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[…]The post Danushka’s Sex Scandal: Time For “Me Too Aragalaya” In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Marital Blitz & On The Subject Of Marriage As A License To Rape (Category: Breaking News)
- A departure from the 1995 Age of Consent Legislation (Category: Breaking News)
- Examining Sri Lanka’s New ‘Romeo & Juliet Law’: A Departure From The 1995 Age Of Consent Legisla... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith demands immediate withdrawal of Age of Consent Penal Code amendment (Category: Breaking News)
Australian Government-funded Skills for Inclusive Growth Program (S4IG), managed by Palladium International Group entered into an MoU with Cinnamon Hotel Management Ltd (CHML) to achieve several strategic results in Colombo recently. S4IG is a programme by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in accordance with the terms of a subsidiary agreement signed on […]
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
By N Sathiya Moorthy At a time when India, Sri Lanka and Maldives are fighting international drug menace jointly and severally, comes President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget that has proposed legalising cannabis cultivation. The idea is to help boost farm-produce (?) exports and forex reserves, which are at the lowest level since the economic crisis hit […]
- Minister insists no move to legalise cannabis (Category: Breaking News)
- American arrested in Beliatta with cannabis plants (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says no approval to cultivate cannabis (Category: Breaking News)
- Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill inconsistent with Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Domestic Debt Restructuring: Another Time Bomb Clicking Down? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Apologetic Custodian Of The EPF Is Also A Victim (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Biggest Woe: What To Do When Fiscal & Monetary Policies Have Failed & Are Still Falling? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economic Bankruptcy & Political Instability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Remembrance Week Marking Persecution Of Sri Lankan Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- New Delhi, Colombo & Tamils: The Adani Factor (Category: Breaking News)
- New Delhi, Colombo & Tamils: The Adani Factor (Category: Breaking News)
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, launched a campaign to reclaim the Oval Office on Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected his hand-picked candidates in several pivotal Senate races.The post Former President Donald Trump launches 2024 presidential campaign appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ON...
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Donald Trump to contest 2024 presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks Works To Refine GOP Agenda After Trump (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…]The post A Contrarian Review: The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Seven Moons Floating In Limbo (Category: Breaking News)
- Booker Prize 2022- Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize (Category: Breaking News)
- Shehan Karunatilaka slams “insulting” claims by Rajpal over book (Category: Breaking News)
Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart, brought back the enigmatic character; Uncle Albert from its memorable television commercial featuring Western Union’s money transfer service, to encourage increased foreign remittances through official channels. First aired over two decades ago, the iconic advertisement features Uncle Albert saving the day by sending Suresh Rs. 50,000 via Western […]
- Seylan Bank secures Silver Award at Dragons of Asia 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Remittances dip to 5-month low (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Innovative and nation minded’ digital marketing wins Seylan Bank three awards at SLIM DIGIS 2.2 (Category: Breaking News)
- Alerics Ice Cream scoops two GOLDS at SLIM Brand Excellence awards (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is stable after receiving bullet injuries in the leg following a bid on his life on Thursday while leading a protest march to Islamabad. “His condition is stable. His blood pressure, vital signs are all right. He is able to talk,“ said Dr Faisal Sultan of the Shaukat Khanum […]
- Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan shot in leg at protest march (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan warns Pakistan heading towards Sri Lanka-like situation (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan commends India’s foreign policy, plays EAM Jaishankar’s clip at Lahore rally (Category: Breaking News)
- PTI chief Imran Khan calls Arshad Sharif’s death “targeted killing” (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya In my essay on H. D. Premaratne, I pointed out that Premaratne and Vasantha Obeyesekere were responsible for much of the changes that swept through the Sinhala cinema in the 1970s. Basically, they helped shatter the distinction that had prevailed until then between an artistic and a commercial cinema. Both directors focused […]
- ‘Midunu Vishwaya’—‘Frozen Cosmos’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Pathi (Category: Breaking News)
- Beginnings and evolution of cinema in colonial and post-independent Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gazette issued amending license fees for public performance (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Economic Reforms Unproductive Unless Extractive Institutions Are Halted appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Don’t Ignore The Message Delivered By IPS SOE22 (Category: Breaking News)
- Review Of Dr W.A Wijewardena’s Book ‘A Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics, Cryptos & Currency Boards’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Strategic Strides From A Strategy Guru: Prof Ajantha Dharmasiri (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Auditors Could Have Prevented Alleged ‘Thico’/Thilini Scandal appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Litro Gas & Sri Lanka Ports Authority File Challenges To RTI Commission Orders In CA (Category: Breaking News)
