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A Colombo-based human rights groups has called on the Sri Lankan government to do more and take responsibility for seven of its citizens who said they were captured and tortured by Russians in eastern Ukraine.The post Sri Lanka urged to do more for citizens freed after Russian ‘torture’ appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Horrific details about 07 Sri Lankans captured by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces in Kharkiv region rescued – Ukrainian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about captivity of 7 Sri Lankans by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economic Crimes & The Challenge Of Community Medicine Practitioners appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dimming Prospects Of International Assistance As Confidence In Erodes (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Leaders Need To Analyse Problems More Rationally (Category: Breaking News)
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PAFFREL: Disqualification of politico warning to ‘corrupt lot’ By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of the Court of Appeal rejecting an appeal made by SLPP Monaragala Pradeshiya Sabha member D. M. Harshaka Priya Dissanayake, who was disqualified by the Monaragala High Court on charges of bribing voters at the last Local Government polls, the convict continued […]
- Mawanella PS chairman remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Akuressa PS chairman acquitted in child molestation case (Category: Breaking News)
- Kundasale PS member remanded over Sandagala theft (Category: Breaking News)
- Case of statutory rape: Ex-Akuressa PS Chairman acquitted and discharged (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, on Friday, in Parliament, called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to get the latter’s facts right before presenting them to the House without placing the country in an embarrassing position internationally. Participating in a debate on President Wickremesinghe’s statement to Parliament, on Thursday, on measures being adopted to save the […]
- Parliament prorogued (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity, petroleum declared essential services (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB asks President to hold early general election (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend UNGA in September (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Challenging Incomplete Democracy & Worker Cooperatives appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reflections On The April 1971 Uprising & Current Political Realities (Category: Breaking News)
- The Story Of The Occasional Cinemagoer: Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr A .T. Ariyaratne Has Passed: My Memories Of Him To The Mid-1990s (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity, & The IMF: A Solution Or A Worsening Of The Problem? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 40 Years After The Anti-Tamil Pogrom Of July 1983: Root Causes Remain Unaddressed (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
This currency crisis and banking crisis were originated firstly by policy mis-management from the central bank
- Sri Lanka needs quick fiscal reforms, political stability: Central Bank union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs political stability, fiscal measures for IMF deal: CBSL union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rates elevated amid failed float and DDR fears (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to come of crisis through own efforts: PM (Category: Breaking News)
• Many amendments in the electoral system• Measures to reduce the number of local authority councillors from 8000 to 4000• Limitations on the money spent on elections• Focus on Political party laws• New Rules of Conduct and Values for MPs to Parliament• Although the political parties have leaned towards the struggle, the struggle hasn’t leaned towards the political parties -says President
- If TNA boycotts PSC, so be it Cannot pander to the whims of all and sundry (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Pillayan’s days as CM, numbered’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Join us to solve the ethnic problem after the budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Kelaniya PS men want police protection (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he intends to reduce the number of council members for local government bodies from 8,000 to 4,000, prior to the next election.The post Sri Lankan President plans to reduce number of Local Government members before next election appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- No Election, No Funds, Local Government Election not legally declared – Sri Lanka President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Cannot change Government by taking to the streets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Presidential, Parliamentary Elections will be held in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe named as next candidate of UNP for Presidential Election 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Impetus For Aragalaya 2.0 – Transform From Vertical To A Horizontal Power Structure appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 75 Years Of Non-Democracy In Our Democratic Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Springboarding From The Aragalaya To A New Nation We All Deserve (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Launch Of The E-Book Version Of The Mystique Of Kelani River appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Book Launch: The Mystique Of Kelani River (Category: Breaking News)
- RIP: Comrade R Singamapanar: The First Tamil Political Activist From Chunnakam (Category: Breaking News)
- In Memory Of Comrade Osman De Silva (Category: Breaking News)
- Writing The American Ceylon Mission: A Review Of The American River Of Love That Flowed Into Jaf... (Category: Breaking News)
The Jaffna University Students’ Union has issued a statement saying that they have strongly condemned the comments made in support of Sri Lanka and defaming the affected Tamil community. The Jaffna University Students’ Union strongly condemns the comments made by the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka in connection with the UN Human Rights Council session […]
- Northern citizens reject Chinese efforts to make inroads into Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- China assures continued support to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India slams Chinese envoy in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China cautions Sri Lanka on IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankans have lost access to most medicine and medical supplies, setting them on course for a humanitarian disaster, Direct Relief reported. Unlike Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent hurricane batterings of Puerto Rico and Florida, Sri Lanka’s crisis grew slowly and has garnered few international headlines. But Sri Lankans are suffering amid the […]
- Americares donates more than $773,000 USD worth of medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US donates medical equipment to Sri Lanka-wide hospitals (Category: Breaking News)
- US based charity sends essential medications to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks bridge financing from Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
Resolution framework being fine-tund
- Counter Cyclical (Category: Business)
- Expectations (Category: Business)
- IMF welcomes Sri Lanka’s reforms announced in the budget (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF-Ranil deal may strengthen pro-China forces in Sri Lanka: Report (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Profound & The Profane appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Books Release – International Day Of Universal Access To Information, September 28th, 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Hilton Colombo celebrates the 28th Year of the original Oktoberfest (Category: Breaking News)
- Teens arrested for highway crime (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven bodies found in US search for missing teens (Category: Breaking News)
Some leading monks last month threatened not to pay electricity bills with revised up tariffs.
