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ECONOMYNEXT –At least 10 Sri Lanka’s Members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 2020 general elections are not anymore the legislature, either due to death or resignation or legal issues, official data showed. With the latest death of ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) legislator K H Nandasena (69 years) on Thursday (04), Parliament has […]
- SJB MPs tell Speaker they received death threats (Category: Breaking News)
- Udaya, Wimal deny having met MR (Category: Breaking News)
- Talks underway with dissident SLPPers: Chief Opp. Whip (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB’s dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 31st January, 2024 Sri Lanka is going through difficult times, which are interesting nonetheless. In a dramatic turn of events replete with irony, a political crisis that Maithripala Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksa created more than half a decade ago, has received media attention
- Change of govt. unconstitutional but reality has to be accepted – MS (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB’s dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Political pole dancing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unite! (Category: Breaking News)
The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI) hosted a panel discussion ‘Sri Lanka as a Destination: From Antiquity to Modernity’ as part of its outreach activities to promote ‘Cultural Diplomacy’ in Koggala on Saturday (13 January 2024). Held with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop at the Long Beach Hotel, Koggala, this interactive discussion was organized as […]
- Dinara, Methwan, Achinthya to fight for final spots today (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign policy quagmire (Category: Breaking News)
- Kevum,Krida , and Kade : Avurudu in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
By DEVENDRA SAKSENA Currently, the words ‘debt trap’ have a distinctly Chinese connotation. According to the Western press, the Chinese, as part of their geostrategy, have inveigled poor nations into borrowing huge amounts from them for fanciful infrastructural projects; almost all borrower countries are in dire economic straits, because most such projects are lying incomplete, […]
- Harsha hints at Chinese hurdle in debt relief talks (Category: Breaking News)
- China leaves crisis-ridden Sri Lanka in the lurch to fend for itself (Category: Breaking News)
- Forbes: Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives among biggest debt burdens to China (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF China and debt-trap (Category: Breaking News)
Japan is going through a “once in a generation” political crisis, analysts say, as the government fights to clean up its image in the face of a corruption scandal. Four cabinet ministers from the long-term ruling party have resigned in the past fortnight, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma: The Indian captain who lost cricket World Cup but won hearts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ජාතික සංහිඳියාවට අහිතකර ලෙස විශ්වාසනීයත්වය පිළිබඳ පරතරය වර්ධනය වේ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- සංහිඳියාවේ ආත්මය වාතලයට මුසුව ඇත (Category: Breaking News)
- නීත්යනුකූලභාවයකින් තොරව රජය විසින් ගෙන එන නව නීති සඳහා වැඩි එකඟතාවක් අවශ්ය වේ (Category: Breaking News)
- ජාතික සංහිඳියාව සඳහා ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සම්මුතියක් හදිසිය, අවශ්යය; ඒ වෙනුවෙන් හැකියාවද පවතී (Category: Breaking News)
- උතුරේ සහ දකුණේ නැගී එන ජාතිකවාදයන් (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Reconciliation Process Requires Fairness & Equal Treatment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Credibility gap grows to the detriment of national reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Continued Trust In Government Requires Equitable Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Continued Trust In Government Requires Equitable Governance (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera Minorities for the most part live in some apprehension of the power of the majority. At their worst, majorities can inflict violence on minorities, such as in the form of riots. While minorities may resist, they tend to be at the receiving end. In democracies, minorities will invariably face the problem of […]
- Reconciliation Process Requires Fairness & Equal Treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Selective targeting not law’s purpose (Category: Breaking News)
- Constitutional Council: Still no finality (Category: Breaking News)
- Achieving national unity and reconciliation requires multi-partisan consultations and acceptance... (Category: Breaking News)
The Lawyers’ Collective (LC) has strongly condemned what it calls President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s attempt to intimidate the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka.LC has said in a media statement: “The Lawyers’ Collective strongly condemns the recent attempt by President Wickremesinghe to intimidate the Constitutional Council of Sri Lanka. In an authoritarian move, on 23 November 2023, […...
