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The men’s marathon world record holder, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda’s Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum made a breakthrough in 2023 as a rival to compatriot Eliud Kipchoge – one […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan holds election tainted by rigging claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Africa’s ‘flying presidents’ under fire (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO says Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Cricketing Woes: A Needed Return To Glory From Doldrums appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Restoring The Dignity Of Sri Lankan Cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- What are the rules of futsal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty, Purpose, Effect & Fairness (Category: Breaking News)
- On Missing The Bus (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Restoring The Dignity Of Sri Lankan Cricketers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Cricketing Woes: A Needed Return To Glory From Doldrums (Category: Breaking News)
- Glory Days Predicted For SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- Arjuna calls for selectors to be sacked (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Cricket – An Observer Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 13rd November, 2023 Anyone’s death diminishes us. However, with apologies to Donne, we are diminished beyond measure when the veterans of the fourth estate depart. On Saturday (11), former editor of The Island Gamini Weerakoon crossed the Great Divide. His funeral took place yesterday. Our readers may recall the pivotal role he played in […]
- Liberty Publishers win big at Journalism Awards for Excellence 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy Next’s Bellwether piece among SOPA award finalists (Category: Breaking News)
- Media must operate within respective country s legal framework  President (Category: Breaking News)
- Dispute over Kuliyapitiya property: CA moved against Chamuditha, others – Justice Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Vain Attempts To Bowl Imran Khan Out! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pakistan’s May 9 & Aragalaya Anniversary In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan’s supporters hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan: The Rising Star Over Battered Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Playboy cricketer to PM? (Category: Business)
[…]The post B.H. Abdul Hameed’s Book: A Wayfarer On The Airwaves – An Anthropological Journey appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ‘Due Impartiality’ Should Be Our Top Most Objective In Regulating The Broadcasting Sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Music Traditions Of The Muslims In Sri Lanka: A Razor-Sharp Documentary Of Empathy & Compassion (Category: Breaking News)
- The Rhythmic Rebel: Austin Munasinghe’s Mark On Sri Lankan Soundscapes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is not a free country says Freedom House (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mother’s Day & Rights Of Women appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is Wrong With The President’s Vision & Mission? (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian Referendum & Human Rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Define Your Terms, Please (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Danushka’s Sex Scandal: Time For “Me Too Aragalaya” In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Marital Blitz & On The Subject Of Marriage As A License To Rape (Category: Breaking News)
- Trial of rape-accused Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka allowed to use WhatsApp and go out at night in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sexual assault trial against Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand’s top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned. Surprise gave way to shock as allegations about his inappropriate behaviour in the newsroom surfaced. Soon Mr Santamaria’s former colleagues at Al Jazeera, where he had worked for 16 years, began speaking out. A BBC investigation […]
- Journalist opens USB letter bomb in newsroom (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]
- Laksiri, Issadeen win open men’s and women’s titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set to play ten Tests next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Lochana, Warangana clinch singles titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Mihiran, Malshani adjudged best boxers at Nationals (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Dragged Into The Darkness By Dictatorship, Democracy Is The Only Way Out Into The Light appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka Won’t Be The Last Nation To Need Friends (Category: Breaking News)
- 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? (Category: Breaking News)
- 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? (Category: Breaking News)
- 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? (Category: Breaking News)
WINONA LAKE – Grace College women's basketball announced its newest recruiting class, including Warsaw Community High School senior Kensie Ryman.
- Ryman Among Guard-Heavy Lancer Signing Class (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Mortensen (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Mortensen (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Basketball Results: Jan. 9 (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…] The post Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School senior Emma Dippon not only signed her NLI to play volleyball at Goshen College, but is also intending to continue signing for years to come.
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
WINONA LAKE – Grace College women's basketball announced its newest recruiting class, including Warsaw Community High School senior Kensie Ryman.
- Ryman Among Guard-Heavy Lancer Signing Class (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Mortensen (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Mortensen (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Basketball Results: Jan. 9 (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…] The post Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School senior Emma Dippon not only signed her NLI to play volleyball at Goshen College, but is also intending to continue signing for years to come.
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
SYRACUSE – Wawasee High School senior Emma Dippon not only signed her NLI to play volleyball at Goshen College, but is also intending to continue signing for years to come.
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- All Signs Point To Goshen (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Wawasee Formally Announces Fall Sports Awards (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…] The post Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Talking Silambu: Dance Body As A Political Idiom (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pleasure Or Purpose: What Aesthetic Does In Our Lives? (Category: Breaking News)
The academics are marching. The students are marching. The Muslims are marching. Every day hundreds images of throngs of people shouting slogans and demonstrating blare across television screens, newspapers and of course, the internet. SMS news alerts about road closures and barricades abound as popular discontent rises to the surface through trade union agitation and ...
- No interference in Sri Lanka’s Judiciary, President asserts (Category: Business)
- Divi Neguma Bill to be back anew (Category: Business)
- Northwestern Provincial Council approves the Divi Neguma Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- SC order and govt.’s trial balloon (Category: Breaking News)
TMC Colombo at Excel World The Board of Management of The Management Club recently concluded negotiations with Excel World Entertainment Park to relocate its Club from the Galle Face Hotel to the premises of Excel World with effect from 1 October 2012. The move at end August was propelled by the imminent renovation plans of ...