- CA Sri Lanka helps fight cyber crime (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka goes to Kalmunai (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka Members’ Night (Category: Business)
Ninety seven per cent of the respondents in a survey of Sri Lanka’s PR industry carried out in October by the Asia-Pacific chapter of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), the world’s largest and influential PR body, state that the local PR industry has got competitive over the recent years, with pricing, industry connections […]
- Print media the most preferred channel among Lankan PR professionals: survey (Category: Breaking News)
- Survey reveals Lankan PR agencies see AI as a game-changer, emphasizes need for technical know-h... (Category: Breaking News)
- PRCA APAC findings reveals the state of the PR industry in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ISOBAR Sri Lanka sweeps the boards at SLIM Digis 2.2 as the Most Awarded Agency (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Uurumaya, MP Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given a post of Presidential Adviser on Climate Change to Eric Solheim who had been sacked by the UN for wasting funds. Addressing the media in Colombo, Gammanpila said that so-called peace envoy Solheim has re-emerged as the Presidential […]
- Invite global renewable energy organizations to Sri Lanka  Solheim (Category: Breaking News)
- NP Governor receives assurance from Erik Solheim (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway’s Sri Lanka peace process evaluation presented (Category: Breaking News)
- EC: Prez poll can’t be put off (Category: Breaking News)
The APAC chapter of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), the world’s largest and influential PR body, carried out a survey during October with the view of understanding and informing on the state of the PR industry in Sri Lanka. The survey was carried out among 33 leaders and senior executives from over local […]
- PRCA APAC appoints Country Representative for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Thanzyl Thajudeen joins PRCA Asia Pacific Regional Board (Category: Breaking News)
- MullenLowe Group Sri Lanka Contributes to Soaring Global Network Ranking of Effie Effectiveness (Category: Breaking News)
- PRovoke Media recognizes PR Wire as Asia-Pacific’s “Best Agency to Work For” for second consecut... (Category: Breaking News)
Print media has retained its supremacy as the most preferred channel among public relations (PR) professionals in Sri Lanka over other channels online, social media, TV/radio, and others, reveals a survey by the Asia Pacific branch of the world’s largest professional PR body- the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).The survey carried out with the […]
- Survey reveals Lankan PR agencies see AI as a game-changer, emphasizes need for technical know-h... (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Pricing, industry connections and influence playing key roles in SL’s PR industry’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Squire (Category: Business)
- PRCA APAC findings reveals the state of the PR industry 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)
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday lambasted Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for his remark at the United Nations General Assembly session that a threat of terrorism emanates from Afghanistan. “The statement at #UNGA of Hon. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of #Pakistan regarding the presence of terrorist groups in […]
- As you sow, so shall you reap: Pakistan now has to deal with self-created demon Taliban (Category: Breaking News)
- Al Qaeda: Weakened, but not decimated (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s investment promises to the Taliban have not panned out (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Alarming Rise in Terrorism Is Fueled by Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The slow descent of the lead-lined oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard, to the Royal Vault in St George’s Chapel, in Windsor, brought a tear to many an eye and gave a feeling of emptiness to the millions who adored Queen Elizabeth II. Shortly before, the Imperial State Crown, as […]
- Queen Elizabeth’s coffin begins slow journey to Edinburgh (Category: Breaking News)
- World bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth II following majestic funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen Elizabeth II s coffin lowered into vault ahead of private burial (Category: Breaking News)
- Sombre mood reigns in London, beyond as UK mourns Queen Elizabeth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Problem Of The People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
The world bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II today (Monday) with a majestic funeral steeped in tradition and a send-off reflective of the broad popularity she managed to retain over her remarkable seven-decade reign. Royal family members and dignitaries gathered at Westminster Abbey for a somber service. Presidents, prime ministers, princes and princesses, and other […]
- President leaves for England to attend Queen’s funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- Monday 19th September day of mourning and holiday (Category: Breaking News)
- President returns after London visit (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 16th September, 2022 The Lotus Tower, one of the Ozymandian projects that the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration launched, plunging the country deeper into debt, has been opened again! It was first opened by the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government in September 2019. This time around, the public will be able to visit it, provided of course they buy […]
- Young couple caught carving their names into Colombo Lotus Tower (Category: Breaking News)
- Revenue from Lotus Tower exceeds Rs. 11 Mn since opening (Category: Breaking News)
- Opening hours of Colombo Lotus Tower extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Champika claims highest tower in South Asia a white elephant (Category: Breaking News)
"But this time, because of this special situation that money can be used to finance the fiscal deficit as well."
