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Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has conceded defeat in a presidential run-off vote after an official count showed his rival Mohamed Muizzu in an impenetrable lead. “Congratulations to president-elect Muizzu,” Solih wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, after the Elections Commission of the Maldives showed his opponent winning 54 percent of ballots on Saturday. […]
- President Ranil congratulates new Maldivian counterpart on inauguration (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil meets new Maldivian counterpart, discusses ways to boost bilateral ties (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives appoints new Ambassador to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka and Maldives to bolster bilateral relations (Category: Breaking News)
The Parliament is scheduled to meet from 3rd to 6th October. The parliamentary business related to this week has been decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on 22nd of September. Accordingly, time from 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. on each day has been allotted for Questions for Oral […]
- Parliament to debate National Unity and Reconciliation Bill next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament to convene from July 18th to 21st (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial bills to be presented to Parliament on Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
- Motion to remove the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission passed by majority vote (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Biden’s Strike Solidarity & Trudeau’s Bombshell On India appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian Politics: Modi Set For Hat Trick At Home; Caught In Dirty Tricks Abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- 1983: It Haunts Us Still! (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Were The Early Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's proposed Online Safety Bill would be an assault on freedom of expression, opinion, and information, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said.The post International Commission of Jurists says Online Safety Bill is an assault on freedoms appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Proposed Online Safety Bill in Sri Lanka seen as assault on freedom of expression (Category: Breaking News)
- CPJ calls on Lanka to reconsider bills likely to undermine press freedom (Category: Breaking News)
- Online Safety Act Major Blow To Freedom Of Expression: Amnesty International (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed “Anti-Terror” Bill Set To Introduce The Death Penalty & Break Existing Human Rights Vio... (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe will present the Anti-Terrorism Bill, while Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, will present the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 03 October. Below are the bills to be debated during the Parliament week. On Tuesday, 03 October 2023, from 10.30 am […]
- Vote on second reading of Budget 2021 today (Category: Breaking News)
- Vote on second reading of Budget 2021 today (Category: Breaking News)
- Vote on second reading of Budget 2021 today (Category: Breaking News)
- Vote on second reading of Budget 2021 today (Category: Breaking News)
Fitch Ratings upgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC-‘ from ‘RD’ (Restricted Default), in its latest report.Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of ‘CCC+’ or below. The Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR has been affirmed at ‘RD’ and the Country Ceiling at ‘B-‘. ...
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s long-term local-currency IDR to ‘CC’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘RD’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades SL’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘RD’ (Category: Breaking News)
China will continue to firmly support Sri Lanka in pursuing a development path that suits its own national conditions, getting rid of the “poverty trap” and the “trap of non-development”, and safeguarding its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said at the 74th National Day Reception of the People’s Republic of [R...
- China pledges to help Sri Lanka overcome debt challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Ambassador outlines numerous benefits reaped by Sri Lanka from BRI (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA MP vows to send China packing (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese and Lankan FMs meet on sidelines of UNGA session (Category: Breaking News)
The way the police, judiciary and lawyers operate had left much to be desired in ensuring justice for all, Minister of Justice Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said at the National Law Week – 2023 celebrations yesterday. Dr. Rajapakshe said that in a country with the rule of law, all citizens felt they had access to justice. […]
- Legal system is a social super-structure: New Chief Justice (Category: South Australia)
- Oops! Escapes are not OK (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Mother of cold case murder victim desperate for answers (Category: USA, Washington)
- Sri Lanka's civil war inquiry is 'eyewash', say Tamils (Category: Breaking News)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is concerned that the newly proposed Online Safety legislation, if adopted in its present form, would serve to crush free expression and further contract an already shrinking civic space in Sri Lanka. On 18 September 2023, the Ministry of Public Security gazetted a bill titled “Online Safety” intended to dramatically regulate […]
- International Commission of Jurists says Online Safety Bill is an assault on freedoms (Category: Breaking News)
- ICCPR being used to restrict freedom of expression in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns raised over Sri Lanka’s “flawed plans” for a Truth Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- UN raises concerns over two Bills in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Only A Unified Approach Can Solve The Economic Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- People’s Preamble To IMF Technical Report (Category: Breaking News)
- If The Speaker Had Become The President, The Economic Crisis Might Have Been Eased By Now (Category: Breaking News)
- Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
Negotiations to secure the second tranche of funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Sri Lanka are progressing positively, Acting Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe announced.The post Sri Lanka’s acting finance minister says positive progress in securing second IMF tranche appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Positive Progress in Securing Second IMF Tranche, Says Acting Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF team arrives in Sri Lanka to evaluate economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Representatives of the International Monetary Fund express satisfaction with the implemented eco... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka commences IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings with positive bilateral talks (Category: Breaking News)
