Sri Lanka News Explorer
Last 7 Days
- Jun-10, Monday (2)
Older News
- Older than 2023-Dec (316)
- 2023-Dec (21)
- 2024-Jan (16)
- 2024-Feb (16)
- 2024-Mar (9)
- 2024-Apr (21)
- 2024-May (17)
- 2024-Jun (6)
Narrow by Category
- Breaking News (422)
Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s new leader and will fly immediately to an international summit. Mr Albanese’s Labor Party defeated Scott Morrison’s conservative government in an election on Saturday. It remains unclear whether he will form a majority or govern with the support of crossbenchers. Mr Albanese will fly to Tokyo on […]
- Peter Dutton named Australia’s opposition leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel and Switzerland confirm Monkeypox cases (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks forward to working with new Australian PM (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay Alive appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recent Political Violence And Its Consequences (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – I: Justifications For War: Thucydides “Trap”, Clash Of Civilisations, Domino Theory appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- 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)
[…]The post System Change Or Systemic Thinking; Wither To Ranil? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Aruna Ranasinghe – Wayward Brilliance (Category: Breaking News)
- Tharushi, Aruna secure Gold at Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Derana Aruna 24.06.2013 (Category: Video)
- Video: Derana Aruna - 21.06.2013 (Category: Video)
“After I speak to [friendly nations], there will be help coming from there. They won’t allow people to starve.”
- SL must help toward peaceful settlement in the Maldives: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to cut short UK visit (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Brutalities Against Protesters (Category: Breaking News)
Ride-hailing and delivery group Uber has made a $5.9bn (£4.7bn) loss, mostly due to its stakes in other companies. The firm said almost all of the loss was a result of the fall in the value of investments in businesses including two Asian ride-hailing giants – China’s Didi and South East Asia’s Grab. Shares in […]
- Peter Dutton named Australia’s opposition leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel and Switzerland confirm Monkeypox cases (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
Russian mercenaries have been accused of summarily executing, torturing and beating civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR). Witnesses told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that in one incident last July, Russian-speaking fighters shot dead at least 12 unarmed men at a roadblock. Most victims were put in a shallow hole by the road near Bossangoa, […]
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel and Switzerland confirm Monkeypox cases (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
Two British volunteers providing humanitarian assistance in Ukraine have been captured by the Russian military, an aid organisation has said. The non-profit Presidium Network said the men were detained at a checkpoint near the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine on Monday. The Foreign Office is said to be urgently seeking more information. On Thursday, […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a “lightning-fast” response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. “We have all the tools no-one can boast of… we will use them if necessary”, he said, in what is seen as a reference to ballistic missiles and nuclear arms. Ukraine’s allies have stepped up […]
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- US accuses Russia of depravity and brutality (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Photo Courtesy of BBC News Sri Lanka is led by a man who has, by his admission, two faces. In a more democratic avatar is Gotabaya Rajapaksa the President. Here, the individual...
- From Biden To Trump, Mahinda To Ranil! Have We Run Out Of Choices? (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Exporting’ The ‘Covid Burial’ Issue To Maldives: Is It A Hobson’s Choice Or Another Red Herring? (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
- Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Call For Immediate War Crimes Trials & Trade Embargoes Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Foreign media have reported that the Sri Lankans have responded in a fitting manner to the world through the election results. This has explicitly displayed the rapport between the Government and the people. The foreign media attributed the Government’s development programme and the resettlement process to the election victory. All India Radio mentioned that President ...
- Aussie fashion 'wearable' (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- FM calls for immediate inquiry in to diplomat�s conduct (Category: Breaking News)
- President briefs foreign media (Category: Breaking News)
- Media drenched (Category: Breaking News)
How focused and efficacious are the current infrastructure investments in Sri Lanka, executed through a public investments programme (PIP)? Take for instance the Chinese funded Norochcholai coal fired power plant, built after obtaining a commercial loan from China, and its subsequent breakdowns resulting in power cuts that will stifle growth and earnings, on top of ...
