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Two traditional rivals will face off in a crucial group at the T20 World Cup, while two further neighbours are joined by a talented European side. Group A preview: The Asian rivals will face still competition from co-hosts USA, Canada and Ireland in Group A of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The ICC […]
- USA vs Canada: oldest rivalry renewed at cricket’s biggest T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- Values vs. wealth (Category: Business)
During the “Advancing Energy Transition” round table discussion at the Hilton Colombo on Wednesday (29) morning, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the need for a comprehensive plan to exploit renewable energy and explore future trends in green hydrogen in Sri Lanka. The event, held in collaboration with the World Bank, the Ministry of Power and Energy, […]
- Cleaner Fuel (Category: Business)
- Portugal's green energy dilemma (Category: Technology)
- Can human power replace batteries? (Category: Technology)
- Former football coach Lou Holtz tests positive for COVID-19 (Category: USA, Mississippi)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Promises: The Parrot That Waited In Vain For The Fruit To Ripen appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Losing Faith In Sri Lanka: Is Wickremesinghe Corrupt? Are Our Judges Fair? (Category: Breaking News)
- Suppressing Free Speech & Religious Freedom By Labelling Them Hate Speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Disagreeing With One’s Community That Is Wrong Is A Duty (Category: Breaking News)
- Four New Universities: A Premature Budget Proposal For Cheats (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena insisted that there has not been any discussion in the Government on postponing the Presidential elections. The Prime Minister told reporters that an irresponsible statement had been made on a matter that was never discussed in the Government. United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara had proposed postponing the […]
- PM claims only draft agreement reached with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis forced Sri Lanka to ensure financial discipline (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh to discuss Sri Lanka’s debt to China during visit next week (Category: Breaking News)
- PM defends sacking Cabinet Ministers (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is studying South Australia’s energy transition policy, which looks at net-zero emissions by 2050. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka needs to decide if it requires energy transition legislation. “Some countries have energy transition legislation. We have also looked at that. We have looked at some areas such as South Australia. It […]
- Solutions sought to tackle marine litter near Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Shaping Sri Lanka’s industrial recovery: Industry and government leaders convene (Category: Breaking News)
- Preliminary work to bring Starlink to Sri Lanka completed (Category: Breaking News)
- Hemas Consumer Brands Spearheads Environmental Stewardship Across the Island (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Quo Vadis? – Feeding The 225; Don’t Wait For The State; Let’s Act On Our Own appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Prospects At The Next Election (Category: Breaking News)
- NM’s Heritage: Upsurge Of Religious Despotism In Sri Lanka: Can The JVP Withstand Sinhala-Buddhi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Waging Peace! (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), which commands a majority in Parliament, has opposed a proposal to postpone the Presidential and Parliament elections. SLPP National Organiser and MP Namal Rajapaksa said that postponing elections is not healthy for any democracy. “Postponing elections is not healthy for any democracy. Extending the terms of the President and […]
- Rajapaksas out in force for Sri Lanka election (Category: Breaking News)
- Immediate solutions from Namal Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- MP NAMAL RAJAPAKSA TAKES OATHS AS LAWYER (Category: Breaking News)
- “Satakaya” for Namal Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
The United National Party (UNP) has proposed postponing the Presidential and Parliament elections to keep President Ranil Wickremesinghe in power. UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara said that the economy needs to be rebuilt and the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF
- EC to consider request to allow Sri Lankans overseas to vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil proposed winding up UNP (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP suspends 1,137 local council members (Category: Breaking News)
- LG polls postponed again (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) at their current levels of 8.50 per cent and 9.50 per cent, respectively. The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka arrived at this decision after carefully assessing the […]
- Demand for imports in Sri Lanka continues to remain subdued (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka decides to maintain policy rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka further reduces policy interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank decides to continue with tight monetary policy (Category: Breaking News)
