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A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, fled to Albania in 2021 with investor assets after his Thodex exchange suddenly collapsed. He was extradited back to Turkey in June and found guilty of money-laundering, fraud and […]
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
’s family said in a statement reported by the BBC and […]
- James Corden bids farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’ (Category: Breaking News)
- South African Jazz singer adds colour at Thorana Lounge (Category: Business)
- Emirates on course as official airline of the Irish Open (Category: Business)
- Jennifer Lopez unsure on marrying again (Category: Business)
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)
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)
[…]The post Liberal Or Edible Economics: Global Disorder Worst In A Century appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Liberalism, capitalism & The Hungry Masses: “Edible Economics” Will Need To Restrain Choices (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of protesters have returned to the centre of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, hours after riot police broke up crowds angered by a controversial Russian-style law. The new law would class non-government and media groups as “foreign agents” if they get more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Police arrested 66 people overnight, including a […]
- Georgia Pride festival in Tbilisi stormed by right-wing protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia set to punish sex before marriage with jail time (Category: Breaking News)
- China diplomats leave UK over Manchester protester attack (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
BBC offices in India have been searched as part of an investigation by income tax authorities. The searches in New Delhi and Mumbai come weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary in the UK critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BBC said that it was “fully co-operating
- BBC India offices searched by income tax officials (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 60 killed after suspension bridge in Gujarat collapsed (Category: Breaking News)
- Search of BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai ends after three days (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
Nepalis are observing a day of mourning for victims of the country’s worst air disaster for some three decades. At least 68 people died when a flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed and caught fire on Sunday morning. Mobile phone footage showed the Yeti Airlines flight rolling sharply as it approached […]
- Russian tower block in flames after deadly warplane crash (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
Iran says it has publicly hanged a 23-year-old in what is the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests. Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged early on Monday in the city of Mashhad, the judiciary said. A court convicted him of “enmity against God” after finding he had stabbed to death two members of the […]
- Iran executes British-Iranian dual national (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire on protesters in Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran investigating poisoning of 650 schoolgirls with toxic gas (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (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)
[…] 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 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)
Playing off India against China and vice versa‘The Great Game’ was the name given to a diplomatic and military tussle between the British and Russian empires during the time of the British Raj in India for influence over what constitutes today’s central Asian states. Commonly known as the ‘Stan states,’ they were located along the ...
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is no pearl on China’s string: President (Category: Business)
- From defence sales to electricity grids, India upgrades Lanka ties (Category: Business)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (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)
A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital. Saif al-Islam, seen as his father’s chosen successor, visited the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying to declare that the government ...
- “Zero hour” for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up (Category: Business)
- Price on Gaddafi’s head as rebels plan for future (Category: Business)
- All Sri Lankan workers return from Libya (Category: Business)
- Muammar Gaddafi dead of wounds following capture - Reuters (Category: Breaking News)
The Gay Movement In Sri Lanka By Sherman Anthony De Rose I am from a family of seven from the countryside of Kotahena. When I was young, it was a very crowded area where low class people, who earned only for their daily needs, lived. The area had very strong Catholic families, Colombo Chetties and ...
- Press Conference by Under Secretary Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. in ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Tactful Diplomacy Will Bring Durable Solution (Category: Breaking News)
- Building the ‘Harpo’ empire (Category: Business)
- Danushka’s Sex Scandal: Time For “Me Too Aragalaya” In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Extracts from report on Sri Lanka by advisory panel appointed by Ban Ki moon 2. Violations in the IDP Camps (a) Arbitrary detention of IDPs in closed camps 154. Civilians emerging from the conflicts zone were initially housed in a...
- Unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the Wanni during the Govt-LTTE war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Thousands of Tamils still detained, torture alleged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s infamous Menik farm IDP camp to shut down later this month (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA: Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 September (Category: Breaking News)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara "When heads of state do not pay attention to the needs of their nation, the people take over”. Turkish Presiden Abdullah Gul (During the February 2011 visit to Iran) “As he launched a series of murderous attacks...
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas. (Category: Breaking News)
- Parallels between the Gaddafis of Libya and the Rajapaksas of Medamulana (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...
- Political will to settle national issue still not forthcoming despite awareness for permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
By Dushy Ranetunge Wimal Weerawansa, who survived a fast on to death outside the UN compound in Buller’s Road, amidst voodoo style devil dancing, has accused the Sri Lankan High Commission in London of failing in their duty to warn...
- Genetic link found between Sri Lankan tribe and Indians (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vedda tribe linked to ethnic Indians: Study (Category: Breaking News)
- Overall Gold for DIMO tribe (Category: Business)
- President to sign land deal for Quileute Tribe (Category: USA, Washington)
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