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[…]The post NPP – A Reformed & Mature Political Movement – Part II appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tentative Recovery Of The Economy Will Not Be Stalled By The Presidential Election: Response To ... (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP – A Reformed & Mature Political Movement (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- The NPP Factor: Rise Of Left-Wing Populism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Executive Must Cease Intimidating & Undermining The Independence Of The Judiciary: Lawyers’ Collective appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Democracy Is Founded On Elections: Lawyers Collective Condemns Range Bandara’s Statement (Category: Breaking News)
- President resists independent review by CC of his nominees to high posts – Lawyers’ Collective (Category: Breaking News)
- Set Up An Internal Regulatory System For Judges; Don’t Attack Them In Parliament: Lawyers Collec... (Category: Breaking News)
- Lawyers’ Collective condemns proposal for poll postponement (Category: Breaking News)
Political and social activist Arun Siddharth has been appointed as the Jaffna District Organiser and a Supreme Council member of the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP).
KHYBER: Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran, who was shot by unknown assailants on Tuesday in the Khyber district of Khyber PakhtunkhwaContinue ReadingThe post Pakistan Journalists protest as colleague Khalil Jibran laid to rest in Khyber appeared first on Newswire.
- Rules of engagement (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- 'World’s loneliest elephant' arrives safely in Cambodia (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- 3rd person charged in 2017 robbery, homicide after woman takes plea deal (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Sanborn high school senior leads on the track, on the court (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
Indian RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said that the Indian financial system is in a “much stronger position,” characterisedContinue ReadingThe post “India’s domestic financial system is now in a much stronger position”: RBI Governor appeared first on Newswire.
- India Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged, cuts CRR (Category: Business)
- Rupee stays strong aided by suspected RBI intervention (Category: Business)
- RBI shifts focus to growth, cuts CRR by 50 bps (Category: Business)
- Inflation may fall to 5.2% next fiscal on normal rains, supply ease: Report (Category: Breaking News)
The biggest trade union of government doctors in Sri Lanka warned on Friday about a wave of economic crisis-driven brain drain among medical professionals, as 25 percent of them have already taken the necessary exams to find employment abroad.
Sri Lanka's largest trade union for government doctors has raised alarms about a significant brain drain due to the economic crisis, with 25 percent of doctors having already taken exams to work abroad, Arab News reports.The post Sri Lanka faces critical doctor shortage as economic crisis drives 25% to leave appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Health Ministry confident: Doctors returning to Sri Lanka, easing shortage crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hit by record brain drain, but some stay to rebuild (Category: Breaking News)
- Doctors’ Brain Drain: Health Security Concern In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Health service centres told to charge fees fairly or face legal action (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has once again refused to accept the external evidence-gathering mechanism established by UN Human Rights Council resolutions 46/1 and 51/1. The nation cites significant legal and political ramifications for all involved countries as the basis for its decision.The post Sri Lanka Rejects UN Human Rights Council’s External Evidence-Gathering Mechanism appeared first on Sri Lanka News...
- Sri Lanka tells UNHRC it will not accept Resolution 51/1 (Category: Breaking News)
- The Philippines looks askance at evidence gathering mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan envoy frowns at UN one sided resolutions against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rejects external evidence gathering mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is in talks with China and official creditors to reach an agreement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. He said that Sri Lanka has now concluded the second round of discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) IMF Board of Directors and received confirmation that the program guiding Sri Lanka is on the right track. […]
- Debt restructuring to be completed before polls (Category: Breaking News)
- President confirms Presidential polls will be held this year (Category: Breaking News)
- President orders Police protection for Israelis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil writes to Modi congratulating him on moon landing (Category: Breaking News)
The Catholic Church accused former President Maithripala Sirisena of being politically bankrupt. National Catholic Mass Communications Director, Rev. Fr. Jude Krishantha said that Sirisena was making false allegations to coverup his own political bankruptcy. Sirisena had earlier alleged that financial aid received to assist the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks had not been utilised […]
- Sirisena resigns and appoints Wijeyadasa as SLFP Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- Bribery complaint filed against Maithripala (Category: Breaking News)