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan, police say. The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Officials in Balochistan have declared a state of emergency. No […]
- More than 50 killed and dozens injured in Pakistan blast (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 30 injured after blast in Paris (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Huge blast at oil terminal in Guinea’s capital (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Should We Buckle Up Or Dunk Down? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Government Unknowingly Driving The Country To A Great Depression? (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament to have special session on Saturday (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha Urges Government To Discuss Plan Ahead (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
House Republicans have branded the first day of their impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden a success, saying they justified their case. But expert witnesses called by Republicans cautioned there was not yet enough proof for impeachment. Thursday’s hearing was dominated by the business dealings of the president’s son, Hunter, who Republicans allege was selling access […]
- Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president (Category: Breaking News)
- US House votes to authorise Biden impeachment inquiry (Category: Breaking News)
- South African president faces threat of impeachment over ‘Farmgate’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
Indian authorities are exploiting the recommendations of a global terrorism financing and money laundering watchdog to target civil society groups and activists and deliberately hinder their work, said Amnesty International in a new briefing released today. “Weaponizing counter-terrorism: India’s exploitation of terrorism financing assessments to target civil society” reveals how the r...
- CB releases full details on new laws to curb terrorism funding and money laundering (Category: Business)
- Pakistan’s false, misleading narrative on Kashmir dispute exacerbates tensions with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Crime syndicate venturing into terrorism getting state hospitality in neighboring country: India... (Category: Breaking News)
- India, too, should be investigated -Int’l HR organisations (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who is to complete his tenure in Delhi shortly, paid a farewell call on the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today (27) at the Finance Ministry in New Delhi. During the call, the High Commissioner expressed his appreciation to Minister Sitharaman […]
- Sri Lanka and India discuss way forward in bilateral economic cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Finance Minister assures Âfullest support to Sri Lanka s economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka discuss way forward in bilateral economic cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan envoy meets Indian ministers seeking support for economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 29th September, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government continues to be at loggerheads with irate professionals, who are demanding solutions to their problems. Many of them have already left the country never to return thanks to the government’s callous disregard for their grievances. University teachers staged a protest in Colombo the other day in a bid […]
- President receives GMOA s proposal on solutions for health sector issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Brain drain and kottu roti (Category: Breaking News)
- Two ex-Presidents say people will find it impossible to live under new VAT regime (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA warns of severe brain drain within universities (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivering the opening speech at the ‘Berlin Global’ Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, today (28), expressed the need for a comprehensive dialogue between Western nations and China, the United States of America and China and the European Union and China, as a critical component of a robust international plan capable of addressing the […]
- Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa goes back to China (Category: Breaking News)
- The issue is about Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- President off to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees opportunity as China costs rise - President (Category: Breaking News)
by SALIYA WEERAKOON and Prof. ALEX LIN CHEE LOK In 1914, Cambridge-educated D. R Wijewardena, arguably one of the most recognised entrepreneurs in the country, bought the Sinhala daily Dinamina. History also records that he purchased the English daily, Ceylon Daily News, in 1917. Consequently, Wijewardena is known as the press baron of the pre-independence of Ceylon. He […]
- Sri Lanka’s online regulations highlight restrictions sweeping South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- US backs Lankan journalists vis-a-vis Online Safety law (Category: Breaking News)
- Champika pours out more details about latest sugar scam (Category: Breaking News)
- NMSJ asks for postponement of debate on Online Safety Bill, fresh consultations (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 28th September, 2023 Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera is reported to have said at a conference held by the Finance Ministry, on Tuesday (26), that there are more than 4,000 vacancies in the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). According to media reports quoting him, the vacancies at the […]
- Cash-strapped CEB arranged for bank loans to workers at govt. expense – Kanchana (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB restructuring proposals to be finalised in two weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC workers launch Sathyagraha (Category: Breaking News)
- Union blames loss-making state ventures on governments using them as job banks (Category: Breaking News)
Herath alleges Budget Office part of flawed political strategy By Shamindra Ferdinando Civil society activist Sirithunga Jayasuriya Tuesday (26) said that those genuinely concerned about political strategies of the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government should be wary of possible moves to put off the presidential election scheduled for next year. Pointing out that both Provincial Councils and Local [...
