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May Day rallies: by Chaminda Silva Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Bhadrani Jayawardena said political parties, including the UNP, SLPP, SJB and JVP/NPP and many civil organisations, have reserved public grounds and places in the city for the upcoming May Day celebrations. She said that the Municipal authorities expect around 500,000 persons to arrive in Colombo […]
- May Day Rallies (Category: Breaking News)
- Elaborate arrangements made to commemorate Labour Day (Category: Breaking News)
- MR calls opposition to support development process (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend two May-Day rallies (Category: Breaking News)
the Mini CARAT 2024 exercise, conducted by the navies of the US and Sri Lanka, ended successfully on Friday (26), the Navy said yesterday. The Mini Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise 2024 between the United States Pacific Fleet and the SL Navy commenced on April 22 and was held at the Marine Headquarters, […]
- Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief exercise of CARAT – 2023 gets underway (Category: Breaking News)
- CARAT-2023 bilateral exercise commences in Colombo and Trincomalee (Category: Breaking News)
- CARAT 2023- Sri Lanka-US bilateral exercise concludes, strengthening maritime cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
- CARAT – 2023 concludes, strengthening maritime cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
by Thiagaraja Arasanayagam I read with great interest the article, ‘Ethir: Legendary high jumper,’ in The Island newspaper of 22 April, 2024, not only for the information but the personal reaction I experienced when memories of the past came flowing back, memories of a young student at St Joseph’s College being trained at the jumping […]
- Shelton Wirasinha, the Bard of the Wesley Manor (Category: Breaking News)
- Maximising TESL resources: Gaining speech skills natural way (Category: Breaking News)
- The Vision Splendid of D S Senanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The schools takeover and the implementation of the Official Language Act (Category: Breaking News)
Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering the weekend from a punishing heat wave that has forced schools to close, disrupted agriculture, and raised the risk of heat strokes and other health complications, agency reports said. An NBC dispatch said: The weather across the region in April is generally hot, […]
- Heatwaves and high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia: UNICEF (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat alert; people asked to remain vigilant (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat advisory issued for Puget Sound region (Category: USA, Washington)
- Most children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures, UNICEF says (Category: Breaking News)
Former President Maithripala Sirisena says there is no truth in stories being circulated via the social media that he intends to leave the country for good. “I have no intention of leaving this country for South Korea or any other country,” he said.
- Q&A: England drought (Category: Technology)
- New ground-breaking initiative in North (Category: Breaking News)
- Map shows favorite Thanksgiving pie in every state (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Map shows favorite Thanksgiving pie in ever state (Category: USA, Maine)
Monday 29th April, 2024 The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), headed by SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, is reported to have called upon the government to re-evaluate its tax policies, systems and mechanisms to boost state revenue. It has reportedly explained revenue losses in terms of what has come to be known as the […]
- Rs. 100 bn cannot be raised with PAYE hike – Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Need for Rs 231.5 bn to cover payments to CPC shows how mispricing burdens taxpayers – Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- COPA concerned about VAT collection (Category: Breaking News)
- Serious lapses of revenue collecting outfits revealed (Category: Breaking News)
By Khalid Hamoud Alkahtani The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is hosting the first-ever special meeting of the World Economic Forum in the capital, Riyadh, which will discuss many important issues such as international cooperation, growth, and energy during the period 28th -29th April 2024. This event is one of the outcomes of the cooperation agreement […]
- Foreign Minister to attend special meeting of World Economic Forum in Riyadh (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister to attend Riyadh meeting (Category: Breaking News)
- India-Saudi ties promise shared growth, security, stability, says Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- As US watches on, China-Saudi relations grow in importance (Category: Breaking News)
India has initiated the process of sending sacred Sarayu river water to Sri Lanka for the consecration ceremony of Seetha Amma Temple, dedicated to Goddess Sita. The consecration ceremony of Seetha Amma Temple will take place on May 19. The decision came following a letter from Sri Lanka’s representatives to the Uttar Pradesh government, requesting […]
- STOLEN: He kept looking behind and cried “amma, amma” (Category: Breaking News)
- Duminda writes ‘Amma’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Parvathi amma passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Plea to Kali Amma deity to punish those who are acting lawlessly (Category: Breaking News)
The Indian Coast Guard seized a boat en-route to Sri Lanka from Pakistan with narcotics and arrested its 14 crew members. According to the ANI news service, in a well-coordinated sea operation, the Indian Coast Guard carried out an intelligence-based anti-narcotics operation and seized narcotics worth Rs 600 crore from the Pakistani boat named ‘Al-Raza’ […]
- India says it helped rescue Sri Lankan fishermen from Somali pirates (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistani who moved to Australia from Sri Lanka among stab victims (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Scotland thrashed by Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup qualifier (Category: Breaking News)
Recognized for its exceptional commitment to sustainable business practices, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) secured the esteemed ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2023’ in the ‘Other’ category at a recent event. The award was granted following a rigorous evaluation process, during which SLT competed against 33 leading corporations. The annual awards are organized by...
