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India is maintaining an in depth watch throughout its southern neighbourhood following a report that a Chinese scientific analysis vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5‘ will enter Hambantota port on August 11 to allegedly conduct satellite tv for pc management and analysis monitoring within the Indian Ocean Region. What has raised eyebrows right here is the timing […]
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese “spy ship” leaves Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Prime Minister Modi has given us a breath of life: Ranil says addressing Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]
- Central Bank eyeing USD 8 -10 billion currency reserves in 3-4 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Diesel shipment that arrived in Colombo on 16 July still not paid for want of dollars (Category: Breaking News)
- USD 2.9bn IMF loan facility: Govt. confident of completing process early next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Asian Century will not happen if China and India could not join hands – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Has Harin Fernando Lost His Credibility? (Category: Breaking News)
- Abeywardana fills vacant seat of Wickremesinghe after Sri Lanka president vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, is concerned with the declaration of a State of Emergency by the Prime Minister’s office in Sri Lanka on 13 July and again by the Acting President on 18 July. The organisation urged the Sri Lankan authorities to refrain from using the State of Emergency to stifle dissent and respect […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s proposed internet law threatens upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
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- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t Disregard The Less Privileged (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminalising Public Protest Will Only Delay The Inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been nominated by the SLPP general Secretary as the ruling party’s candidate for election to the Presidency to take place in Parliament on 20 July. There is controversy over this nomination as the SLPP Chairman and other party members have denied this. The controversy extends also to […]
- Dons condemn suppression of Aragalaya movement (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya through political lenses (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA asks Ranil to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA urges govt. to stop suppressing people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Transfer Of Formal Power Vs People Power During Societal Transition appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Of A New President: Old Wine In A New Bottle Or System Change? (Category: Breaking News)
- Competing Interests For Power To Govern Sri Lanka For A Better Society (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
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- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Song Of The Betrayed (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Infidelity To Truth & Fair Play (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
As protein prices soared with money printing and currency collapse, Koreans developed army base stew from leftovers
- Sri Lanka is wrong scapegoat expat workers over Undiyal: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rates elevated amid failed float and DDR fears (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka removes ban on open account food imports (Category: Breaking News)
Has China subscribed to the economic downfall of Sri Lanka through its alluring loan scheme? Sri Lankans today inherit unviable Chinese infrastructure projects yielding no returns. Have Chinese investments in Sri Lanka done any good to the country? A complex issue posed by many trying to find answers in the present context. These projects, more […]
- Prime Minister Modi has given us a breath of life: Ranil says addressing Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s attitude puzzles Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bad news for Beijing: Colombo will not allow China to use Sri Lanka as base to threaten India (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
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- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- A True Democratic Leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Disorderly Order Of A People’s Movement (Category: Breaking News)
The 2022 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 will take place at the Zayed Cricket Stadium from 23 November – 4 December. This year’s will be the fourth since cricket’s fastest format moved to Abu Dhabi, the result of a five-year agreement between Ten Sports Management (TSM), Abu Dhabi Cricket (ADC), Abu Dhabi Sports Council […]
- Rajeev Khanna appointed as COO of Abu Dhabi T10 (Category: Breaking News)
- Explosive star cast confirmed for Abu Dhabi T10 (Category: Breaking News)
- New York Strikers join Legends Cricket Trophy in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Abu Dhabi T10 franchises assemble explosive squads ahead of Season 6 (Category: Breaking News)
Passenger transport, goods transport hit
- Sri Lanka bunker firms cleared to import industrial fuel: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to operate one-third of private buses from June 06 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bus operators want tariff hike to account for central bank actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees backlash against market pricing of expensive, polluting diesel (Category: Breaking News)
The Adani project is one of several which authorities were trying to approve without competitive tender.
The South Asian region is deeply divided in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Travel website ranks Sri Lanka as the best country in South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka abstains from voting on Ukraine resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- India bolsters military and economic ties with the US and Europe amidst China’s aggression in In... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India abstain on UN resolution calling on Russia to make reparations to Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
Crop shortfalls due to fertilizer and fuel shortages
- Sri Lanka state firms to buy 230,000MT fertilizer for next season: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Food Barrier (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka farmers showing stronger than expected interest to grow maize: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees unexpectedly higher Yala rice cultivation: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
At AIESEC, we are determined to develop young people. To make this happen, AIESEC Sri Lanka successfully conducted NATCON ’22, the largest youth leadership development conference at Citrus Waskaduwa on April. The 3-day conference laid the foundation for the newly elected leadership bodies of AIESEC to prepare for the upcoming year, hence this was a […]
- Police fire tear gas and water cannons on IUSF students (Category: Breaking News)
- Vesak Day at GotaGoGama (Category: Breaking News)
- Man walking from Thalawakele to Colombo to support protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Menaka and Krishni (Category: Breaking News)
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- RW Vs. GR: Who Will Outwit Whom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A SWOT Appraisal (Category: Breaking News)
- We Are On Course To A Dual Currency Regimen (Category: Breaking News)
- Oh Frabjous Day! Calloo Callay! (Category: Breaking News)
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- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Commissions, An “Open Sesame” (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Beyond Ousting The Shamed ‘Suhartos’ Of Sri Lanka! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
- Irony Of The Downfall Of Rajapaksas; Lessons & Opportunities! (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s first Test cricket captain, Bandula Warnapura, while welcoming Sri Lanka Cricket’ staging of the historic Lanka Premier League “which he believed would enable the country’s young latent talent to further evolve their game in making it to the big international stage, said, “The LPL will... The post LPL will up local cricket and mental wellbeing of COVID hit nation –...
Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds) A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...
- 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)
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s first Test cricket captain, Bandula Warnapura, while welcoming Sri Lanka Cricket’ staging of the historic Lanka Premier League “which he believed would enable the country’s young latent talent to further evolve their game in making it to the big international stage, said, “The LPL will... The post LPL will up local cricket and mental wellbeing of COVID hit nation –...
[…] The post Unreasonable ‘Covid-Cremation Policy’: Potentially Deadly Payback Would Be Enormous! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
- 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)
By Srian Obeyesekere Ana Punchihewa, the former president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which was known as the Board of Control for Cricket in 1995-96 when Sri Lanka created history by winning the cricket world cup, said that he strongly believed that the upcoming Lanka Premier League would become a... The post Former world cup winning cricket board president Ana Punchhewa believes LPL will be a pop...
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- 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)
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- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
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