- Investment Deals (Category: Business)
- Power Projection (Category: Business)
- India tops investments in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- BOI web site removes reference to ‘No FDI nationalisation’ (Category: Business)
Government caught lying to defend Defence Secretary By Frederica Jansz Last week, Gamini Abeyratne alias Taxi Abey telephoned me from the United Kingdom. He was agitated and in more than three telephone conversations told me that Hudson Samarasinghe (Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) had telephoned him and asked, “if Frederica went with ...
- Media rights groups concerned over threat to Frederica (Category: Breaking News)
- Sunday Leader Editor Sues Media Minister For 50 Million (Category: Breaking News)
- The Judgment On The White Flag Case (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA says Gota should resign (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday was prevented from delivering the keynote address at the opening sessions of the Commonwealth Business Council following a raucous demonstration by Sri Lanka Tamil expatriates and human rights activists opposite the venue of the symposium at Mansion House in London. The morning sessions were cancelled by the organisers ...
- Australia mounts pressure on Sri Lanka over war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- War crime charges filed against Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- British government asks Sri Lanka to show progress or face international pressure (Category: Business)
- David Vs Goliath in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
“The demoralising, destructive character of the patriotic degeneracy….” Sebastian Haffner (Germany: Jekyll and Hyde) By Tisaranee Gunasekara It was the Oxford Debacle all over again. The events were drearily predicable. Sri Lanka, like every Commonwealth nation, received an invitation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. President Rajapaksa, unlike most Commonwealth leaders,...
- Protest stage in London against the arrival of President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth parliamentary session to be held in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa to be guest of honour at CWG closing (Category: Breaking News)
This country’s history is repeating itself with deadly accuracy. Last week Gotabaya Rajapaksa reiterated what Sinhalese leaders have been saying since the parting of ways with the Tamils in 1958. In an interview with the BBC on Monday (May12) Rajapaksa was asked about ‘a recent local government
- T-junction in the road (Category: Business)
- RajapaksaÂs constitution unacceptable: TNA (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt.: No Sinhala Colonies In The North (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Tamil party oppose proposed constitutional reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, along with Jamal Osman’s reporting from Somalia, won the awards for the channel Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, which at the time was described by presenter Jon Snow as “one of the most important” stories he had ever reported, collected two prizes at the One World Media Awards last ...
- Channel 4 wins award for Lankan documentary at AI Media Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka wins Amnesty Award (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 Wins Award For “SL's Killing Field” (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4's Sri Lanka documentary draws 700,000 viewers (Category: Breaking News)
Receipt of aid, both in the form of grant aid and concessional aid, like in the good old days, would give an impetus to development. When there are roads, power plants and power connections, water supply and sewerage facilities and such like built, that would also give a fillip to investments and therewith job creation ...
- Rupee Makes Pyrrhic Gains On Negative Trade Data (Category: Breaking News)
- World stocks, euro rise on hopes Greece ditches referendum (Category: Business)
- EU sovereign debt crisis: Hurling towards the abyss of recession (Category: Business)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
Relatives and friends of Sri Lankan Tamils who risked their lives in search of a better future abroad after the end of the war in May 2009 are desperately seeking information as to their fates. Thousands of Tamils migrated from the country to escape the violence of the 30-year civil war, which ended with Sri ...
- Six fold rise in Lankans seeking asylum in Australia (Category: Business)
- Waves of Sri Lankan asylum seekers arriving (Category: Breaking News)
- Stop the surge (Category: Business)
- 21 Lankans remanded to judicial custody (Category: Breaking News)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (192)
- Political crisis (178)
- Foreign exchange reserves (422)
- Shortage (14)
- Bank reserves (71)
- Anonymous (7)
- Fuel (29)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (187)
- Russia (74)
- Ukraine (74)
- Sri Lanka Tea (156)
- Tourism (17)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (160)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (160)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (161)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (156)
- Sri Lanka Elections (179)
- Teledrama (1)
- Sirasa (1)
- Hiru Tv (59)
- ITN News (422)
- Shakthi Tv (59)
- Rupavahini (3)
- Derana Dream Star (22)
- EPF (1)
- BBC (422)
- Rob Ford (5)
- Amanda Knox (3)
- Karen Stintz (1)