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GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said […]
- GL flays govt. for bringing in laws to consolidate power, protect crooks (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. seeks IMF intervention to rein in corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Gov Defeated Powers Against SL at the UN (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Rating & Fitch’s Credit Rating (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Budget Of Hopes & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Beyond 22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (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)
A whole host of countries from West Asia to Europe were on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign travel list for 2022. He co-chaired with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz, the Plenary session of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) in May this year. Prime Minister Modi emphasized that India-Germany partnership […]
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- India makes it happen, enters the multi-billion dollar defence market (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi to launch Unified Payment Interface services in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to visit India next month for talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
India is considered one of the potential superpowers of the world. This possibility has been attributed to many indicators, mainly demographic trends and a rapidly growing economy and military. India became the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2015, with estimated GDP growth of approximately 5%. There is no stopping India which is celebrating eight […]
- India’s commitment to climate change an example to the world! (Category: Breaking News)
- India makes it happen, enters the multi-billion dollar defence market (Category: Breaking News)
- India will be a developed nation by 2047, its economic growth ‘natural by-product’ of 9 years of... (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar Ports key to China’s Strategy of Controlling Indian Ocean (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 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)
We can make the Mannar Island like entertainment location like Macau island
- 8 hoping to visit Australia arrested at Mannar (Category: Breaking News)
- Words of Wisdom (Category: Business)
- Steve Hanke on currency boards and flawed pegs amid Sri Lanka meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- India to assist restoration of Thiruketheeswaram Temple (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post UNHRC Session 51: Acid Test For Sri Lanka For The Subsistence & Upholding Of Accountability & Justice appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Sessions In March 2021: Duty To Ensure Accountability & Justice (Category: Breaking News)
"So when added to VAT it will become 20 or 22 percent."
- Sri Lanka cabinet approves 2.5-pct turnover tax (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ‘social security’ levy is a travesty, should be a sunset tax: Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka parliament panel approves Rajapaksa regime cascading levy (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial Social Security Contribution levy comes into effect (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lanka Adrift In Tempestuous Seas appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- A Meteor Shower Of Novel Terms (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
By Hal Brands The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi Jinping’s China will soon be driven by plenty of both. In our new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, which this article is adapted from, we explain the cause of that desperation: a slowing economy and a […]
- How China Wants to Replace the U.S. Order (Category: Breaking News)
- Six things to know as Xi Jinping moves to be China’s dictator for life (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight-in-ten Americans detest China now as recent poll witnesses uptick in anti-Beijing feelings (Category: Breaking News)
Huawei launched Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future 2022 in collaboration with ASEAN Foundation and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). From August 19 to 27, the program will bring together 120 outstanding students from 16 countries including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Phillipines across the Asia Pacific […]
- President Wickremesinghe visits Huawei Company in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President inked agreement with Huawei company for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Cabinet Trap & Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- Unholy Silence Of Holies (Category: Breaking News)
The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held on 27th July, 2022 via Zoom. The SLSBC was inaugurated in 1997 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the objective of promoting trade, investments, tourism and services between Sri […]
- “Sri Lanka has enormous growth potential”: Robyn Mudie (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Council holds first AGM (Category: Business)
- Cabinet nod for selecting consultants to sell Insurance Corporation, Litro, etc. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Australia – New Zealand Business Council holds 16th AGM (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published todayThe post Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Watch urges major creditors to help restructure Sri Lanka’s debts (Category: Breaking News)
- New resolution on Sri Lanka adopted at United Nations Human Rights Council with 20 votes in favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Revoke sweeping new order to restrict protest – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published today outlining key human rights concerns. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president on July 21, 2022, after then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down after months of widespread protests against [...
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW accuses Sri Lanka of ignoring EU GSP+ requirements (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Human Rights In Geneva This September appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s In Store In Geneva For The Sri Lankan Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Are Economic Crimes None Of The UNHRC’s Business? (Category: Breaking News)
- A snake may lurk in the UN grass (Category: Breaking News)
- The Women At Gates Of The Mahara Prison (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Is The Fascist Now? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Not My President (Category: Breaking News)
- So Far, No Good (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prudent, Sensitive & Faithful”: Reimagining The Sri Lankan Woman (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Janus Moment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- July 9th 2022: ‘Ever Onward To Victory!’ (Category: Breaking News)
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A New Definition For Democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The IMF Mad To Give Loans To A Murderous Government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Dawn At Galle Face: Which Tomorrow? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Should The United States Care About Sri Lanka’s Predicament? (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Civilizational Twist To Indo-Lanka Relations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Open Letter Requesting Kumar Sangakkara To Assume The Leadership Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Murali explains (Category: Sports)
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali to retire (Category: Sports)
- Murali included for Aussie tour (Category: Sports)
[…]The post Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Latest Laughingstock In The Parliament: Holding Mohini’s Baby (Category: Breaking News)
- Going, Going, But Not Gone Yet: Why Delay Inevitability (Category: Breaking News)
- The Morning Prayer Of Rajapaksas: Ranil Saranam Gachchāmi (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim Or Military Government; Time To Free Us From Despotism (Category: Breaking News)
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