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- President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Protection Requires More Inclusive Approach (Category: Breaking News)
- The Choice Of Consensus Or Confrontation (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Solution Is Missing Part Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a body comprising internet and technology companies in the world, and its members, expressed concern about the Online Safety Bill and called for extensive revisions and overhaul of it.The post Asia Internet Coalition raises red flag on Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Tech giants concerned over Sri Lanka s Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia Internet Coalition refutes Public Security Minister’s statement on Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament endorses certificate on Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- World’s leading tech companies deeply criticize Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced today that if the NPP government comes into power in the future, they intend to prevent politicians from misusing public funds.The post NPP will not misuse or loot a cent of public money – Anura appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Anura Kumara and Duminda Dissanayake also quit COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP wants GR to resign and Speaker to be acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- A citizen’s rule should be established in the country – NPP (Category: Breaking News)
Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry said that Minister Alles provided an update on the progress made by the special operation against drug menace and underworld […]
- Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill to be taken up next Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
- Canada urged again not to repeat genocide lie (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Secy. underscores significance of economic partnership with the UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Wimal: SIS to be placed under CIA (Category: Breaking News)
By M. Rodwan Abouharb Associate Professor in International Relations, UCL and Bernhard Reinsberg Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow Sri Lanka received a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March amid soaring inflation, debt and a sovereign default. In exchange for US$3 billion (£2.4 billion), the government committed to spending cuts and tax […]
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Where have millions of USD invested in good governance and accountability projects et al gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- Costly UNDP ‘lessons’ for Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 Requires Sri Lanka To Develop A Viable Creative Capital Base (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
Jio Platforms, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, has expressed interest in buying a stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the state-owned telecommunication company.The post Mukesh Ambani is taking his telecom playbook to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Reliance’s Jio, Gortune pre-qualify for Sri Lanka Telecom stake bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Mukesh Ambani s Jio Platforms may invest in Sri Lanka Telecom - report (Category: Breaking News)
- Mukesh Ambani interested in buying stake in SLT (Category: Breaking News)
- Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security recommends not to privatise Sri Lanka Telecom (Category: Breaking News)
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- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued a message for 2024 Thai Pongal day.The post Sri Lanka President’s 2024 Thai Pongal Day message appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka President’s Thai Pongal Message (Category: Breaking News)
- President on the added significance of this year s Thai Pongal celebration (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Presidential, Parliamentary Elections will be held in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
'Thaipongal', which is a national festival showcasing the excellence of Hindu culture that inherits an agricultural economy, embodies the core values based on peace, unity, and compassion.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says that Thaipongal , which is a national festival showcasing the excellence of Hindu culture that inherits an agricultural economy, embodies the core values based on peace, unity, and compassion.
by Susantha Hewa A Shramadana (collaborative work) in a village is a good example of participatory democracy in action, where it is “of the villagers, by the villagers, for the villagers”. Of course, a few would organize and lead but they don’t stand to benefit more than the others. The coordinators would get their due praise for […]
- Welgama warns Gota against returning to active politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Better thinking on legitimacy of Aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena Cooray: An Epilogue to a Life in Deeds (Category: Breaking News)
- Are we so bad? (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Thai Pongal day messaged urged everyone to come together with determination, akin to the unity of siblings, to realize new hopes for the country’s future. The full text of the President’s Thai Pongal message: Thai Pongal, a vibrant Hindu harvest festival celebrated by the Tamil Community worldwide, beckons us into […]
- Celebrate Thai Pongal at the Mövenpick Hotel Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrate Thai Pongal at the Mövenpick Hotel Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrate Thai Pongal at the Mövenpick Hotel Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrate Thai Pongal at the Mövenpick Hotel Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The headline on page one of the Sunday Island of 07 January 2024 read, “CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue.” The article was based on an interview with Governor Nandala Weerasinghe (NW) hosted by the President’s Media Centre. NW is quoted to have said, “If the public […]
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Opening tax files for everyone over 18: IRD officials point out difficulties, costs (Category: Breaking News)
- Efficient tax administration critical to generating expected revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha finds many drawbacks in VAT system, ‘including lot of confusion even at highest echelons’ (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Forty-eight-year-old Batticaloa District MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, popularly known as Pillayan, has been shaping the Eastern Province’s political narrative since he was a teenager. He was just 16-years old when he joined the LTTE in 1990 as a child soldier. Since then, he continued to rise in the ranks of the LTTE until […]
- Lanka needs a national liberation movement, not mere regime change:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- R. Sampanthan: ‘We cannot go on like this’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister warns of emerging racism ahead of elections (Category: Breaking News)