- About TMC (Category: Business)
- TMC’s Wisdom Quiz today (Category: Business)
- CMI UK Sri Lanka holds 11th AGM (Category: Business)
- Regional Project Management Conference 2012 to be held in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Grammy-winning pop star Mariah Carey will join Fox television’s American Idol singing contest as a judge next season as the highly rated show fights to regain its slumping audiences. Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting, told television critics on Monday in Los Angeles that popular singer Carey will be one ...
- Gets Oscars presenting gig (Category: Business)
- Claudia Conway announces ‘American Idol’ audition on TikTok (Category: USA, New York)
- Claudia Conway announces ‘American Idol’ audition on TikTok (Category: USA, New York)
- Claudia Conway announces ‘American Idol’ audition on TikTok (Category: USA, New York)
By Cheranka Mendis Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA) Platinum Honours 2011 held on Friday recognised the contributions of Ramal Jasinghe, Anura Siriwardene and Dr. L.J.A. Peiris for their outstanding performance in their respective careers. Jasinnghe is the Director/CEO of Asian
- Platinum Sale (Category: Business)
- Oracle redefines IT support with Platinum Services (Category: Business)
- PIMA Platinum Honours 2011 (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines Platinum American Express Card offers reduced redemption rates (Category: Business)
Emirates, the leading international airline of the UAE, has launched its Facebook page, attracting more than 300,000 fans within the first three weeks. Millions of Emirates fans around the world can now connect and engage with the airline directly through Facebook. In its first two weeks Emirates was also established as the number one airline ...
- Comprehensive ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 social media campaigns debut (Category: Business)
- Emirates strikes official sponsor deal with US Open (Category: Business)
- Emirates Launches Facebook Page (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates takes centre court by sponsoring Italian Open (Category: Business)
The Platinum Honours is an annual event that is held by the Alumni of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) in order to recognise the PIM graduates who perform exceptionally well in their careers. This is a prestigious recognition that motivates graduates to continue with significant
- PIMA Honours Prof. Uditha Liyanage (Category: Breaking News)
- PIMA Platinum Honours 2011 (Category: Business)
- Rajudin appointed as Arpico Finance MD (Category: Business)
- Dr. Kalam to address PIMA, CIMA forum on Sunday (Category: Business)
Reuters: Italy’s World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the success of cricket’s Indian Premier League. Some 30 players and six coaches from abroad will be auctioned off in Kolkata for the Feb 25-April ...
- Crespo is top prize in Premier League Soccer auction (Category: Business)
- IPL is changing the face of world cricket: Pollock (Category: Business)
- Indian players could figure in Sri Lanka Premier League: Srinivasan (Category: Business)
- Indian women’s cricket league aims to hit big at home and beyond (Category: Breaking News)
A Richland County Sheriffs deputy and former Marine was bestowed with the title of One Man Army by a reality television show that pitted contestants against each other to test strength, skills and intelligence.Scott Pucketts victory in the Warrior Spirit episode (click to watch) of the Discovery Channel show also comes with a prize of $10,000.Puckett earned the ...
- Supicious Man Shot By Officer Outside Mableton Body Shop (Category: USA, Georgia)
- SC girl killed by dog at grandfather's home (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Body of SC boater found after 4-week search (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Sheriff’s department introduces new fitness regimen (Category: USA, South Carolina)
Sri Lankans artistes signed under major labels Sony and Universal MusicBy Cheranka Mendis The Sherifs are the new wave of Euromerican influenced Asian singers, songwriters and producers. Made up of Azlan Sheriff and Dirk James, they are the only Sri Lankan born producers/artists to have produced an album scheduled for release under major labels Sony ...
- Sony international signs up Alston (Category: Breaking News)
- Sony sees $ 2.9 b loss, reveals daunting task for new CEO (Category: Business)
- Sony launches sensational showroom (Category: Business)
- Sony launches 360 degree sweep panorama series (Category: Business)
AUCKLAND (Reuters): Tens of thousands of people flooded onto the streets of downtown Auckland on Monday to celebrate the end of a 24-year drought after the All Blacks beat France in the rugby World Cup final. New Zealand had not won the Webb Ellis trophy since the inaugural tournament in 1987 and were forced to ...
- MR Invites NZ Premier For The Match (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thrash England at cricket World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Rugby World Cup hits revenue target (Category: Business)
- Australia win Tokyo rugby sevens title (Category: Business)
By Richard Browne The sudden death of former England pace bowler Graham Dilley and the commencement of the trial for Pakistani players accused of cheating on last year’s tour of England may appear entirely unconnected. However, the travails suffered by Dilley upon his retirement and the subsequent work done by the ECB and PCA of ...
- Little sympathy in Pakistan for disgraced cricketers (Category: Business)
- Thilanga Sumathipala and Sanath Jayasuriya implicated in cricket match fixing (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC U19 CWCs have produced 46 captains of Full Members (Category: Business)
- All nations fixed matches, not just Pakistan: Condon (Category: Business)
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