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By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, declared in Parliament that the winners of LPL (Lanka Premier League) 2023 B-Love Kandy had been sponsored by an enterprise that was banned in the country. The statement was made in Parliament on 24th August. The one-time President of the Bar Association found fault with SLC […]
- In terms of RTI Act House releases names of MPs who voted for new law (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez should explain why he scrapped time-tested exchange controls – NFF (Category: Breaking News)
- Impact of foreign-funded projects on Parliament’s standing as sole sovereign and supreme body (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 21st August, 2023 Much is being talked about ‘pyramids’ and ‘islands’, of all things, these days. Another pyramid scheme has reportedly collapsed, and those who have lost their money are letting out howls of protests via social media. The Central Bank, from time to time, issues severe warnings to the public about such frauds, […]
- Blight of black money (Category: Breaking News)
- Choosing poison (Category: Breaking News)
- Aiyo, Aragalaya! (Category: Breaking News)
- Guns in closets (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Cricketing Models In Australia appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket, Politics & Other Games (Category: Breaking News)
- Anti-Corruption, A Losing Battle? (Category: Breaking News)
- An Incident At Independence Square (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Litany Of Tragedies That Is Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lasantha’s 66th Birthday: Who Was Lasantha? (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearmongering & Spreading Rumors By Indian Intelligence In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Vain Attempts To Bowl Imran Khan Out! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pakistan’s May 9 & Aragalaya Anniversary In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan’s supporters hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan: The Rising Star Over Battered Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Playboy cricketer to PM? (Category: Business)
[…]The post The Rooster Coop & Its Impact On Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Beneath The Skin Deep Liberalism Lies Cancerous Caste Prejudices (Category: Breaking News)
- The Tamil Nadu Factor (Category: Breaking News)
Cassandra in her Friday Cry-s has often noted with deep gratitude that nature has been benevolent to suffering, down and almost out Sri Lanka. Forest fires due to intemperate temperature in usually cool climes; sudden floods due to torrential rains; erupting volcanoes and earthquakes have all assiduously avoided troubling poor little Sri Lanka struggling against […]
- ADB to provide Rs 10 billion for local paddy cultivators to buy MoP this Maha (Category: Breaking News)
- Arrogance of power (Category: Breaking News)
- The drought, Mahaveli waters and the farmer (Category: Business)
- Reservoirs run dry with no rains, country heading for electricity crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hero Syndrome & Unlawful Acts: Politicians In The Fantasyland Of Omnipotence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Commissions, An “Open Sesame” (Category: Breaking News)
- Fear Corrupts Politicians: Time To Repeal Custom-Made Laws (Category: Breaking News)
- Naked King & The Crumbling State: Seven Decades Of Fake Saviours (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 2nd August, 2023 A brouhaha has erupted over what is described as the distortion of the national anthem at the Lanka Premier League (LPL) opening ceremony. Talented young vocalist Umara Sinhawansa has been drawing heavy fire for singing the national anthem in operatic style, and mispronouncing some words therein. Her performance has sparked a […]
- National Anthem distorted at Lanka Premier League Cricket tournament? (Category: Breaking News)
- Patriots and crooks (Category: Breaking News)
- Independence Day celebrations to cost Rs. 200 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Authorities to probe alleged distortion of national anthem at LPL opening ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 1st August, 2023 The QR code-based rationing mechanism introduced one year ago has helped halve the national fuel consumption, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has said, according to media reports. In fact, it helped bring order out of chaos and thereby saved current dispensation. Ideally, fuel should be available sans any restrictions, but the […]
- Fuel quotas to be increased from midnight today (Category: Breaking News)
- Increased fuel quota to continue indefinitely (Category: Breaking News)
- Ministry to decide on changes to weekly fuel quota (Category: Breaking News)
- Weekly fuel quota for all types of vehicles revised (Category: Breaking News)
At least 44 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured after a suicide bomb blast at a political rally in Pakistan.The post At least 44 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing during political rally appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Suicide attacks rock Pakistan, Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- IS claims responsibility for bombing at pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Anthony Quinn Warner confirmed by DNA test as Nashville Christmas bomber (Category: USA, New York)
- Anthony Quinn Warner confirmed by DNA test as Nashville Christmas bomber (Category: USA, New York)
At least 37 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. More than 100 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was holding a meeting. Police told the BBC that they have found evidence suggesting the explosion was […]
- Death toll in Pakistan mosque bombing crosses 87 (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
- US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 28 killed after explosion in Pakistan mosque (Category: Breaking News)
At least 35 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. At least 200 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was holding a meeting. Authorities have cordoned off the area and have warned the death toll is […]
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand braces for storm after record floods (Category: Breaking News)
- Male contraceptive pill prototype stops sperm swimming (Category: Breaking News)
- US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China -BBC (Category: Breaking News)
Leaders of India and Sri Lanka were on the same page over regional security following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s latest visit to New Delhi, an official source said amid fears of China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region, Wickremesinghe addressed India’s security concerns over China’s increasing footprint in Sri Lanka and vowed to fast track […]
- Won’t do anything to hurt India’s security: President (Category: Breaking News)
- President’s India visit expected to boost stronger economic and commercial ties (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian think-tank sanguine about Indo-Lankan ties, but calls for security redlines – Analysis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s envoy Milinda Moragoda meets NSA Ajit Doval (Category: Breaking News)
By Jayantha Somasundaram (This articlecontinued from yesterday (25) is based on reporting by the international media on the events in Sri Lanka forty years ago.) “For day after day Tamils were beaten, hacked or burned to death in the streets, on buses, on trains – sometimes in the sight of horrified foreign tourists. Their homes […]
- JULY 1983: AS THE WORLD SAW SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Horror Of A Pogrom: Remembering “Black July” 1983 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves (Category: Breaking News)
