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By Sarah Hannan Sri Lankans are taking a keen interest on expressing their solidarity with the people of Palestine since the 07 October 2023 events and recently organised an event that reflected on the first Nakba that took place on 14 May 1948 under the theme ‘All Out for Palestine’. Among the many variety items […]
- The Lure Of The Tigress (Category: Breaking News)
- The mathematics of Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- What our country consequently needs is a new political will (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine, White Supremits & Sri Lanka’s Hypocrisy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Being Meticulously Scrupulous! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Painted Ship In A Painted Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Buddha’s Idea Of Critical Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Teflon Tiran & Visa Outsourcing appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Visa scandal exposed after airport chaos (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa controversy: SJB alleges Tiran Alles misled Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Mobitel offered same service at USD 1 per person but VFS charges USD 25 plus – SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- On-arrival visa controversy: Patali draws IMF’s attention, warns police over playing politics wi... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fleas Dream Of Buying A New Dog appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Opinion Vs Truth (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Political Liberation Movements Be Called Fascists? (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Rotting Or Rotten? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Corruption In Sri Lanka – Some Random Reflections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Rotting Or Rotten? (Category: Breaking News)
- Moral Crisis Proving More Toxic Than The Economic Crisis! (Category: Breaking News)
- Calm Before The Storm! Aragalaya -’22 Has Rested Enough!!! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax! Tax!! Tax!!! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Steps To Achieve Justice In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Transitional Justice In Sri Lanka: Accomplishments & Challenges In The Post-Civil War (Category: Breaking News)
- Abuses Undercut Proposed ‘Truth Commission’ – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- Too polarized to reconcile? The struggle for transitional justice in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Too polarized to reconcile? The struggle for transitional justice in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Government Misleading The International Community Re: Anti-Corruption Action? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Post-Crisis Essential Reforms Being Effectively Progressed? If Not What Is The Way Forward? (Category: Breaking News)
- Draft Anti-Corruption Law; Urgently Required Additional Law Reforms: An Open Letter To Minister ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Are Providers Of Information Under RTI Cognizant Of Their Obligations? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
by Neville Ladduwahetty What Sri Lanka has achieved since it declared itself insolvent is hailed by some with much optimism. The “relative stability” currently experienced is presented by the Governor of the Central Bank “as the outcome of a united effort from the outset” (The Island, December 26, 2023). The focus of that collaborative effort […]
- Sri Lanka Government revenue surges by 43.5%, yet expanding budget deficit spurs VAT hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Estimated Rs 1,400 bn, from VAT in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT 18% from next year (Category: Breaking News)
- A high-wire act (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Cargills-AMUL JV Creating A Dairy Monopoly? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- NPP’s Economic Diplomacy; Non-Aligned In The Best Interests Of The Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Repression Will Hit The JVP-NPP While It Indulges In Political Narcissism (Category: Breaking News)
The International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICC Sri Lanka), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and Daily FT have launched Sri Lanka’s Most Admired Companies Awards for the fifth consecutive year. The awards recognise companies for their financial performance
- ICC Sri Lanka Celebrates the Most Admired Companies of 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICC SL) third ICC Arbitration and Mediation Confere... (Category: Breaking News)
- Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Maria Fernanda Garza, Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), to Visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
by Neville Ladduwahetty A frontpage headline in the Daily Mirror of June 16, 2023 said: “Canada informs SL that NO GENOCIDE TOOK PLACE IN SL”. Two other sub headers state: “Canada’s Foreign Ministry informs SL that no finding on genocide in Sri Lanka” and “However, the Canadian PM renewed the narrative of genocide on May […]
- Genocide Day’ controversy : SL registers protest with Canadian HC (Category: Breaking News)
- SL rejects UNHRC resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Has No Problem (Category: Breaking News)
- SL not done enough says US (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Anti-Terrorism Bill Terrifies The Public appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Legitimacy Of Law – Questioning The PSO & PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Muttonhead Zahran & The Theatrical Professor (Category: Breaking News)
- Counter Terrorism Bill To Create A Security State; Impacting On Rights (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is The BASL Undermining The Rule Of Law? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Incubating, Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
By Neville Ladduwahetty During his address to the “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond”, the President “declared that Sri Lanka is at a crossroad and it was the nation’s last chance to forge ahead or fail (Daily FT, 31, 2023). Now that Sri Lanka has committed itself to the terms
