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ECONOMYNEXT –A Minister warns of emerging racism in the island nation targeting ethnic minorities ahead of 2024 elections while regretting the past racism-led events including riots and insurrections since the 1948 independence. Sri Lankan politicians have historically used racism to divide the country and win elections with the help of their own ethnicities and religious […]
- NPP calls for new Constitution: ‘13 no solution to any problem’ (Category: Breaking News)
- PAFFREL threatens court action on any attempt to put off LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Sumanthiran flays RW on “hollow words,” asks whether the ethnic crisis has been ended (Category: Breaking News)
- Election monitors threaten legal action in case of LG polls postponement (Category: Breaking News)
(Excerpted from the memoirs of Lalith de Mel) He returned to a Sri Lanka going through a difficult phase due to the JVP uprising. There were curfews and a sense of fear in the air. His predecessor in Sri Lanka had a young family and was glad to get away from the chaos that prevailed […]
- Driving marketing in the boardroom (Category: Business)
- Corporate governance and its importance (Category: Business)
- The PULL Forum with Keith Chamber is a must for marketers (Category: Business)
- Challenge before Sri Lanka Medical Association (Category: Breaking News)
By Capt. A.G.A. Barrie P.Eng., B.Sc (Hons)(Eng) A.M.A. Azeez’s 50th death anniversary fell on November 24, 2023. Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez, an eminent educationist, erudite learned scholar in English and Tamil, brilliant orator, efficient administrator, writer, visionary and dedicated community worker, was born on October 4, 1911 to a traditional elite family of Vannarpannai in […]
- Dr. A.M.A. Azeez – He Placed Service Before Self (Category: Breaking News)
- Zahira College reflects on ‘Past Glories and a Way Forward’ (Category: Business)
- Zahira College holds 120th Anniversary Prize Day (Category: Business)
- Launch of support for Dharussalaam College on Sunday at Maligawatte (Category: Business)
This is an exchange between two Australians of Sri Lankan descent prior to the World Cup final between India and Australia at Ahmedebad last week reproduced in Michael Roberts’ Thuppahai blog. The protagonists are Errol Fernando, a skilled piano player from Trinity College, who predicted the Aussie victory against all odds and the firmer Royal […]
- AKD: JVP-led NPP will not undermine India’s national security (Category: Breaking News)
- Mendis Mayhem (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP administration will not undermine India’s security interests: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘I may write about 2022 Lanka protests in 20 years’ (Category: Breaking News)
Conference on Sri Lankan Cinema and society The cultural programme of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between France and Sri Lanka continues with a sequence dedicated to Sri Lankan Cinema. The French Embassy to Sri Lanka and the Maldives have organized a conference about Sri Lankan Cinema by Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin […]
- Entertainment tax on local cinema waived off for 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Entertainment tax on local cinema waived off for 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Entertainment tax on local cinema waived off for 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Entertainment tax on local cinema waived off for 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
High Commissioner designate Rohitha Bogollagama presented the Open Copy of his Letter of Credence to, Vice Marshal and Director of Protocol at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Victoria Busby OBE, before the formal and ceremonial presentation of Credentials to His Majesty King Charles III. High Commissioner designate Bogollagama thanked Vice Marshal and Director Busby […]
- UK official sent to welcome Sri Lanka’s new top diplomat to UK (Category: Breaking News)
- New Sri Lankan diplomats advised to bring fresh investments (Category: Breaking News)
- New Korean envoy to Sri Lanka and other diplomats present credentials (Category: Breaking News)
- Bogollagama to take over as Sri Lanka’s envoy to Britain (Category: Breaking News)
The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) has earned USD 1.8 billion in total investments as at 23 November, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama revealed.