- President Resists Independent Review Of His Nominees To High Posts By Constitutional Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Wide-ranging proposals on judicial & legal reforms from SJB Lawyers Federation to Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- GL reiterates CC not part of Executive (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith accepts far-reaching legal reforms, vows to thwart Ranil’s strategy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Resists Independent Review Of His Nominees To High Posts By Constitutional Council appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President resists independent review by CC of his nominees to high posts – Lawyers’ Collective (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolishing The Executive Presidency – Is Time Running Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- That Abstention Vote (Category: Breaking News)
- The Constitutional Council – Is It Under Threat? (Category: Breaking News)
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he has handed his resignation to the president, after investigators searched his official residence in an inquiry into alleged corruption. He said he had not been named as a suspect but believed the inquiry was incompatible with staying in office. Prosecutors said on Tuesday they were investigating concessions awarded […]
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan ex-PM given three-year jail sentence (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy In a television interview last month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry reportedly said that the Government of President Ranil Wicrkemesinghe has taken ‘substantial steps to move away from a Welfare State’ in the last 18 months. And he said it not as if it was inevitable under the nation’s economic circumstances and […]
- After privatisation, who is going to feed the ‘gutter people’? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says economic recovery in Sri Lanka remains challenging (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Israel-Palestine Conflict & The Height Of Hypocrisy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Palestine, White Supremits & Sri Lanka’s Hypocrisy (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of A ‘UN Day Of Palestinian Solidarity’ – In A World Carrying Its Past Guilt! (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Tamils & Palestinians: International Justice In The Dark? (Category: Breaking News)
The West has labeled China’s Belt and Road Initiative as a cohesive program, and the participating countries like Sri Lanka are looked upon with suspicion, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday (28) at the Berlin Global Conference. “This will further hurt economic prospects in the global South, and the polarization will become more evident,” he […]
- India greatly sensitive to needs of Lanka – PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- India best-placed to talk to the rich about poor countries’ indebtedness: Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- A Sri Lankan initiative to meet global challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Global economy dangerously close to a recession: World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivering the opening speech at the ‘Berlin Global’ Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, today (28), expressed the need for a comprehensive dialogue between Western nations and China, the United States of America and China and the European Union and China, as a critical component of a robust international plan capable of addressing the […]
- Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa goes back to China (Category: Breaking News)
- The issue is about Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- President off to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees opportunity as China costs rise - President (Category: Breaking News)
Addressing the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the critical issues facing middle-income countries in times of financial distress. He drew attention to the challenges these countries face due to the lack of a common framework and procedures and stressed the need for a comprehensive plan to address the financial difficulties […]
- Financial sanctions by US on SL likely-report (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL sign MoUs with Mongolbank and three others (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Economic growth depicted by CB a fairy tale - Tissa (Category: Breaking News)
- The Sri Lanka FIU signs MoU with FIUs of several countries (Category: Breaking News)
By N.A.de S. Amaratunga Adequate nutrition is vital for both physical as well as mental growth and development of the human being. If this development is inadequate the whole nation would not advance in all spheres of human activity, the economic, cultural, sports etc. The creativity, thinking ability, and learning capacity of the nation as […]
- How Spinach Helps Manage Blood Sugar Levels Naturally (Category: Breaking News)
- Meal Replacement Diet: All You Need To Know (Category: Breaking News)
- As country’s economic woes deepened Kohila consumption jumped by 45 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Rice in the market is 100 percent suitable for consumption (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)
India plans to allow Sri Lanka up to 12 years to repay its debt to help ease the financial burden on the island nation, India’s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) Ltd’s chairman-cum-managing director M. Senthilnathan said.The post India to allow Sri Lanka to repay debt over 12 years appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka given more time to repay Bangladesh’s $200 Million loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka trying to reduce overall debt by $17 Billion, president says (Category: Breaking News)
- India to allow Sri Lanka to repay debt over 12 years (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s EXIM bank offers Sri Lanka debt extension – report (Category: Breaking News)
India plans to allow Sri Lanka up to 12 years to repay its debt to help ease the financial burden on the country, India’s Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) Ltd’s Chairman-cum-Managing Director M. Senthilnathan said. Sri Lanka, facing its worst economic and political crisis in over seven
- India starts debt-restructuring talks with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India provided nearly $4 billion in food, financial assistance to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India to invest more in Sri Lanka after crisis support of $3.8 Bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thanks India for giving assurances to IMF for USD 2.9B bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
The head of the Wagner mercenary group said his forces were ending a march on the Russian capital after demanding the resignation of the country’s top defense officials over alleged failures in the war in Ukraine. In a statement to his Telegram social media account, Yevgeny Prigozhin said his fighters had led a “march for justice” over […]
- Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin’s reported death (Category: Breaking News)
- Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claims control of major Russian city Rostov-on-Don (Category: Breaking News)
- Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service (Category: Breaking News)
- Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka needs to step up efforts in enticing a larger proportion of its population across all provinces towards embracing entrepreneurship so that the impacts of the ongoing economic crisis would lessen, the Central Bank asserted.The post Sri Lanka needs to boost entrepreneurship to overcome ongoing crisis – Central Bank Governor appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News Service to g...
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor asks critics to provide alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable Government – Central Bank Governor warns (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pakistan’s May 9 & Aragalaya Anniversary In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Vain Attempts To Bowl Imran Khan Out! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil & His Options: Keep Running Or End The Executive Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Midterm US Politics & Postterm Post-Rajapaksa Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya In Israel, IMF In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Two Associated Press photographers, Eranga Jayawardena and Rafiq Maqbool, were named finalists for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News Photography category for their coverage of Sri Lanka s political crisis.
By Kalinga Tudor Silva Sociological explanations frequently serve as a counter point to popular conspiracy theories. Historically, sociology evolved as a subject that tried to prove that social reality cannot be reduced to the separate actions of the individuals who make up that society, such individual motivations or what was understood as the standard way […]
- Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Attacks?: A Follow-Up (Category: Breaking News)
- International terrorism expert tells govt. to rethink lifting ban on five Islamist organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Sunday carnage: Vital aspect overlooked (Category: Breaking News)
- Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks? (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita The proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is a direct response to the citizens’ protest movement of 2022 and the continuation of these protests this year, Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, a political scientist, said during an online seminar on the ATA, organised by the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) recently. “The ATA is a […]
- CSCD attacks proposed anti-terrorism law (Category: Breaking News)
- CSCD takes up battle cry for elections (Category: Breaking News)
- SAHR strongly urges the Government of Sri Lanka to immediately withdraw the proposed Anti- Terro... (Category: Breaking News)
- PTA unconstitutional, says TNA (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Exit Of The Old Guard & The Arrival Of The New (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
- Saboteurs & Charlatans Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to establish International Trade Office to deal with International Trade Negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says ‘this is our last chance to forge ahead’ (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Calibrating The Time & Mode Of Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Second Aragalaya In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing For Free & Fair Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Obtaining fresh mandate unavoidable requirement (Category: Breaking News)
The French government has narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence, which was triggered when it forced through an increase in the pension age to 64. It sparked new anti-government protests in Paris, where 101 people were arrested after stand-offs with police. The vote, tabled by centrist MPs, had 278 votes in favour, falling short of […]
- Protesters clash with Police in Paris over pension reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Turkish election victory for Erdogan leaves nation divided (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Government to block Scottish gender bill (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
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