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[…]The post If Prabhakaran Had Been In Sri Lanka Now….? A Counter-Response To Ranil’s Terrorism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why Is AKD Of JVP Free Without Imprisonment? [This Is To Clear So Many Clouds Of Confusion] (Category: Breaking News)
- Mythological “Jeromism” & Misleading Religious Formula (Category: Breaking News)
- Voracious Readers Who Killed The Public & Its Wealth (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Beyond 22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
South African freedom icon Nelson Mandela’s autobiography titled, ‘Long Walk to Freedom’, has this blurb on its cover page penned by the ‘Boston Sunday Globe’: ‘Should be read by every person alive.’ Indeed, any person of conscience is bound to benefit immensely by reading this historic autobiography which details the pivotal and courageous role Mandela […]
- Lanka HC in South Africa participates in Nelson Mandela International Day (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and what it means for SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Rule of Law, terror and why ‘ordinary lives matter’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Today in history: Dec. 5 (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Sri Lanka’s internet freedom declined during the period of June 2021 to May 2022 due to Government attempts to repress online activities related to protests around the economic crisis, the Freedom on the Net report 2022 said. Prolonged powercuts in the early part of the year also impacted connectivity. In April 2022, the Government briefly […]
- 22nd Amendment to the Constitution passed (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Face protesters to withdraw today (Category: Breaking News)
- Jagath Samarawickrama takes oaths as new MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil assures to protect rights of children and elderly (Category: Breaking News)
Booker Prize 2022: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire has won the Booker Prize. Shehan’s novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the […]
- Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘I may write about 2022 Lanka protests in 20 years’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Booker Prize 2022- Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire (Category: Breaking News)
- Standard Chartered hosts 2011 Gratiaen and HAIG Prize (Category: Business)
Wednesday 19th October, 2022 Most political leaders in this country tend to live in the past. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is one of them. He seems to be labouring under the delusion that his theatrics can still yield enough votes for the SLPP to win elections. He has undertaken to revitalise the battered SLPP almost […]
- A new UNP-SLPP alliance in the offing? (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP’s swan song? (Category: Breaking News)
- Eleven MPs elected in 2020 not any more in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP unafraid of elections  Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous Sri Lankan civil war, has won the Booker Prize. The Sri Lankan writer’s novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 60 killed after suspension bridge in Gujarat collapsed (Category: Breaking News)
- Wave of explosions hit Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
Indian star Kamal Haasan today assured continued support for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The assurance was given during talks with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP S. Sritharan. Sritharan had talks with the Indian actor turned politician in Tamil Nadu today. The issues faced by the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the militarisation of Tamil land […]
- Tamil Nadu CM calls for release of Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cyclone Mandous to bring rain to parts of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chandrika questions failure to punish “rascals” (Category: Breaking News)
- Three convicted of attempting to murder Chandrika pardoned (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that there is some kind of a political stability (?), post-Aragalaya protests, it may be time to revisit the immediate past and learn lessons for the future, wherever possible. The reasons are not far to seek, if one went by the conduct of political parties and their leaders in terms […]
- Whoever wields power under 22-A, will Mahinda continue to ‘rule’? (Category: Breaking News)
- Thus spake Wimal Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB ready to form Cabinet under strict conditions (Category: Breaking News)
- National consensus on debt and economy, need of the hour (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 12th October, 2022 The resentful public is demanding elections, but the government is offering electoral reforms instead. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that unless political parties co-operate with the government to reform the electoral system, the people will be consulted thereon directly at a referendum. He seems to think the people are still with […]
- Vulpine praise for a Trojan horse? (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda’s labour (Category: Breaking News)
- When a crumbling govt. fears people (Category: Breaking News)
- When failed regimes fear polls (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The China-Lanka Conundrum (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Army says its prime responsibility includes protecting the Constitution and democracy. Army Commander, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, in a message to mark Army Day Message today, said that the prime responsibility of the Sri Lanka Army is to identify threats to national security and act against those concerns, protect the Constitution and […]
- Sri Lanka Army promoted 208 officers & 7,790 other ranks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Army Promoted over 1,800 army personnel to mark its 74th Anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- New Army Commander assumes duties (Category: Breaking News)
- Major General Vikum Liyanage appointed Army Commander (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Will Subramanian Swami‘s Visit Revive Racist Politics? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian-Israeli Involvement In Sri Lanka Is A Disaster (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Politics Of Fear In Sri Lanka: Allowing Demagogues To Manipulate The Electorate! (Category: Breaking News)
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