Supermarket manager Laknath Dias says the economic crisis in his native Sri Lanka is too much for him to bear. He is getting ready to fly to Israel in December to work as a farmhand for nearly 10 times the pay, despite the war with Hamas.The post Thousands of Sri Lankan workers set to depart for Israel despite war appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka signs agreement to send workers to Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Detained Sri Lankan women in Israel to be sent back to Jordan (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Sri Lankans will be evacuated if needed – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Missing Sri Lankan woman in Israel confirmed dead (Category: Breaking News)
Chef and restaurateur Dharshan Munidasa has been awarded “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays”, for the 2023 Autumn Conferment, according to a communique issued by the Government of Japan. The award was conferred upon Chef Munidasa in recognition of his distinguished contributions to promoting Japanese Food Culture in Sri Lanka […]
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays conferred on Chef Dharshan Munidasa (Category: Breaking News)
- Dharshan Munidasa appointed Goodwill Ambassador by Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan looks at investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan reiterates conditions to resume stalled projects in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
demands that govt. adhere to Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act By Shamindra Ferdinando Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (23) said that Sri Lanka should be concerned about external interventions in the judiciary.MP Cumaratunga told The Island that without any malicious intent, on behalf of the Nidahasa Janatha Sabhawa he raised the issue at hand in […]
- Speaker says he didn’t allege foreign hand in Aragalaya uprising (Category: Breaking News)
- Gevindu faults Prez, PM over deferred 22 A (Category: Breaking News)
- Gevindu concerned about province being basis, backs move to restrict classes to Grade 12 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 28 mn ‘red notices’, 1,062,790 discontinuations during May 22-Jan 24 period (Category: Breaking News)
New UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has been questioned by the Labour Party over his links to the Colombo Port City. Speaking at the House of Commons, Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh said that since the Foreign Secretary was last in office, he has been working for a Chinese state enterprise that was sanctioned by the US […]
- UK urged to impose sanctions on Shavendra Silva and Jagath Jayasuriya (Category: Breaking News)
- Port City Colombo to be positioned as alternate to Singapore, Dubai (Category: Breaking News)
- Former UK PM to promote Colombo Port City in UAE (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, has revealed that the Ministry has received over 10,000 applications to work on Israeli farms.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka (CILT Sri Lanka) will hold their CILT International Conference 2023, an event that brings together the best minds and practices in the field of logistics and transportation on 24th November, at the Balmoral, Kingsbury Hotel Colombo. The Main Sponsor for this year’s conference is Haulmatic Technologies, […]
- Professorial Points? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka keen to import ethanol from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Advantis Projects speeds ahead with the delivery of Sri Lanka’s largest Tunnel Boring Machines (Category: Breaking News)
- Advantis and Cordelia Cruises unite to unleash the ultimate cruising experience in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Northern Tamils Are Not For Sale To China appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins: A Comment (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Ocean Security Conference & Ranil’s Statement – A Point Of View (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says?: A Rejoinder (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Forces To Be Trained In Modern Day Warfare: President (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday said that Parliament like other institutions should bear responsibility for the unprecedented economic crisis caused during President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s administration. Minister Sabry said so when The Island sought his response as regards the responsibility of Parliament for the developing situation against the backdrop of the cou...
- Crisis: Sabry faults ‘handful of persons’ but won’t accept charge of economic crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sabry questions insistence of interested parties to cremate bodies of Covid-19 victims (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘War crimes’: Not only individuals but also entire fighting divisions ‘blacklisted’ – Foreign Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Kanchana’s warning to restrict fuel supplies irrelevant, all imports already disrupted-SJB (Category: Breaking News)
The abstention from voting recently by some foremost powers of the vital UN Security Council on a crucial resolution relating to the wellbeing of the people of the Gaza Strip, helped focus on the vexatious issues central to the Israel-Hamas war which are driving the world apart. The abstention from voting by the US, Russia […]
- SA envoy to Sri Lanka lambastes Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Gaza conflict: NPC asks int’l community to step in (Category: Breaking News)
- Defeating despair in the face of rising world disorder (Category: Breaking News)
- Quandaries for world community from Mid-East tangle (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Historically, Sri Lankan governments have failed to reduce the budget deficit, SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne says. Sri Lankan governments have consistently looked at maximising revenue but paid minimal attention to curtailing expenditure, MP Wickramaratne has said. Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had not factored in state expenditures when the latest bailout […]
- Eran questions whether country needs so many ministers (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP MP Herath quits PSC appointed to probe causes of bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
- Revenue raising measures insufficient to recover SL s financial crisis  SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. should not deviate from agenda of national needs in discussions to find solutions to crise... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has entered into an agreement with Israel to send workers to be employed in the latter’s agricultural sector, Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.The post Sri Lanka signs agreement to send workers to Israel appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka agrees to send 10,000 farm workers to Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel targets Sri Lankan workers to replace deported Palestinians (Category: Breaking News)
- Jobs for Sri Lankans in Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to cooperate with Israel on agriculture (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Top SJB spokesman Dr. Harsha de Silva on Monday (20) dismissed Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s claim that well over USD 56.5 bn had been parked overseas by some exporters. Dr. de Silva also contradicted claims made by rebel SLPP MPs Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Gevindu Cumaratunga on the matter. The […]