- Govt. decision to give two million farming families freehold land deeds will lead to shanty town... (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Death Penalty Again In Focus: An Efficient Criminal Justice, The Only Answer appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Treating Protests & Strikes As Terrorism: ATA Requires 2/3 Plus A Referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- A case for reviving the death penalty in Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- 1972: A Historic Opportunity Missed (Category: Breaking News)
- Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Or What Made Us Insolvent appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to wind up operations in Sri Lanka next month after being an integral part of bilateral ties and some of the country’s key infrastructure projects for nearly 60 years.The post Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation to wind up operations in Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Mitsubishi to end operations in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan s Mitsubishi, Taisei scale back in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- CEYPETCO Chairman says sufficient petrol & diesel processed to maintain normalcy (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog Axiata to acquire Bharti Airtel’s telecom operations in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
was reported exclusively in the Daily FT. His statement reads: […]
- Schaffter death: Inquiry held in camera (Category: Breaking News)
- Three police teams probe Dinesh Schaffter’s mystery killing (Category: Breaking News)
- Schaffter s death not a suicide  Police (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh Schaffter s family granted permission to bury his remains (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil, Man For A Crisis Or The Crisis Itself appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Rope Bridge To Shipwreck appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Churlish Churchill, A Godawful Grusha (Category: Breaking News)
- Being Meticulously Scrupulous! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget Woes; How Soon Will Titanic Touch The Bottom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
Former People’s Alliance lawmaker M. M. Zuhair, PC has said that Western powers will exploit an invitation to probe 2019 Easter Sunday attacks to delve into wartime accountability issues. The following is the text of the statement issued by one-time State Counsel close on the heels of the conclusion of the 51 session of the […]
- Government says committed to probe (Category: Breaking News)
- House Oversight Committee assures probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet takes up Channel 4 allegations; Premadasa asks for international probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Azad Moulana offers to testify in Easter attacks probe (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why Did Ruwan Exonerate NTJ Leader Zahran? (Category: Breaking News)
- Any Dealing With President Who Lacks Legitimacy Is Political Suicide (Category: Breaking News)
- Are BASL & Media Acting In Cahoots To Promote Ranil? (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
US State Department funded study says… In a new report, titled ‘Beijing’s Global Media Influence: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience’, Freedom House said that the Chinese party-state’s media influence efforts intensified in Sri Lanka during the period of 2019-21.Freedom House is a non-profit organization primarily funded by USAID and the U.S. State [...
- Lanka will discuss debt restructuring separately with China-minister (Category: Breaking News)
- China rejects allegations of attempting to influence media in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese tourists back in Sri Lanka from 03 March (Category: Breaking News)
- Malwatte prelate welcomes Online Bill to check abuses by social media (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s First Firm Steps At Economic Reforms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka: Strategizing Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- BRI Dynamics & Politics Of Cabinet Reshuffle (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Surviving The 75th Year Of Independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Charting A New Beginning? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Kapila Jayasekera: Killer-In-Chief In Both ACF & Five Students Cases appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Commission Of Inquiry: Testify At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- The ACF Commission: To Exorcise Ghosts Of Truth That Continued To Haunt Regardless (Category: Breaking News)
- Looking To The Past: The Political Cultivation Of An Obliging Judiciary To Violate Rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Impunity In Times Of Uncertainty (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Well, It’s Legal! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil & Political Evil (Category: Breaking News)
- Truth Is An Abyss (Category: Breaking News)
- Wickremesinghe/Rajapaksa – An Axis Of Evil (Category: Breaking News)
- From State Of Eelam To State Of Denial: The Tamil Trajectory (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Should Aragalaya Consider A Political Movement Led By Nagananda, Fonseka & Hirunika? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? (Category: Breaking News)
- Any Dealing With President Who Lacks Legitimacy Is Political Suicide (Category: Breaking News)
- Are BASL & Media Acting In Cahoots To Promote Ranil? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Mythical Access To Global Finance & Political Longevity Is Media Creation (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Mythical Access To Global Finance & Political Longevity Is Media Creation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why Did Ruwan Exonerate NTJ Leader Zahran? (Category: Breaking News)
- Should Aragalaya Consider A Political Movement Led By Nagananda, Fonseka & Hirunika? (Category: Breaking News)
- Any Dealing With President Who Lacks Legitimacy Is Political Suicide (Category: Breaking News)
- Are BASL & Media Acting In Cahoots To Promote Ranil? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post PM & President Offer Fool’s Paradise Instead Of Facing Up To Covid-19 Realities 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)
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