- CID records another statement from Sirisena over Easter attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Maithripala’s pardoning of Royal Park murder convict quashed (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel Commission Scam By Shamindra Ferdinando A group of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) officials, responsible for causing loss of nearly 3.5 billion rupees, had left the country over the past several years and successive Ministers had failed to take action against any one of them, the Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) was told recently. The […]
- COPE uncovers major irregularities in Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Category: Breaking News)
- Over Rs 3000 million CPC “Fraud” uncovered (Category: Breaking News)
- Elkaduwa Plantations spent Rs. 27 m. chasing two kg stolen pepper (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminal waste at State Hospital revealed (Category: Breaking News)
Saturday 22nd June, 2024 Anything is possible in politics all over the world. It has been reported that the UK voters will be able to ‘elect the world’s first AI MP’ (AI Steve) in the forthcoming parliamentary election. This claim, which the international media has given wide publicity, is not entirely true, for AI Steve […]
- Prez promotes use of AI in local film industry (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Rootcode AI concludes its AI Community Meetup global initiative in Amsterdam (Category: Breaking News)
- AI accepts funds from Canadian Tamils (Category: Breaking News)
- Pilot project underway to introduce AI courses to education system (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Change! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Bankrupt Country Craves For Urgent ‘System Changes’ (Category: Breaking News)
- System Change & Its Replacement!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Aren’t Citizens Entitled To Propose & Enforce ‘System Changes’? (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Missive To AKD & NPP (Category: Breaking News)
By Vishvanth Rhetoric and diatribe are crescendoing as the next presidential poll approaches. Some election campaigns have already gone into overdrive with prospective candidates traversing the country in a bid to garner votes. Speculation is still rife in political circles that the government may hold parliamentary polls before the presidential contest. Whichever election come...
- Executive Must Cease Intimidating & Undermining The Independence Of The Judiciary: Lawyers’ Coll... (Category: Breaking News)
- Doctrine of immunity in Emperor’s Clothes (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB: Has Prez made LG polls disappear? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil in elephantine dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
No one should forget past hardships due to shortages of medicines, fuel, and fertilizers.- Says the President at the annualContinue ReadingThe post “No one should forget past hardships due to shortages of medicines, fuel & fertilizers” appeared first on Newswire.
- No one should forget past hardships due to shortages of medicines, fuel, and fertilizers- Says t... (Category: Breaking News)
- Unite behind the government’s initiative aimed at fostering a new economic transformation in Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- Negotiations underway with China to finalize arrangements on debt repayment  President (Category: Breaking News)
- PM warns next three weeks will be tough (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that people should not forget the hardships endured in the past due to shortages of essential resources such as medicines, fuel and fertilizers and called upon all citizens to unite behind the government’s initiative aimed at fostering a new economic transformation in Sri Lanka to ensure that future generations do not […]
- Quality drugs will be imported from India: Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Quality drugs will be imported from India: Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Quality drugs will be imported from India: Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Quality drugs will be imported from India: Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Responding to the allegations levelled by former President Maithripala Sirisena, a Spokesman for the Catholic Church on Friday said that the Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has distributed over Rs. 500 million of financial aid received to assist the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.
For decades, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways (CPA) stood as a proud symbol of the city’s international status and an exemplar of Asian aviation. These days, the flagship carrier is treated more like the Chinese-ruled financial hub’s bete noire, regularly receiving severe scrutiny and criticism from its own government as it struggles to recover from […]
- Cathay Pacific Welcomes Policy Address Measures To Boost Long-Term Competitiveness of The Hong K... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cathay Pacific Welcomes Policy Address Measures To Boost Long-Term Competitiveness of The Hong K... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cathay Pacific Welcomes Policy Address Measures To Boost Long-Term Competitiveness of The Hong K... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cathay Pacific Welcomes Policy Address Measures To Boost Long-Term Competitiveness of The Hong K... (Category: Breaking News)
A Muslim entrepreneur of Sri Lankan descent has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Reform UK, a right-wing populistContinue ReadingThe post Entrepreneur of Sri Lankan descent gives biggest donation to Reform UK appeared first on Newswire.
