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[…]The post Economic Stability With SOE Reforms Need System Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP & Its Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Behind Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
Over 1,500 Sri Lankans who had been duped by various racketeers promising them employment in Malaysia and facilitating their journey to other countries via Malaysia were sent back in batches during a two-month period beginning March 01, this year. The Foreign Ministry said that Sri Lanka HC in Malaysia facilitated the repatriation of 1,608 illegal […]
- Debt Levels (Category: Business)
- Concrete Idea (Category: Business)
- Fiscal Responsibility (Category: Business)
- Inclusive Growth (Category: Business)
Friday 24th May, 2024 India is exploring ways and means of acquiring Sri Lanka’s graphite mines, the Indian media has reported, adding that New Delhi and Colombo have had talks in this regard, but they are still at a preliminary stage. These reports have come close on the heels of SLPP leader and former President […]
- India explores acquisition of Sri Lankan graphite mines (Category: Breaking News)
- India explores acquisition of Lankan graphite mines (Category: Breaking News)
- Implications of India – Sri Lanka connectivity (Category: Breaking News)
- India in talks with Sri Lanka to acquire graphite mines (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said Theravada Buddhism can help face challenges posed by a world rapidly advancing in science and technology. Speaking at the State Vesak Ceremony held at the Dharmaraja Piriven Viharaya in Matale virtually this morning (23). President Wickremesinghe stressed the importance of preserving the essence of Theravada Buddhism and sharing its wisdom […]
- President Highlights Theravada Buddhism’s Solutions for Modern World Challenges at State Vesak C... (Category: Breaking News)
- President pledges full support of state to safeguard Theravada Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
- President s Vesak message- Timeless philosophy of Buddha is a solace amidst economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- 2023 Vesak to be celebrated on a grand scale (Category: Breaking News)
A fake report about a new cyber heist in Bangladesh Bank (BB) has hit news headlines in some media outlets in Bangladesh and some foreign countries. News coverage about the latest false rumour on cyber heist blames officials of the central bank of Bangladesh and aims to malign the Bangladesh government. It may be recalled […]
- Colombo hosts inaugural SAARC ‘Public Debt Managers’ Forum 2012’ (Category: Business)
- CBSL to maintain ‘dovish monetary policy in view of economic stabilization’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Financial Intelligence Unit signs MOU with four other counterparts (Category: Breaking News)
- DEFAMATION BILL: Pakistani Government’s New Weapon To Silence Critics (Category: Breaking News)
The Korean language proficiency test results related to the production and fisheries sectors have been released, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said.
Thousands have marched in Iran for the final day of funeral rites for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Raisi, 63, died on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others when their helicopter crashed in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a dam inauguration. Thousands of people, […]
- Iranian President invited for official visit to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian President accepts invite to visit Sri Lanka during talks with President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored the significance of Theravada Buddhism in addressing the challenges posed by a world rapidly advancing in science and technology. Speaking at the State Vesak Ceremony held at the Dharmaraja Piriven Viharaya in Matale virtually this morning (23), President Wickremesinghe stressed the importance of preserving the true essence of Theravada Buddhism and shari...
