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By N Sathiya Moorthy President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s address at the first-ever graduation ceremony of the National Defence College (NDC) in capital Colombo reiterated four points. The first three have been repeated by successive governments and their leaders over the past three decades in particular. Initiated under the predecessor government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the […]
Westminster Abbey has space for around 2,000 people, so only heads of state and one or two guests have reportedly been invited to Britain’s first state funeral for six decades. London: Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday in one of […]
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Tokyo [Japan], September 8 (ANI): As the Chinese economy is in the grip of a zero-COVID policy, the administration of President Xi Jinping is rushing to secure stable supplies of resources by increasing purchases of Russian oil. It was visible in the city of Linyi, where one gas station had signs screaming at drivers: “Gas […]
A food crisis in Sri Lanka looms as the island nation faces its worst economic disaster in decades. With food price inflation higher than 90%, even staples like rice have become almost unaffordable for many Sri Lankans. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that about 30% of the population is food insecure and that one out of […]
USAID Administrator Samantha Power today announced an additional $40 million in development assistance to Sri Lanka to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs. Power, who is currently in Sri Lanka, made the announcement after meeting farmers and discussing their issues. This assistance will support Sri Lankans as they come out of a […]
The Government of Norway has decided to make structural changes in its network of diplomatic missions abroad and five overseas missions will be permanently closed, including the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo by the end of July 2023.The post Norway to close Embassy in Sri Lanka in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Islamabad, Pakistan– United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive” global support for Pakistan where unprecedented floods have killed nearly 1,400 people and displaced more than 33 million.Guterres made the appeal as he landed in the Pakistani capital early on Friday morning and was received by Hina Rabbani Khar, the state minister for foreign […]
USAID Administrator Samantha Power will raise the human rights issue during her visit to Sri Lanka. The Administrator will reinforce USAID’s support for inclusive development that promotes human rights, democracy, and good governance, USAID said today. She will also reiterate the United States’ steadfast support for a free and open Indo-Pacific region that is connected, […]
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Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, the nation's figurehead and a towering presence on the world stage for seven decades, died peacefully at her home in Scotland on Thursday aged 96.The post Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, ending an era for Britain appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
For the first time in parliamentary history, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued a dire warning to Parliament and political parties therein over the responsibility on their part to ensure financial stability and discipline. Their failure to do so would trigger public protests again, they were told. There hadn’t been such a public […]
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who died last Tuesday was hardly known outside the Soviet Union when JR Jayewardene made himself Sri Lanka’s President in 1978. Seven years later, on March 11, 1985, Gorbachev would be become the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He was 54 years old and was the first leader of the […]
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Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks.The post Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns home after fleeing appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Latest Breaking N...
The World Food Programme (WFP) says 6.3 million people or three in 10 Sri Lankans today are facing food insecurity.The post Three in 10 Sri Lankans are food insecure – World Food Programme appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
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Thursday 1st September, 2022 There is absolutely no need for aliens to take the trouble of undertaking intergalactic missions to destroy this planet. The so-called big powers vying for global dominance are already at it, and the signs are that they will succeed in their endeavour. The entire world is reeling from the war in […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) and Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) recently declared corruption as the root cause of Sri Lanka’s current political and economic crisis. The declaration was made in a statement titled, “SLID and TISL launch ‘Business Against Corruption’ Initiative” issued to the media after the two organisations […]
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Sri Lanka is among the top 10 countries with the highest food price inflation. The latest World Bank assessment places Sri Lanka at number 5 among countries hardest hit by food price inflation. Lebanon is leading the list followed by Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Turkey. Iran, Argentina, Suriname, Ethiopia, and Moldova and behind Sri Lanka. The […]
Beijing [China], August 12 (ANI): Recent protests in China’s Henan province underline the risks being faced by banks as the real estate sector continues to struggle. The real estate sector in China accounts for around 24 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), almost a quarter of the nation’s GDP, according to authors Ahana Roy […]
Bangkok:External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the relationship between India and China is going through an “extremely difficult phase” after what Beijing has done at the border and emphasised that the Asian Century will not happen if the two neighbours could not join hands. Jaishankar made the remarks while responding to a […]
External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar said on Thursday that the relationship between India and China was going through an “extremely difficult phase” after what Beijing had done at the border and emphasised that the Asian Century would not happen if the two neighbours could not join hands.The post India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar appeared first on ONLA...
Thursday 18th August 2022 Speculation is rife that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is planning to return to Sri Lanka. The question, however, is not whether he is coming, but what he is doing overseas. The anti-government protesters who engineered his ouster called upon him to ‘go home’; they did not ask him to flee the […]
” Sri Lanka cannot do without IMF’s support. Having declared its inability to service its foreign debt, Sri Lanka is struggling to reach a consensus with lenders and the IMF. Two of Sri Lanka’s major creditors, India and China, locked horns over a port visit by a Chinese ship. Sri Lanka should be wary of […]
By Uditha Devapriya Divided from the Indian subcontinent, yet also deeply connected to it, Sri Lanka has never had an opportunity of forging and shaping a foreign policy of its own. The high point of its foreign relations, under the three Bandaranaike administrations over a period of 20 years, did signal an effort, and a […]
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