- FCCISL launches Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 contest (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan arrested for murder in Aussie (Category: Breaking News)
- Business Visa (Category: Business)
- Accounting Link (Category: Business)
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don’t Look Now, has died at 88 after a long illness. His son, the actor Kiefer Sutherland, said: “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in […]
- Is Speaker’s announcement consistent with SC determination? (Category: Breaking News)
- Implement SC order on accessibility! (Category: Business)
- FR petition filed in SC challenging Expropriation Bill (Category: Business)
- Fonseka’s white flag case appeal before SC to be supported on 2 and 3 May (Category: Business)
Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha told Parliament on Wednesday that unethical conduct of a handful of judges had led to erosion of public faith in the judiciary.Speaking after SLPP-dissident Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekera raised a privilege issue, Dr. Rajapaksha said that the conduct of some judges had raised concerns and some people blamed him […]
- Wide-ranging proposals on judicial & legal reforms from SJB Lawyers Federation to Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith accepts far-reaching legal reforms, vows to thwart Ranil’s strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- SC asks Sirisena, three others to declare assets (Category: Breaking News)
- Weerasekera rejects BASL allegation that his speech in Parliament was ‘brazen attack on judiciary’ (Category: Breaking News)
by Rohana R. Wasala Dr Yuval Noah Harari, who lectures in World History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, thinks that to understand the role of traditional religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism in the 21st century world we need to distinguish between three types of problems: 1) Technical: e.g., how should farmers in arid […]
- Religious and philosophical aspects of Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
- Jerome Fernando and his profane gimmicks (Category: Breaking News)
- Eric Weiner: God, A User's Guide (Category: Features)
By Shamindra Ferdinando ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ political alliance consisting of former SLPP constituents has declared the grouping as the only viable alternative to President Ranil Wickremesinghe as SJB leader Sajith Premadasa as well as JJB/JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake were pursuing the same agenda inimical to national interests. The grouping pointed out the position taken by […]
- ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ political movement launched in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilith, Gammanpila, Wimal form new political movement - Sarvajana Balaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarvajana Balaya stage protest against proposed Sri Lanka Electricity Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarvajana Balaya holds inaugural public rally in Nugegoda (Category: Breaking News)
By the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, Secretary General of the Commonwealth In the last few weeks, sadly more than 100 people have died from oppressive heat in India. In Africa, while some countries are experiencing torrential rains, others are suffering from terrible droughts. At the recent Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva, collectively […]
- President and Commonwealth chief discuss digitalisation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Commonwealth Secretary-General in United Kingdom (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth Secretary-General pledges full support to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka reiterated its opposition to the UN evidence-gathering mechanism established by HRC resolution 46/1 and extended by resolution 51/1. The Sri Lanka delegation in Geneva told the UN Human Rights Council at the ongoing 56th Session that the evidence-gathering mechanism is unhelpful and only serves to divide and further polarize communities in Sri Lanka, with […]
- UN Human Rights Committee to review Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Impunity in Sri Lanka to be raised at UN Human Rights Council (Category: Breaking News)
- UN experts call on Sri Lanka to suspend ‘Yukthiya’ anti-drug operation (Category: Breaking News)
- UN raises concerns over two Bills in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
At least 34 people have died, with dozens more being treated in hospital, after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the authorities said. A state government spokesperson on Thursday confirmed the deaths caused by consuming alcohol tainted with methanol. “Such crimes that ruin the society will be suppressed with […]
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Douglas County to use leftover CARES Act money to help families in need (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Fungus threatens to wipe out bat population (Category: USA, Washington)
[…]The post NPP – A Reformed & Mature Political Movement appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- NPP – A Reformed & Mature Political Movement – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- A Journey Down The Memory Lane, Flouters Of Democracy Have Got It In The Neck (Category: Breaking News)
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
By Kassapa After months of dilly-dallying and procrastinating, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a stark political choice before him: does he align himself with the Rajapaksas or does he dump them now? This is, of course, assuming that Wickremesinghe will run for President. He is likely to, despite the speculation about extending his term of office […]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe or Ranil...
- Presidential race and horse-trading (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics after the protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil puts his foot down (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB’s dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (19) announced the establishment of a new development bank to provide financial support to industrialists in Sri Lanka. This initiative will offer industrialists the opportunity to obtain loans at low interest rates, the President declared. The President also revealed plans to set up an Economic Commission to oversee these activities. A […]
- ADB grants Rs. 8 billion for farming families in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez proposes establishment of Climate Change Uni in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussion with World Bank representatives on future development plans of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- WB approves Sri Lanka s eligibility to access concessional financing from IDA (Category: Breaking News)
Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda says China has been denied permission again to set up sea cucumber farms in Northern Sri Lanka. Jaffna District MP Devananda, who is also the leader of the Eelam people’s Democratic Party (EPDP), said so, addressing a group of local sea cucumber farmers in Jaffna. The Fisheries Ministry on Tuesday (18) […]
- Sea cucumber Pilot Project (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Chinese investment’ in sea cucumber farm sparks concerns among northern fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy intercepts 03 dinghies carrying 2000kg of sea cucumber in Kalpitiya seas (Category: Breaking News)
- Banned sea cucumber harvest channelled through Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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