- Sri Lanka central bank deep in debt, dollar shortages at ‘guidance’ rate : Wijewardena (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cenbank says met all end-March IMF targets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cenbank says met all end-March IMF targets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cenbank says met all end-March IMF targets (Category: Breaking News)
That means authorities we should not talk about debt restructuring parameters
- Sri Lanka has no final decision yet on domestic debt re-structuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka would be able to use new IMF funding for budget: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rupee bonds see initial interest from foreign investors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects to wrap up staff-level agreement with IMF end-August: CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
Basically there is a limit to what can be shared with the public or parliament
- Sri Lanka opposition reiterates calls for IMF deal to be tabled in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s JVP gen secy makes dubious claim on IMF deal, says loan “pittance” (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate Controversy (Category: Business)
- Monetary Kudos (Category: Business)
The Lotus Tower is to finally commence operations with the President’s Office saying it will open on 15th September, 2022. The President’s Media Division (PMD) said that locals will be able to enter the tower by purchasing a ticket for Rs. 500 (normal) or Rs. 2,000 (fast pass) while foreign passport holders will need to […]
- Colombo Lotus Tower opens to the public (Category: Breaking News)
- Lotus Tower to remain open for longer hours (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Lotus Tower attracts over 1.4 million visitors (Category: Breaking News)
- SLTDA denies issuing tickets to visit Lotus Tower (Category: Breaking News)
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board implements most of its power transmission and distribution infrastructure development projects like the construction of new transmission lines, transmission and distribution substations, etc., using loan funds obtained from international lending agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). These ...
- CEB engineers, blue eyed boys of govt.- Ministry official (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB engineers pump diesel into their vehicles from Kelanitissa stores (Category: Breaking News)
- The correct method of costing electricity (Category: Breaking News)
- Sectoral Oversight Committee exposes CEB costing trick to make huge profits (Category: Breaking News)
A close aide to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will face sedition charges, accused of inciting mutiny in the military, the interior minister has said.News agencies say the charges are related to comments made by Khan adviser Shahbaz Gill and aired on ARY TV on Monday night, which the minister, Rana Sanaullah, said was […]
- Indo-Lanka tie up on the cards to undertake small arms production (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan court grants interim bail to former PM Imran Khan (Category: Breaking News)
- ABC report surfaces many discrepancies in Easter investigations: Catholic Church (Category: Breaking News)
- Expect more Easter Sunday type attacks: 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)
London August 05, 2022 (PTI):Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak convincingly won over an audience of Conservative Party members in a head-to-head television debate with rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the leadership contest to elect a new Tory party leader and British Prime Minister. The ‘Battle for Number 10’ on ‘Sky News’ on Thursday night brought […]
- UK’s Ranil resigns (Category: Breaking News)
- The meteoric rise of Rishi Sunak! (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announces resignation (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Will UK’s new PM deliver justice for Tamils?’ (Category: Breaking News)
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