The United National Party (UNP), led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has proposed a referendum to extend the terms of both the Sri Lankan President and Parliament by two years.The post UNP proposes referendum to Extend Presidential and Parliamentary terms by two years appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Referendum on prez poll not possible without 2/3 House majority (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP shoots down proposal to postpone elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Democracy Is Founded On Elections: Lawyers Collective Condemns Range Bandara’s Statement (Category: Breaking News)
- Lawyers’ Collective condemns proposal for poll postponement (Category: Breaking News)
The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) at 8.50 percent and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) at 9.50 percent.The post Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains Policy Rates to support Economic Recovery appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Steady Hand (Category: Business)
- Unchanged (Category: Business)
- Monetary Policy (Category: Business)
- Policy Stance (Category: Business)
West Indies swept the three-T20I series against South Africa to conclude their T20 World Cup preparations in the most commanding way possible. South Africa, on the other hand, have won just two of their last 11 completed T20I matches since the last T20 World Cup, and have lost series to West Indies twice and Australia […]
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies bowl, pick Chase and Shepherd; no Vanua for PNG (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner stars in landmark outing, Zampa’s class seals victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan demolish South Africa (Category: Breaking News)
The world economy had not recovered from the daunting impact of coronavirus, the geo-political headwinds such as Russia-Ukraine war impacted the recovery process in 2022 and before this war settled, Israel-Gaza conflict deepened the geo-politics and geo-political fragmentation. The geo-political
- Premier Kristina's all I and mighty (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Lanka’s growth to contract by 7.6% in 2022 – ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- Be wary of geo politics - UNP (Category: Breaking News)
- Can J&K’s GSDP to reach $28 billion with 7.5% growth in 2023-24 (Category: Breaking News)
The announcement that India will overtake Japan in nominal gross domestic product in dollar terms in 2025 has shocked Tokyo. Until 2010, Japan had been home to the world’s undisputed second-largest economy, but it’s now on the brink of slipping to fifth place. In estimates released in late April
- Lankan economic conditions improving as expected - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- 6.5% GDP growth for SL projected by IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Does Wage Growth Retard Economic Growth? (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy grows by 3.5 percent (Category: Breaking News)
to villages in collaboration with private companies to revitalize the export economy. President Ranil Wickrem...
- Special Statement Delivered By President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- No candidate vying for the presidency has announced plans to abolish executive powers (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Preliminary work to bring Starlink to Sri Lanka completed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economic Stability With SOE Reforms Need System Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP & Its Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Behind Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post G.C. Rodrigo: Friend, Colleague & Comrade: ‘When Alone Think Clearly; When With Others Speak Carefully’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s Offer To Form An Interim Administration Is Sensible (Category: Breaking News)
- What Sri Lanka Can Take Away From The US Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- යුද්ධය, සාමය සහ මුසාවාද (Category: Breaking News)
The Economic Transformation Bill and the Public Financial Management Bill were presented to the Sri Lankan Parliament today (May 22).The post Economic Transformation and Public Financial Management bills tabled in Sri Lankan Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Economic Transformation Bill and Public Financial Management Bill tabled in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Transformation Bill and Public Financial Management Bill presented to Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Transformation Bill and Public Financial Mgmt. Bill to be tabled in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Economic Transformation Bill ‘ and ‘Public Financial Management Bill’ to Parliament on May 22 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to 2.7% in April from 2.5% in March, according to official data released on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters.The post Sri Lanka’s April inflation climbs to 2.7%, up from March’s 2.5% appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation dips to 33.6% in April (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation eases in May 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka consumer inflation dips to 49.2% year-on-year in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
India, one of the world’s fastest-growing markets The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has been transformative, revolutionizing industries and reshaping economies globally. AI technologies, encompassing machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing, are driving innovation in various sectors, including healthcare, finance, and transportation. These advancement...