- USD 56.5 bn parked overseas: Govt. must deal with errant exporters firmly – Justice Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Response to economic revival plan pathetic: Harsha disappointed (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB warns against counting foreign loans as part of forex reserves (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to 1% in October year-on-year from 0.8% in September, the statistics department said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lankan inflation rises to 1% in October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- CCPI based inflation drops to 66% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s inflation slows down to 70.6% in October 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s inflation climbed to 60.8% in July – CCPI (Category: Breaking News)
RM Parks Inc, a leading petroleum products distributor in the United States signed an agreement with the Board of Investment (BOI) for U$ 110 million to bring Shell products to Sri Lanka.The post RM Parks signs $110 million petroleum agreement with Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka signs agreement with RM Parks Inc to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
- US energy company and Sri Lanka sign fuel distribution deal (Category: Breaking News)
- US-based RM Parks signs $110mn agreement with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka signs deal with RM Parks and Shell to enter fuel market (Category: Breaking News)
By C. A. Chandraprema The judgement delivered by a divided five-member bench of the Supreme Court with regard to two fundamental rights cases numbered 195/2022 and 212/2022 filed by several individuals including Mahim Mendis, Chandra Jayaratne, Julian Bolling and the NGO Transparency International has stirred up a political storm. The majority judgment was delivered by […]
- Is Speaker’s announcement consistent with SC determination? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC ruling on economic crisis: Parliament also responsible, says Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic way forward; corruption; stunning SC ruling (Category: Breaking News)
- SC ruling on economic meltdown: Lacille wants wrongdoers appropriately dealt with (Category: Breaking News)
by Ahilan Kadirgamar Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since the 1930s, and the stabilisation policies of the Government could drastically change the political economic landscape of the country. Amidst these changes underway, education more broadly and the university system in particular, have come under considerable strain. In this column, I analyse […]
- Say no to NEPF! Say no to abolishing free education! (Category: Breaking News)
- Universities in crisis: Key learnings (Category: Business)
- The Long March To Nowhere (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating challenges of dental education in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 21st November, 2023 Has the government begun to realise the futility of defending the indefensible? It has chosen to heed strident calls being made for action against the corrupt who are enriching themselves by endangering the lives of patients and causing enormous losses to the state coffers. After weeks of dilly-dallying, the CID has […]
- Keheliya submits bail application to high court (Category: Breaking News)
- Keheliya Rambukwella further remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Health Minister Keheliya brought to court (Category: Breaking News)
- Rambukwella’s counsel NMRA member, say health sector TUs (Category: Breaking News)
Leading corporate and marketing communications professionals came together to formally launch the Public Relations Association of Sri Lanka (PRASL), beginning a new chapter in the progression of the practice of Public Relations as an industry in Sri Lanka. The landmark event at Cinnamon Grand, the Hospitality Partner, was graced by the distinguished presence of Atul […]
- Thanzyl Thajudeen joins PRCA Asia Pacific Regional Board (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations handed over for Sri Lanka Cricket elections (Category: Breaking News)
- FIFA Council lifts suspension on Football Federation of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- PRCA APAC appoints Country Representative for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
An official from the UK Government was sent to welcome High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, Rohitha Bogollagama, when he reached London. The High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom Rohitha Bogollagama arrived in London on 19 November 2023 to assume duties, the Foreign Ministry said today. He was received […]
- Bogollagama to take over as Sri Lanka’s envoy to Britain (Category: Breaking News)
- Bogollagama presents Copy of Letter of Credence to UK FCO (Category: Breaking News)
- Sabry defends Bogollagama’s nomination (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and UK to convene Strategic Dialogue in London (Category: Breaking News)
South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sandile Edwin Schalk, flayed Israel over war crimes perpetrated during the ongoing offensive against Hamas, launched after the Oct 7 assault carried out by the group. The SA envoy questioned the failure on the part of the UN to intervene unjustifiable Israeli actions. He said so at the […]
- Red Sea becoming messier (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka agrees to send 10,000 farm workers to Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Relatives identify remains of Sri Lankan woman killed in Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Lankan ambassador to Iran alleges Israel destroying two-state solution (Category: Breaking News)
Cash strapped Sri Lanka has deprived itself of valuable foreign currency by exporting genuine Sri Lankan cinnamon to China as firewood for seven decades. SLPP lawmaker Yadamini Gunawardena has recently raised this issue at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on investment, chaired by State Minister Dilum Amunugama. Subsequently, the Export Development Board (EDB) has taken up […]
- Peeler Pay (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Cinnamon to get Geographical Indicators (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts appoints Kamal Munasinghe as General Manager for Cinnamon Grand Colomb... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts appoints Kamal Munasinghe as General Manager for Cinnamon Grand Colomb... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Target 2048 Requires Sri Lanka To Develop A Viable Creative Capital Base appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Go For Creative Capital And Not For Mere Human Capital (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Anti-JVP social media has not stopped haranguing party boss and presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, AKD for short, over his recent tour of the US. His visit was aimed at addressing Diaspora JVP supporters and sympathisers in that country, and was preceded by meetings with the US ambassador Julie Chung. It was […]
- How far can rebels and rebellions go? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith has his job cut out (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD & The JVP-NPP Should Tick All The Boxes To Win, Not Risk A Third Defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose ‘systems change’ are we talking about? (Category: Breaking News)
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