- Niemöller’s Quote Resonating With Aragalaya’s Aim For Racial Unity! (Category: Breaking News)
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) During one of my visits to Colombo I got a call to see the President at ‘Breamar’. Gamini Dissanayake had told him of my friendship with Parathasarathy and he wanted me to help him repair the damage done to their friendship due to the abuse heaped […]
- No deal yet on Singapore GP renewal (Category: Business)
- Organisers predict Indian GP sellout (Category: Business)
- Perez shines in unpredictable Malaysian GP (Category: Business)
- Australian GP hails more competitive season (Category: Business)
A top Sri Lankan athlete who set national records in the pole vault has been working as a housemaid in Dubai to help support her family at home. For the last year Sachini Perera, 24, has put her athletics dreams on hold when Sri Lanka’s currency crisis and soaring medical bills made it difficult for […]
- Sri Lanka s Vaulting Queen works as Dubai housemaid to support family at home (Category: Breaking News)
- Daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants wins Australia’s biggest literary prize (Category: Breaking News)
- UN Resident Coordinator and Ranil discuss human rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Thai King makes donation to rehabilitate elephant mistreated in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
There is bad news for Beijing from Colombo. President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that his government will not allow the island nation to be used as a base for threats against India. He has also emphasized that Sri Lanka is a neutral country and has no military agreements with China. In an […]
- Sri Lanka virtually let down by China in securing a $2.9 billion IMF loan in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to resume debt restructuring talks with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- President urges China to change tune on debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Target 2048: It Is Democracy & Not Authoritarianism That Will Do The Job appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Is It Firm Responsive Leadership Or Dictatorial Authoritarian Leadership? (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 Requires Sri Lanka To Develop A Viable Creative Capital Base (Category: Breaking News)
The US will send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counteroffensive against Russia. The White House said it had postponed the decision for as long as it could because of the risk of civilian harm from such unexploded ordnance. Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage. […]
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv as he pledges £50m in aid (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Agony Continues Or A New Beginning With Fonseka As Leader Of SJB? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Ranil Wickremesinghe Unelectable? (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s political ‘Trickonometry’ (Category: Breaking News)
The muted, panicked voice came through the phone of a friend who croaked she was very confidentially warning Cassandra and advising her. Yours truly was immediately panic infected. With deep emphasis and concern the friend took her time to advise that Cass withdraws all money from banks. Cass was for once glad she was poor […]
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Authorities warn of fake Cass County Jail checks (Category: USA, North Dakota)
A jury found a former New York City police sergeant and two Chinese citizens guilty on nine counts on Tuesday in a landmark federal trial involving a suspected Beijing-backed operation aimed at repatriating a Chinese fugitive living in New Jersey. Charged in the nearly three-week trial were former police officer-turned-private investigator Michael McMahon and two […]
- Can China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka turmoil highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas (Category: Breaking News)
- US military slams Chinese warship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ manoeuvres in Taiwan Strait (Category: Breaking News)
- Beijing envoy warns Dutch of retaliation for chip curbs: ‘China won’t just swallow this’ (Category: Breaking News)
Debt-laden Sri Lanka will unveil its domestic debt restructuring strategy this week, central bank chief P Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Sunday (Jun 25), as the island navigates its worst financial crisis in decades. Sri Lanka will also likely obtain Cabinet and parliamentary approval for the debt restructuring strategy this week, Weerasinghe told local TV channels […]
- CB warns of catastrophic consequences if banking sector collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s sovereign lenders yet to outline debt talks plans (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor refuses to resign over pay hike issue (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Proposed Broadcasting Regulations: Striking A Balance Between Control & Freedom appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Online Safety & Broadcasting Regulatory Commission laws DO NOT meet international standards – UN (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Due Impartiality’ Should Be Our Top Most Objective In Regulating The Broadcasting Sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Vote To Establish Democracy Instead Of The Same Political Cults At The Next Election (Category: Breaking News)
- Broadcasting Regulatory Commission Act jolts Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 21st June, 2023 The ‘Rice Mafia’ has emerged so powerful over the years that it is now running a parallel government of sorts. Wealthy rice millers resort to market manipulations, determine paddy and rice prices and exploit farmers and consumers alike, with impunity. This country is not short of political leaders who talk tough […]
- Needed: Action not rhetoric (Category: Breaking News)
- Of that paan (Category: Breaking News)
- A loaf of Bread goes up by Rs. 5 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sprat in the soup (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Think 2048, Act Now appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
- If The Speaker Had Become The President, The Economic Crisis Might Have Been Eased By Now (Category: Breaking News)
- My View Completes 13 Years: Still Batting & Not-Out Yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
The government is trying to rekindle ethnic and religious conflicts in the country for its political survival, National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday (June 18).The post Government engaged in a conspiracy to rekindle ethnic and religious conflicts for survival – Anura appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Live Updates - Sri L...
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake selected as the next Presidential candidate of National People’s Power (Category: Breaking News)
- President has no right to express opinion on legality of Local Government Election – Anura (Category: Breaking News)
- Obstructing Elections is a Punishable Offence – Anura warns Treasury Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pyromaniacs On The March (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation & Archaeological Mischiefs (Category: Breaking News)
- Incubating, Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Addiction (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Collusive Behavior Undermines Citizen Rights: Emerging Pseudo-Goebbels appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Psychopathic Tendencies: Pet Dogs, Incompetency & Beds To The Foray (Category: Breaking News)
- The Galle Face Struggle & Its Importance (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
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