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Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return to Sri Lanka next week, Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga claimed. Weeratunga said that Rajapaksa is expected to return on 24th or 25th August. He said that he had spoken to the former President
- Gotabaya will return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24- Udayanga Weeratunga (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24 – Udayanga (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s runaway ex president to return on Aug 24: report (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya to return to Sri Lanka, soon – Bandula (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today on the MiG-17 fighter jet deal. Weeratunga appeared before the CID today after he was issued summons. Speaking to reporters later Weeratunga
- Udayanga Weeratunga at the CID over MiG Deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya might return to Sri Lanka next week (Category: Breaking News)
- CID grills swimming champion Julian Bolling (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu on illegal vessel (Category: Breaking News)
Rajapaksa resigned from the presidency after mass protests against the worst economic crisis since Independence.
- Sri Lanka to release jailed ex-Army Commander (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore says ex-Sri Lankan President not given privileges, immunity (Category: Breaking News)
- President, a leader committed to peace - Ex-US Congressman (Category: Breaking News)
- President, a leader committed to peace - Ex-US Congressman (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24, says former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga.The post Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24 – Udayanga appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya will return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24- Udayanga Weeratunga (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says it’s not right time for Rajapaksa to return after fleeing country, WSJ ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa advised to remain indoors for security reasons at Bangkok hotel (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island on August 24, says former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga.
Former ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga has arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department to record a statement.
Former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga arrived at the CID to provide a statement with regard to the procurement of MiG-27 fighter jets to the Sri Lanka Air Force.The post Udayanga Weeratunga at the CID over MiG Deal appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24 – Udayanga (Category: Breaking News)
- Udayanga questioned on MiG deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Udayanga Weeratunga arrives at CID (Category: Breaking News)
- Julian Bolling summoned to CID (Category: Breaking News)
” 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 […]
- Yuan Wang 5 triggers a moot point of contentious politics between India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sl allowing Chinese ‘Spy Ship’ to dock at Hambantota jeopardizes Indio-Lanka ties! (Category: Breaking News)
- India gifts maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka amid Chinese ‘spy ship’ row (Category: Breaking News)
By Neville Ladduwahetty “Relationship Not Normal, Can’t Be…”: S Jaishankar On India-China Ties As reported by a NDTV Staff Writer (13 Aug, 2022}, “External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India-China relations cannot be normal unless border situation is and added that if China disturbs the peace and tranquility in border areas, it […]
- Impact of security considerations on foreign policy crafting (Category: Breaking News)
- For India, Sri Lanka is not indispensable, but for Sri Lanka, India is indispensable (Category: Breaking News)
- A brave new world (Category: Breaking News)
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
The MPs’ political engagement “in a highly sensitive issue such as this” was “totally unnecessary”, Herath tweeted.
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Yuan Wang 5 triggers a moot point of contentious politics between India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
“Fuel price revisions will take place again on September 01,” the ministry official said on Tuesday August 16.
- Flammable economy? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas to reduce prices; fuel price revision also expected (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices reduced in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- JAL to lower fuel surcharges on international tickets (Category: Business)
Yes, of course, the older folks would all remember Edward Joseph; the young ones may find the name unfamiliar as Edward now lives in Germany and does his thing in that part of the world. Better known as Eddy, he was with the leader of the group Steelers and they were big in the local […]
- Gota goes, plunging country into chaos (Category: Breaking News)
- Devotees leave thousands of kilos of plastic in Kumana (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota leaves Singapore after fleeing protesters at home (Category: Breaking News)
- Choose Ranil and you choose a cycle of carnage and catastrophe (Category: Breaking News)
Beijing [China], August 3 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the first by such a senior US official in 25 years sparked anti-US vitriol on Chinese social media. Chinese social media reacted strongly to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. On the morning of Wednesday, when most Chinese woke up to the news of […]
- Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan completely justified: CTA’s Penpa Tsering (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Nancy Pelosi’s home vandalized with graffiti, pig head: reports (Category: USA, New York)
[…]The post Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk To Rescue Sri Lanka From IMF Debt Bondage? (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- SL’s growth spurt and the current world order (Category: Breaking News)
- Crashing economies and the South’s narrowing foreign policy options (Category: Breaking News)
- For India, Sri Lanka is not indispensable, but for Sri Lanka, India is indispensable (Category: Breaking News)
- MR Tells Envoys To Maintain Good Ties (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Purchasing Power Parity appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka GDP per capita PPP (Category: Business)
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka open to BOO, BOT, or PPP projects & not loans; Rambukwella (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka open to BOO, BOT, or PPP projects & not loans; Rambukwella (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lankan governments have, during the past several years, ruined the relationship, progressive forces cultivated with China, over the past seven decades, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) Dr. G. Weerasinghe says.Commenting on the decision by the government to delay the arrival of Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang […]