- No Electricity Tariff Hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka uses 100 mln USD Indian credit for solar panels in govt institutions, religious places (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL to begin public consultation on proposed revision of electricity tariffs (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka power tariff hike: ministry offers olive branch to protesting monks (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Possibly there is no precedent of the kind elsewhere. By underlining the importance of addressing ‘underlying governance factors and root causes’ that have ‘contributed’ to Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis, the UNHRC resolution, as Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, said was all a product of ‘geo-politics’ that has ‘polarised’ the UNHRC Council […]
- Sri Lanka admits facing defeat in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister continues attack on Canada (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC cannot dictate on economic reforms in Sri Lanka – Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Ali Sabry to brief UN General Assembly (Category: Breaking News)
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) said that all communities in Sri Lanka must stop living a lie based on denial and come to terms with the truth based on evidence. The GTF, in a statement, welcomed the passing of Resolution 51/L1/Rev1 with minimal opposition among the member countries of the UNHRC on 6 October 2022. […]
- GTF welcomes delisting of diaspora entities (Category: Breaking News)
- Türkiye insists will not sign resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More countries sign resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN 51st session – “Zero draft remains Zero to victims”! (Category: Breaking News)
The people who raised their hands when these policies were made are now blaming us
- School officials demand end to cuts (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Federal Way cuts tax to raise more money (Category: USA, Washington)
- More cuts in $100m GST black hole (Category: South Australia)
- OPEC+ agrees voluntary oil production cuts (Category: Breaking News)
Despite the many challenges in the last few years Sri Lanka has maintained the progress made in the context of its national machinery for advancement of women, Chathura Weerasekara, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, said addressing the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. […]
- Gender budgeting, two new bills to empower women: president (Category: Breaking News)
- Expert committee to review draft Bills on gender equality, women empowerment (Category: Breaking News)
- UNFPA Regional Director here (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives: Bridge gender gaps to accelerate progress, say UN experts (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has categorically rejected resolution A/HRC/51/L.1 (Rev.1), titled “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka,” tabled by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the United States, which was adopted by a vote at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, on 06th October. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali […...
- Lanka defiant despite losing vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will ask for vote on upcoming “unfair” UN resolution: foreign minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka accuses UNHRC of being politicized (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC resolution is consequence of governance failure (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith The poverty level in the country would increase sharply in the coming months and then no one will be able to stop a people’s uprising, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said in Parliament on Thursday. “We need to establish a local mechanism to address human rights concerns. We have been saying this for […]
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt plans accreditation for every profession (Category: Breaking News)
- OPA panel discussion: The Role of Domestic Aviation in Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL condemns govt. attempts to restrict freedom of expression (Category: Breaking News)
President wants deposit rate caps to reduce interest rates; CB chief says high interest rates needed to tame inflation
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs127bn in bonds, 2032 on tap at 30.09-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain on financials; Sampath Bank leads (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Shocking & Damaging Performance Of BOI In Front Of COPF: Sack All The BOI Senior Staff To Save The Country! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Stop Using Schools As Political Platforms! (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hooray For UNHRC: There Is No Constitutional Objection To The Resolution On Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Democratic Credentials? A Test, A Challenge! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has granted leave to proceed with the two fundamental rights (FR) petitions filed against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and several others.The post Supreme Court grants leave to proceed with two petitions filed over economic crisis appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breakin...
- SC grants leave to proceed with two petitions filed over economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- SC dismisses two petitions challenging restructuring of SLT (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supreme Court grants leave for news website employees to proceed with FR petitions (Category: Breaking News)
- Tariff case dismissed (Category: Breaking News)
While explaining India’s vote on the resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, Indra Mani Pandey, the country’s permanent representative in Geneva, said that the progress made so far by the Sri Lankan government to meet the aspirations of the Tamil minority “remains inadequate”.The post Progress made so far to meet aspirations of Tamils ‘remains in...
- India notes inadequate progress in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India urges Sri Lanka to ‘work meaningfully’ towards early implementation of its commitments (Category: Breaking News)
- Hold Provincial Councils elections, devolve power – India (Category: Breaking News)
- Abstention at UNHRC in Line with India’s Practice of Not Voting on Country-specific Resolutions:... (Category: Breaking News)
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