- Challenges in modern world: President underscores Buddhism’s solutions (Category: Breaking News)
- Vesak: A Revered Buddhist Festival (Category: Breaking News)
- President stresses importance of preserving true essence of Theravada Buddhism and sharing its w... (Category: Breaking News)
- Artificial Intelligence integration to empower international expansion of Theravada Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Government is in denial about atrocities its forces committed during the civil war, Human Rights Watch said. Human Rights Watch also said that Sri Lankan authorities have threatened and detained Tamils commemorating those who died or went missing in the country’s civil war. On May 17, 2024, the United Nations human rights […]
- Crackdown Over Civil War Anniversary: UN Report Calls For International Prosecutions For Enforce... (Category: Breaking News)
- UN demands accountability from Sri Lanka on enforced disappearances (Category: Breaking News)
- Let’s Lockdown The Pandemic Of Enforced Disappearances: Continuous Struggle For Justice (Category: Breaking News)
- Let’s Lockdown The Pandemic Of Enforced Disappearances: Continuous Struggle For Justice (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Crackdown Over Civil War Anniversary: UN Report Calls For International Prosecutions For Enforced Disappearances appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tamils Detained For Commemorating War Dead: 9 Held Under Abusive PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- End Arbitrary Detention Of Student Activist: Wasantha Mudalige Held 150 Days Under Draconian PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Should Oppose Restrictions On Freedom of Expression & Civil Society Groups: HRW (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, in a hard-hitting statement alleged yesterday that repeated statements by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with regard to Sri Lanka are the outcome of electoral vote bank politics there, funded by a small number of Canadians of Sri Lankan origin with vested and personal interests. The Ministry alleged Premier Trudeau’s […]
- Contradictions by Canada on ‘genocide’ in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Day’ controversy : SL registers protest with Canadian HC (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rejects Canadian Prime Minister’s genocide allegation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sabry hits out at Trudeau over India-Canada diplomatic row (Category: Breaking News)
At first blush, it could be said that the outpouring of grief in Iran and other parts of the Islamic world over the passing away of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi recently, under tragic circumstances, is of phenomenal proportions. Very understandably, a considerable number of Iranians and other sections that are supportive of the Iranian theocratic […]
- Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran offers knowledge, expertise for Sri Lanka s development and progress (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran s President Raisi urges broadening ties with Asian countries (Category: Breaking News)
The MCA “G” division 25 – Over League Tournament 2024, last of the main tournaments in the MCA 2024 season, sponsored by Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt.) Ltd for the 13th successive year, got underway on the 4th of May The MCA – Stafford Motor Company partnership is the 3rd longest running sponsorship with the highest […]
- Harsha: Contents of IMF agreement may turn out to be jackpot for some persons (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Cricket Club Junior Championship kicks off (Category: Breaking News)
- St. Anthony’s, Nalanda declared joint champions (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC makes changes to Playing Conditions (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post System Change & Its Replacement!!! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP & National Question (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Going To The Fringes Or Coming To The Middle? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Choices (Category: Breaking News)
More than 140 travellers and crew members who were onboard a flight hit by severe turbulence landed in Singapore on a relief flight earlier this morning. Passengers onboard SQ321 which was heading from London to Singapore, recounted scenes of “absolute terror”, with one passenger saying he saw a woman with an “awful gash on her […]
- Many feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat kills at least 15 in India as temperatures near 50C (Category: Breaking News)
- Four dead and 16 injured in Majorca building collapse (Category: Breaking News)
- First results announced from South Africa election (Category: Breaking News)
A businessman who was arrested and remanded for allegedly assaulting the Iranian Ambassador in Colombo, had been released on bail. The businessman had reportedly assaulted Iranian Ambassador Dr. Alireza Delkhosh at the car park of the Colombo City Center (CCC). A verbal exchange had taken place between the businessman and the diplomat over a parking […]
- Couple remanded over Pelawatte businessman’s death (Category: Breaking News)
- Report sought on probe into Dinesh Schaffter’s murder (Category: Breaking News)
- Businessman remanded for assaulting Iranian diplomat in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh Schaffter dies in hospital following incident (Category: Breaking News)
The foreign owner of the Dambulla Thunders Lanka Premier League (LPL) team has been arrested over alleged match fixing. The AFP news agency reported that Tamim Rahman, owner of Dambulla Thunders and a British national of Bangladesh origin, was stopped at the country’s main airport before he boarded a flight to Dubai, Police said. He […]
- LPL terminates Dambulla franchise following max fixing claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Mujibur Rahman resigns from Parliament to contest LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh include Mosaddek Hossain in their squad for first Test against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil says he advised Mujibur not to resign (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to 2.7% in April from 2.5% in March, according to official data released on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters.The post Sri Lanka’s April inflation climbs to 2.7%, up from March’s 2.5% appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation dips to 33.6% in April (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation eases in May 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka consumer inflation dips to 49.2% year-on-year in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka has strongly rejected the recent statement by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who accused Sri Lanka of committing "genocide" in a message dated May 18, 2024.The post Sri Lanka rejects Canadian Prime Minister’s genocide allegation appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister summons Canadian High Commissioner to express objections (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rejects Canadian PM s reference to Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Ali Sabry summons Canadian envoy over PM Trudeau s genocide claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry to summon Canadian envoy over sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
