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“The recent lockdowns and the increased isolation that it caused have led to an increase in mental health related issues. Hence, the need for a WhatsApp based solution is very much the need of the hour. The majority who reach out through the chat-line tend to be young Sri Lankans who are struggling to cope, […]
- Airtel enables NIMH Mental Health Helpline 1926 expansion to Whatsapp (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
The nation’s preferred telco among youth, Airtel Lanka in partnership with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), announced a major expansion of the 1926 Mental Health Helpline to now include a dedicated Whatsapp service. Anyone in need of mental health assistance can now reach NIMH’s Mental Health Helpline via WhatsApp on 075 555 1926. […]
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Department of Immigration and Emigration has ordered Kayleigh Fraser, a British national whose passport has been taken into custody after she posted on social media anti-government protests, for violating her visa conditions, to leave the country by 15 August. The Department has already cancelled her visa. Earlier this month Immigration and […]
- British national under probe for posting anti-govt protests on social media (Category: Breaking News)
- Immigration Emigration Dept. temporarily halts issuing of passports (Category: Breaking News)
- Immigration Emigration Dept. temporarily halts accepting applications for passports (Category: Breaking News)
- Special notice for those in urgent need of passports (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post New Director General CAASL’s Commission Was Once Withdrawn By CBK appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- New DG appointed to Civil Aviation Authority (Category: Breaking News)
- New DG appointed to Civil Aviation Authority (Category: Breaking News)
- Full Text Of The Leaked Report: War Criminals, Murderers And Fraudsters Exonerated By Nandasena’... (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass Graves: Lack Of Political Will & Culture Of Impunity In Sri Lanka Exposed (Category: Breaking News)
The Department of Immigration and Emigration is investigating whether Kayleigh Fraser, the British national, whose passport has been taken into custody after she posted on social media anti-government protests, violated her visa conditions.The Department said Fraser had been in Sri Lanka for medical reasons. She has been staying in Sri Lanka since 2019. During that […]
- British national to be deported (Category: Breaking News)
- Court rejects case filed by foreigner over passport (Category: Breaking News)
- Court rejects British woman’s attempt to halt being deported (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka immigration on the hunt for Scotswoman who documented protests (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A White Paper For A Draft Campaign Finance Regulation Bill/Act appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Bribing voters (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Election Year; The Perennial Challenge Of Cleaning The Stables For Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- System Changes Are Critical For Our General Election Process To Produce A Genuinely Democratic, ... (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (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)
As the Tibetan people and their supporters across the world celebrate 87th birthday of the Dalai Lama on this 6th July, some inquisitive, and also a few serious questions too are bound to pop up in people’s minds. Some of these obvious question are:”What has he achieved in his six decade long self-chosen exile?”; “Was […]
- Rights Group protests in Brussels against China, demanding release of Panchen Lama (Category: Breaking News)
- China miffed with Tibetan leader’s testimony before Canadian parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Failure to impose fake Panchen Lama embodies China’s colonial rule over Tibet (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan calls for Dalai Lama’s visit to Taipei during celebrations of Tibet Democracy Day (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankans living in Australia are refraining from sending desperately-needed funds to struggling friends and family back home, fearing money will never end up in the hands of those in need because the government will steal it. Multiple members of the Sri Lankan community contacted by NCA NewsWire have lost trust in the government to […]
- Samantha Power urges Sri Lanka to take corrective measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest in Singapore against Rajapaksa draws audience of one (Category: Breaking News)
- WikiLeaks recalls Ranil asking Japan in 2007 to suspend funding (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia says 4 boats from Sri Lanka were intercepted in June (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sajith & Anura Should Dare Arrest; Take The Battle To Gota & Ranil appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anura & Sajith: Sri Lanka’s Tweedledum And Tweedledee Or Hero And Jester (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s International Crusade – Will It Come To Naught? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hamaduru Ethics Or Deontology? The Challenge Before Modern Sri Lankans appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Identity In Choice: The Problem Caste In Christianity (Category: Breaking News)
- My Jaffna Is No Longer My Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – III: Pivot To East appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and businessman Thirukumar Nadesan have been acquitted in the Malwana property case. Basil Rajapaksa was accused of misappropriating Government funds to purchase the land. He is reported to have constructed a mansion on the land, with a swimming pool and a functioning farm. However, the Gampaha High Court today acquitted […]