- Flights between China and Sri Lanka to be increased (Category: Breaking News)
- China to donate 300k COVID-19 vaccine doses to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China to donate 300k COVID-19 vaccine doses to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Looking At The Problem Of The Point Of View Of The State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Did The Sinhala Buddhist Ethnocentrism Select Its Waterloo (Category: Breaking News)
- Did The Sinhala Buddhist Ethnocentrism Select Its Waterloo (Category: Breaking News)
- Did The Sinhala Buddhist Ethnocentrism Select Its Waterloo (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Democracy Of Dunces appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, A Bankrupt Country & Fifty Years Of Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential Dilemma: Find Fuel Or Face Protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Simple Criterion To Select Next President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
One person has been killed after blasts rocked a military base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration there said. Sergei Aksyonov wrote on social media that the blasts had taken place at the Saky military base near Novofedorivka on the peninsula’s western coast
- Dozens dead in Egypt church fire (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenyans to choose a new President (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- Grease star Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73 (Category: Breaking News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two years in office – a period of unprecedented political turmoil, uncertainty and further deterioration of Parliament – should be thoroughly examined. In fact, the UNP, with the support of the then President Maithripala Sirisena, paved the way for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s candidature, at the 2019 presidential election, by blocking Mahinda Rajapaksa’s path […...
- Deferred China ship visit takes place amidst diplomatic row (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed all-party govt: Prez wins support from unexpected quarters (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Delegation Due In SL (Category: Breaking News)
- The new President must learn from Gota! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Lighthouse Has Lost Its Glimmer appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The 21st Amendment Dead On Arrival? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Sin (Category: Breaking News)
BY GEORGE BRAINE During the closing stages of the Pacific front in World War II, Kamikaze (‘divine wind’) units were formed as a last-ditch effort to prevent an American invasion of Japan. These units consisted of conventional fighter planes loaded with explosives, bombs, and even torpedoes, and would be deliberately crashed onto warships. About 2800 […]
- Disinformation On Every Front (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Could GPS be used to predict earthquakes? (Category: Technology)
- Choose Ranil and you choose a cycle of carnage and catastrophe (Category: Breaking News)
- WWII Veterans Gather In Marietta (Category: USA, Georgia)
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking donor support to reach 3.4 million people in Sri Lanka with food and nutrition assistance as nearly a quarter of Sri Lanka is facing food shortages for millions.Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence is spinning off a “serious food crisis,” says the World Food Programme Representative and […]
- Brazilian commodities for Sri Lanka from UN World Food Program (Category: Business)
- Japan to provide $1.5mln essential food grant to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan donates canned fish for school meal program in Northern Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Thousands affected by floods (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese research vessel saga By Rathindra Kuruwita There would be constant pressure on Sri Lanka to distance itself from China in the future, Ramindu Perera, lecturer at the Open University Law faculty said, commenting on the controversy surrounding the Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5.Sri Lanka, thus, must figure out how to benefit from the […]
- Rail Deals (Category: Business)
- China must be treated as equal Sri Lanka creditor, India says (Category: Breaking News)
- I can perform role of either president or former defence secretary - President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- I can perform role of either president or former defence secretary - President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India’s trade secretary said.The post India expects $8-$9 Billion bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months appeared first on ONLANKA News
- India expects $8-$9 bn bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Indo-Lanka trade booms in Delhi’s favour (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka set eyes on clinching CEPA soon - Hindu (Category: Breaking News)
- India eclipses China to become top lender to debt-laden Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Foreign Affairs M.U.M. Ali Sabry is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to take part in the forthcoming 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting yesterday and today.The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is composed of 27 members, consisting of 10 ASEAN member states, Dialogue Partners, Observers and includes Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), […]
- Japan, wary of China, boosts ties with ASEAN (Category: Business)
- Foreign Minister to attend 29th ASEAN Regional Forum in Cambodia (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister to attend 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Cambodia (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Sabry meets with counterparts on sideline of ASEAN Regional Forum (Category: Breaking News)
India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India s trade secretary said. .
- At Odds (Category: Business)
- What to expect when you go back to conferences and conventions - CNET (Category: Technology)
- What to expect when you go back to conferences and conventions - CNET (Category: Technology)
- What to expect when you go back to conferences and conventions - CNET (Category: Technology)
the implications of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Sri […]
- EU tells President to focus on GSP, IMF, human rights (Category: Breaking News)
- India holds talks with SLPP dissident MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Jayasuriya discusses tourism with Indian envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Samarasinghe briefs President Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
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