Fifteen years after the eradication of the LTTE, unsubstantiated allegations regarding the number of dead civilians, LTTEers and missing persons persist. Forced disappearances, as alleged by the UN, remains a major issue, with the concerned demanding accountability on the part of Sri Lanka. How many of those who had been categorized as missing are living […]
- Westminster event declares support for Canadian action against Rajapaksa brothers (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt must face UN and international community by having Tamil people on its side - Mano Ganesan (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-war political solution and accountability: Mano lambastes govt, int’l community over their ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka warned of Extraterritorial jurisdiction (Category: Breaking News)
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, said that Sri Lanka would work with India, irrespective of who wins its election. Lawmaker Sabry said so when ANI asked him about the ongoing elections in India. ANI quoted Sabry as having said: “It’s a celebration of democracy, the largest democracy in the world. Indian people are educated. Indian […]
- Chinese ship visit: Sabry contradicts Defence Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns on China not discussed during Ranil’s Delhi talks (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘China is our friend and will work with them, Indian interest won’t be undermined’: Minister Ali... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sabry denies China caused SL debt crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of Iranians have gathered on the streets of Tabriz to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi after he was killed in a helicopter crash. Mourners followed a funeral procession through the city in north-west Iran while waving Iranian flags and portraits of the late president. Raisi and seven others were killed when a helicopter they were […]
- Liberty University: SC pastor never attended (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- SC allows proceedings against GR, MR to proceed (Category: Breaking News)
- Water’s Edge to be given back to Sumal after ignoring SC order (Category: Breaking News)
- Romney debuts SC ad, so does DNC (Category: USA, South Carolina)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said he was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the tragic demise of President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Dr Amir Abdollahian. “I recall the recent visit of President Raisi and also the visits of Foreign Minister Abdollahian to […]
- Ranil takes oaths as Finance Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka saddened over the death or Iran’s President, FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tipped to be PM in caretaker Government (Category: Breaking News)
- President says 2023 critical for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the “false allegation” of a so-called “genocide” in Sri Lanka in a message by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 18 May 2024. The Government of Sri Lanka in all previous communications has categorically refuted such outrageous allegation of genocide in Sri Lanka. No competent authority in Canada […]
- Sri Lanka hits back at Canadian Prime Minister over comments (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM remembers Black July when Sri Lankan Tamils were killed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rejects motion on alleged genocide adopted in Canadian Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM remembers Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s war (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to further strengthen its presence in China, the Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of China, Majintha Jayesinghe, said. Ambassador Jayesinghe assumed duties at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, PRC. Addressing the Staff, Ambassador Majintha Jayesinghe recalled the close historic relations between Sri Lanka and China and outlined […]
- Russia and Sri Lanka discuss issue related to Sri Lankans in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- French Ambassador to Sri Lanka Jean-François Pactet passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- China to help conclude debt restructuring process in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US and Sri Lanka’s Election Commission discuss importance of free and fair polls (Category: Breaking News)
Norway, which shut its Embassy in Colombo last year, is to boost bilateral ties with Sri Lanka. May-Elin Stener, the Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka and India visited Sri Lanka during 2nd to 9th May, a statement issued Tuesday noted. The visit marks a pivotal moment in the strengthening of bilateral ties between Norway […]
- US Assistant Secretary and Sri Lankan civil society discuss reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- US and Sri Lanka’s Election Commission discuss importance of free and fair polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Iraq wants to enhance bilateral, political relations with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to further strengthen presence in China (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will leave for Iran tonight to attend President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi s funeral in Tabriz, Iran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Funeral ceremonies are set to begin on Tuesday for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, as authorities probe what caused the aircraft to smash into the side of a remote mountainside during foggy weather on Sunday morning. Raisi’s death alongside other high-ranking officials, including the country’s foreign minister, […]
- Parliament pays last respects to former Speaker (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for England to attend Queen’s funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- Jackson Anthony’s son hits out at critics during funeral (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Nishantha’s funeral on Sunday (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has now joined the list of around 30 countries who wish to join the BRICS bloc this year. Taking over the chairmanship for BRICS 2024, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced in his inaugural address stated that with the expansion of the global bloc from five countries to 10, more are looking forward to […]
- What is SB trying to say? (Category: Breaking News)
- SB Dissanayake undecided on contesting polls (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA Takes On SB (Category: Breaking News)
- Docs on war path with SB (Category: Breaking News)
Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.
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