- The Rise of AI in India: A Transformative Journey (Category: Breaking News)
- Lenovo experiencing ‘tremendous growth’ in SL under ‘Smarter Tech for All’ vision (Category: Breaking News)
- KONE partners Lanka Elevator Engineering for Sri Lanka foray (Category: Business)
- Informatics appointed Red Hat’s esteemed ‘Advanced Business Partner’ status (Category: Business)
Inspired by the teachings of the Buddha, India is taking new initiatives for global welfare Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, is a significant Buddhist festival that commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha. This important day falls on the full moon in April or May and is a […]
- Buddhism: A True Gift from India to the World (Category: Breaking News)
- Vesak messages (Category: Breaking News)
- Reflections On Solar Consciousness & Unity: A Message For Vesak Day 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s historical connection to Buddhism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President’s Commitment To Economic Reform Is Model For Reconciliation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President Needs Trust To Succeed In Problem Solving (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t Disregard The Less Privileged (Category: Breaking News)
- President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support (Category: Breaking News)
- Enlightened Leadership To Overcome Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy A bipartisan US congressional resolution, calling for ‘independence referendum’ to Sri Lankan Tamils as the (only) way out of the ethnic conflict is this year’s offering on the 15th anniversary of the ethnic war that lasted twice as many years. Of course, there was also the UNHRC report calling upon the Colombo […]
- A wrong message at a right time? (Category: Breaking News)
- Time for Upcountry Tamils to come together (Category: Breaking News)
- Can the Sangha make a difference to the political impasse, and how? (Category: Breaking News)
- Which bell, what cat, and how to tie it? (Category: Breaking News)
Since its separation in 1947 from India, entire Pakistan and its leadership have been surviving because of Anti-India sentiments. While India is on its path to becoming the top superpower of the world & the fourth largest economy, Pakistan is struggling to even provide food to its nationals
- What is China doing in Gilgit-Baltistan? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan regime busy with petty issues as country faces crises: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Is China’s Economic Deprivation of ‘Azad Kashmir’ Leading to Violent Civilian Unrest? (Category: Breaking News)
- Protests intensify in PoK against Pakistan government’s plans to amend Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
The President of Iran was on Sunday night feared dead after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in a mountainous region. The lives of Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amirabdollahian, his foreign minister, were “at risk”, an Iranian official said during a large search and rescue mission. Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian interior minister, blamed the crash, […]
- US and EU consider new sanctions against Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran confirms death of President and Foreign Minister in helicopter crash (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka saddened over the death or Iran’s President, FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Argentina seeks Sri Lanka’s help to arrest Iran’s Interior Minister (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debate Or No Debate, Addressing Critical Issues Is Important For Voters appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- AKD’s Recent Climb Is Meteoric, Yet A Long Way To Go (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Or No Election, Ranil Is done; He’s Not Fit For Office (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya Effect Vs IMF Effect (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Deciding Factor In Sri Lanka’s Election Debate: Policy Or Public Frustration? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Political Landscape: Navigating A Tripartite Contest (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day Music Miscellany: Contest Between The SJB & The NPP & The UNP-SLPP Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Feminist Revolt & Masculinity Pitfalls In The Bolshevik Camp: Sri Lanka’s Election Prelude (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP: From Idealism Of Anti-Indianism To Pragmatic Realism(?) (Category: Breaking News)
SLT-MOBITEL has reported a flat growth in Q1 2024 ending March 31, 2024, amidst a challenging business environment. However, the company’s proactive cost management initiatives have resulted in significant operational cost savings, enabling it to maintain profitability. For the quarter, the SLT Group has recorded consolidated revenue of LKR 26.93 billion, reflecting a marginal 1.4% […]
- SLT ups pre-tax profits by 29% to Rs. 4.8 b in nine months (Category: Business)
- SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 bn amid unprecedented challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 Bn again (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group achieves stable revenues for Q1, remaining resilient despite challenges (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Corruption In Sri Lanka: The Root Of Modern Social Instability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Menace Of Political Nepotism: Sri Lanka’s Downfall (Category: Breaking News)
- House Of Fashions, House Of Chaos & Out Of Fashion (Category: Breaking News)
- The Economic Setbacks Of Yahapālanaya Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Elitism – A Hidden Downfall Factor (Category: Breaking News)
Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is stepping down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation.The post End of Lee era for Singapore as Prime Minister steps down appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Lawrence Wong sworn in as Singapore’s first new prime minister in 20 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Lawrence Wong takes oaths as Singapore’s new Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- End of Lee era for Singapore as PM steps down (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong says he will step down as early as next year (Category: Breaking News)
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