President (Category: Business)
- From defence sales to electricity grids, India upgrades Lanka ties (Category: Business)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
A gallery of images depicting the story of how the Nature Trails team headed by Chitral Jayathilake and Head Naturalist Nilantha Kodithuwakku, launched whale watching in the Eastern coast; was displayed at Chaaya Blu Trincomalee recently. Once approval was obtained by relevant authorities, the Nature Trails team headed out from Chaaya Blu Trincomalee in their ...
- Whale watchers’ paradise (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan adventures to lure tourists (Category: Breaking News)
- Boat trip a whale of time (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Sea sick (Category: Technology)
Let’s accept it, Sri Lanka made a statement to the world that we are open for business with Expo 2012, even though it had its limitations like the faulty air conditioner at the launch that grabbed media attention. Whilst some can say that the shine was taken off the event due to the very uncomfortable ...
- Building ‘Brand Sri Lanka’: Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Has the bubble burst? (Category: Business)
- Logistics hub on show to the world in March (Category: Business)
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
Below is an interview with Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke published in the French Diplomatic Review – La Lettre Diplomatique (The Diplomatic Letter) Two years after the end of a three decades conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011 confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent discovery of ...
- France assures assistance to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- French President Emmanuel Macron pledges strong support for debt restructuring in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- France continues support for Sri Lanka’s renewable energy plans (Category: Breaking News)
“…by clever and persevering use of propaganda, even heaven can be represented as hell to the people, and conversely the most wretched life as paradise”. Hitler (Mein Kampf) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Impunity is illimitable. If the law was allowed to take its normal course after the Kolonnawa mini-war, the Christmas Eve murder of a ...
- Strong parliament vital to accelerate development (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist activities not affecting fishing industry Basil (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreigner killing - three arrested, wanted politician still at large (Category: Breaking News)
- New Year parties in hotels in Sri Lankas Southern city of Tangalle cancelled (Category: Breaking News)
Noel Bruno Dawsan, a Sri Lankan, has been recognized as the world's best tour guide by the British travel magazine Wanderlust. The winner says he is delighted and will help disadvantaged people into further education with his bursary. A Tamil of Indian origin, he comes from a family of impoverished tea pickers in a remote Sri Lankan town. Mr. Dawsan was hailed by the judges as a ...
- Bodhi Pooja to invoke blessings on Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- 13 SSPs promoted as acting DIGs (Category: Breaking News)
- WASL to organize a protest march to Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Tharanga, Malinga, Kulasekara duo in ODI squad (Category: Breaking News)
The Galle Literary festival is a haven of civilised values in a country that is no stranger to strife by Robert McCrum Associate editor, The Observer, UK [Click for more pictures] Ever since the Hay festival set up shop overseas...
- Literary Fest (Category: Business)
- Regional Debate (Category: Business)
- Festive Track (Category: Business)
- Final Stretch (Category: Business)
June 16, 2010: 11.00 am Siobhain McDonagh: (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government....
- Answer given by British Prime Minister to question on Sri Lanka War Crimes Tribunal (Category: Breaking News)
- British Parliament spotlight on Sri Lanka again (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil American Peace Initiative Responds to SL Foreign Minister’s US Visit (Category: Breaking News)
- 41 British MPs urge Prime Minister Cameron to support an independent, international war crimes i... (Category: Breaking News)
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