- APC on 13A: SLPP rebels reject President’s latest endeavour, ask govt. to speak with one voice (Category: Breaking News)
- Herath: COPE dissolution must not hinder probe into economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez makes headway amidst deepening turmoil (Category: Breaking News)
- State sector reforms: Herath endorses Ranil’s agenda (Category: Breaking News)
Some members on the committee of Sri Lanka’s official creditors are pushing to reach a deal to restructure the nation’s debt without the participation of China, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. The members want the group of major creditors, including the US, Japan and India, to sign a memorandum […]
- China asked to share copies of letter on Sri Lanka debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club provides financing assurances to IMF on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China in close communication with Sri Lanka on debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylon Chamber urges China to meet IMF requirements (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Imprisonment Of 5 Years For Non-Arrest Of A Suspect – A Good Example To Emulate appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prosecuting Crimes Requires A System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- The Insane Use Of The ICCPR Act (Category: Breaking News)
- The Arrest Of Tharindu Uduwaragedara – Larger Questions (Category: Breaking News)
- The Caste Based Culture Is Still The Key Obstacle For Development In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Open Letter To President & Judiciary – A Response appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Open Letter To The President & The Judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins: A Comment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Dilemma: Individual Liberties Or Economic Development – A Response (Category: Breaking News)
- The National List & The House Of Duds (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Padayatra In Escalating Mode For BJP & Inevitable Defeat For DMK appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Phase 1 Of The 10 Phase Padayatra – En Mann En Makkal (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
- An Avalanche Of Oratory In Padayatra – To Move The Polity To Mutiny & Rage (Category: Breaking News)
- Rebounce Of Padayatra Phase 3 After A Respite Of 18 Days For State President Annamalai (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund is concerned about a shortfall in revenue collection by Sri Lanka’s government this year, though that is unlikely to derail a $2.9 billion loan programme for the crisis-hit country, two Sri Lankan sources told Reuters.The post Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stor...
- IMF not expected to discuss Sri Lanka before year-end – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax revision helps correct tax revenue & expenditure imbalance – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Team to conduct second review of Sri Lanka’s EFF program in March 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP rebel group spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (26) said that it would be a costly initiative to engage former British Premier David Cameron to promote Colombo Port City and the enactment of the Online Safety Law meant to suppress political dissent were contradictory. The former External Affairs Minister said that […]
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. says onus on EC to call prez polls, warns against govt. intervention (Category: Breaking News)
- Bid to use private member’s motion to put off LG polls alleged (Category: Breaking News)
- GL urges AG to ensure compliance with SC recommendations before Speaker certifies Online Safety ... (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 27th September, 2023 It is heartening that justice has finally caught up with a retired top cop, albeit after a lapse of more than eight years. The Ratnapura High Court, on Monday, sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe to a five-year jail term for having ordered the OIC of the Kahawatte police station not […]
- Two former police officers sentenced to death over custodial death (Category: Breaking News)
- Two ex-police officers sentenced to prison on charges of sexual harassment (Category: Breaking News)
- After six years, convict given one year RI for stealing jeans worth Rs. 40,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- UK police officer punished for assaulting Lankan (Category: Breaking News)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over a consignment of 4,700 MT of soya beans and maize to Sri Lanka Thriposha Ltd, to support the continuation of the Thriposha fortified food programme. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) facilitated the handover at a special event held at the Thriposha factory. This […]
- US supports Sri Lankan govt in providing Thriposha to mothers and children through WFP (Category: Breaking News)
- US funded fortified rice shipments begin arriving at Colombo Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Conditional permission for Thriposha products (Category: Breaking News)
- Food insecurity in Sri Lanka likely to worsen, FAO and WFP warn (Category: Breaking News)
About 40 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contracts suspended due to the economic crisis would be re-contracted as foreign investors had expressed their willingness to do so, Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama said on Monday (25) in Kandy. Amunugama said the government expected to attract about 2 billion US dollars this year as FDIs. The […]
- Japanese FM Kamikawa due here (Category: Breaking News)
- New Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane assumes duties (Category: Breaking News)
- FEB Tracks Illegal Employment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena boasts of his successful foreign policy to current rulers (Category: Breaking News)
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