- Overseas travel ban on Basil temporarily lifted (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil Rajapaksa likely to step down as an MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil says he is not part of the Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil not disappointed on losing MP seat (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Parliament Of Monkeys appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Cabinet Of Patriotic Opportunists (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Ranil Rescue The Economy Or Rajapaksas? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- GR’s Gamble With RW (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Moment Of Truth For The Church Of Ceylon: Are We Better Than The Rajapaksas? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been facing a severe economic crisis since the beginning of 2021 and was trying to cushion the effect of the financial instability by seeking help from almost all friendly countries. Sri Lanka sought the intervention of the good offices of the political hierarchy of Bangladesh and Pakistan, apart from India, for much-needed […]
- China assures will not harm Sri Lanka’s interests (Category: Breaking News)
- China only observer in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring platform (Category: Breaking News)
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s attitude puzzles Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tribute to Malathi de Alwis and Her Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Our Malathi (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Malathi De Alwis (1963-2021) – Beloved Friend, Feminist Comrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Is Ranjan Ramanayake Disqualified? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scandalizing The Court: A Non-Existing Offence (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Years Prison Term For Contempt Of Court Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Po... (Category: Breaking News)
Since 19 June 2012, human rights defender and Teachers Union leader Dr Nirmal Dewasiri has been subjected to surveillance and intimidation. Nirmal Dewasiri is the President of the Federation of University Teachers Unions (FUTA) and the Secretary of the Arts Faculty Teachers’ Association of the University of Colombo (AFTU-CU). He has been active in campaigning for ...
- Surveillance and intimidation of Dr Nirmal Dewasiri (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka university teachers condemn harassment of university association head (Category: Breaking News)
- No solution yet for Sri Lanka university teachers union demands (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA president says he's being harassed by defence authorities (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankans can now buy digital music and movies from Apple’s iTunes Store, the Malaysian insider reported. Music and movies are a new addition to the iTunes Store for 12 countries in Asia, which include Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Users in these markets could only download and purchase apps f...
- Robbery first, then movies (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- The movies that never came out in 2020 (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- The movies that never came out in 2020 (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
The UN should not be taking the side of the bullies, nor should they be adding to the confusion and speculation by failing to renew Lee’s accreditation. As for the UNCA; their role is to stand up for its members, not to expel them and we can see no justification for the continuation of this ...
- Lanka’s pressure, Mathew thrown out of UNCA (Category: Breaking News)
- As Sri Lanka Minister Blocks 300 UN Staff, UN Nambiar Assured by Kohona (Category: Breaking News)
- As Sri Lanka Burns Him in Effigy, UN Ban Has No Comment, Pillay Says Speak to Gov't (Category: Breaking News)
- UNCA Suspends Lee (Category: Breaking News)
“If we can’t think for ourselves, if we are unwilling to question authority, then we’re just putty in the hands of those in power”. – Carl Sagan (The Demon-Haunted World) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Gen. Fonseka was freed not because President Rajapaksa experienced a sudden democratic-epiphany or embraced the ‘quality of mercy’. The politico-electorally disabling nature ...
- Fonseka 'ready to talk' with UN panel (Category: Breaking News)
- In consolidating power, President Rajapaksa risks squandering one of his country's greatest adva... (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Declare' Fonseka president - petition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
The government continued to arbitrarily detain, torture or ill-treat people and subject people to enforced disappearance. It failed to address most instances of impunity for violations of human rights and humanitarian law. The government rejected repeated allegations of war crimes committed by both sides of the conflict that ended in 2009, prompting Amnesty International to ...
- UN Studying LLRC Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Investigate visiting Sri Lankan President - U.S. Urged by Amnesty Int'l (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty demands Sri Lanka war crimes probe (Category: Breaking News)
- The Need to Address Persistent Impunity for Violations and Abuses of International Human Rights ... (Category: Breaking News)
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