In recent weeks, missile and drone attacks on cargo ships crossing the Red Sea have caused the biggest disruption to global trade since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite delayed supplies, however, oil prices have remained surprisingly stable. In response to Israel’s war on Gaza, Houthi rebels – the Iran-aligned Shia movement that controls northern Yemen and […]
- Oil supply tightens in Europe over Red Sea disruptions (Category: Breaking News)
- Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone (Category: Breaking News)
- An SLN Red Sea deployment? (Category: Breaking News)
- Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked two more vessels in the Red Sea (Category: Breaking News)
During a meeting between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday (11), the IMF congratulated the country on completing the first review under its program. The IMF highlighted the positive start of the program, recognizing the challenging reforms undertaken by Sri Lanka and their significant impact on the […]
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Report Card (Category: Business)
- On Track (Category: Business)
- IMF applauds Sri Lanka’s significant progress in economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) applauds Sri Lanka on significant progress in implementing economic reforms.The post IMF applauds Sri Lanka’s significant progress in economic reforms appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says talks with Sri Lanka make significant policy progress (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF program is exhibiting promising signs of efficacy – IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi, called on Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday evening (January 11).The post Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi commends Sri Lanka’s economic advancements appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka in January (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan s Finance Minister commends Sri Lanka s economic advancements, commitment to reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Finance Minister calls for talks on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
India’s domestic and foreign situation has changed tremendously compared to four years ago and it has achieved outstanding results in economic development and social governance, said an article published in China’s state-run Global Times. The article authored by Zhang Jiadong, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Fudan University, said India has made […]
- No Pakistan-funded nuclear power plant in Sampur: Champika (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP worried about Ranil putting Sri Lanka under ‘Madani’ (Category: Breaking News)
- India Strong Enough To Stand Against West: Iranian Envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Super powers’ proposed for Aloha Stadium replacement agency (Category: USA, Hawaii)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry chaired the first briefing of the year for the members of the Colombo-based diplomatic Corps at the Ministry on Thursday (Jan.11).
By saman indrajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and Chief Government Whip Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had a heated argument yesterday with the former revealing that 50 government MPs had had a cruise party while children were fainting in schools due to hunger. Premadasa said that while people were starving and undergoing tremendous hardships, […]
- Sajith slams critical social media at Matale (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith promises to establish independent body to retrieve stolen public funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith claims MS offered him premiership on 71 occasions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith s appeal to international community and Sri Lankan diaspora (Category: Breaking News)
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), on 08 January, has written to Minister of Public Security of Sri Lanka, Tiran Alles to express the concern and advocate for extensive revisions and overhaul of the Draft Online Safety Bill (OSB) currently under consideration. AIC hassaid while they appreciate the efforts made thus far with the industry, a […]
- Tech giants concerned over Sri Lanka s Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia Internet Coalition refutes Public Security Minister’s statement on Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka warned of impact to foreign investments in digital economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Online Safety Bill will drive final nail into coffin of Lanka’s democratic values: Chief Opp Whip (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 12th January, 2024 Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice and former Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya, has called for reopening the Lasantha Wickrematunge murder probe. Lasantha was the editor of The Sunday Leader, when he was assassinated on 08 January 2009. Jayasuriya has flayed successive governments for doing precious little to bring the killers […]
- KJ asks govt. to reopen Lasantha murder probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections for UNP Leadership tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Election for UNP leadership postponed tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Rukman wants Ranil removed (Category: Breaking News)
Ahead of Sri Lanka s Presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled this year, Eastern Province Governor Senthil Thondaman affirmed support for sitting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and backed him to be re-elected, saying that he stabilised the country and lifted the economy from dire straits.
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- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
The World Bank forecasts the Sri Lankan economy to grow by 1.7 percent in 2024 and by 2.4 percent in 2025, according to its report on global economic prospects made available to the local press on Wednesday.
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- Aragalaya Effect Vs IMF Effect (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP Deserves Fairness From Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's central bank is considering moving towards a single policy rate mechanism to ensure better signaling of its monetary policy stance, Governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Wednesday.The post Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka signals pause after four rate cuts as IMF loan awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Chief says Money printing has drastically reduced in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank holds rates, sees sharp drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank chief: monetary policy transmission still incomplete (Category: Breaking News)
By Easwaran Rutnam Sri Lanka defended its decision to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon told Parliament that the security in the Red Sea has a direct impact on Sri Lanka. He said that if ships avoid the Red Sea and use other […]
- Sri Lankan fishing trawler seized by Somali pirates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka condoles with Iran over Kerman terror attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker endorses Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- World greets 2024 with major fireworks displays (Category: Breaking News)
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