- SLT recognised at HRM Awards (Category: Business)
- SLT Annual Report wins Gold at global competition (Category: Business)
- TATA Steel’s CSR head to speak at Best Corporate Citizen Award 2012 (Category: Business)
- John Keells Hotels win Gold Award for Corporate Accountability (Category: Business)
The Colombo International Tea Convention will be held from the 24th to the 26th July 2024, bringing together the biggest leaders and disruptors of the tea industry to inspire insightful conversation, hard hitting dialogue and fresh perspectives that will shape the future of Tea. The convention, freshly rebranded under the timely theme Tea: A Lifestyle […]
- Sri Lanka participates at the 3rd Pakistan Tea Convention in Karachi (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo International Tea Convention promotes ExclusiviTea of Ceylon Tea (Category: Business)
- International tea market to be expanded (Category: Breaking News)
- President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday hosted……. (Category: Business)
govi.ai, a leading innovator in agricultural IoT solutions, presented a successful program at the recent Future Harvest Exhibition held at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) from March 29 to 31. The govi.ai team showcased their innovative agri tech solutions in a live demo station, catered to empowering farmers (from smallholder to commercial) to […]
- Eight radical solutions for the water shortage (Category: Technology)
- Best men's skincare products for 2020: The Art of Shaving, Jack Black, Lumin and more - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Best men's skincare products for 2020: The Art of Shaving, Jack Black, Lumin and more - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Wednesday, January 20th: Bright Ideas: Mompreneurs (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
Kaspersky, the global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, announced its expansion into new territories in Asia Pacific (APAC), including Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in the company’s mission to fortify digital infrastructure across the developing economies in the region, particularly on the enterprise cybersecurity market. As c...
- WOSTER: Getting a layman’s dose of cybersecurity on the road to a ringneck hunt (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- WOSTER: Getting a layman’s dose of cybersecurity on the road to a ringneck hunt (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- WOSTER: Getting a layman’s dose of cybersecurity on the road to a ringneck hunt (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Rules for strong passwords don't work, researchers find. Here's what does - CNET (Category: Technology)
The Island recently carried a photo of how people were travelling to work in an overcrowded train after celebrating the New Year. People travel in trains clinging on to doors and windows, standing in between carriages and sitting on the roofs of congested trains. Then on the same page there was a report about MPs […]
- Speaker asks MPs not to make derogatory statements about parliamentary staff (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB demands publication of MPs’ asset declarations (Category: Breaking News)
- Housing Minister refers to SLPP rebels as three-headed asses (Category: Breaking News)
- Several MPs appointed chairpersons of Regional Development Committees (Category: Breaking News)
Shenuk Samararatne and Vidara Suhasni Vidanage clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles of the Summer Season All-Island Open Badminton Championship, which concluded at the Municipal Council Indoor Courts in Nuwara Eliya. Samararatne overcame Thenuka Sathsara de Silva 2-1 in a closely contested men’s singles final, as both competitors eagerly battled to claim the plum […]
- Queen’s Club Tennis Championships 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Kiran, Apna, Janali, Dinethya reach singles finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranthushka, Nadeesha clinch singles crowns at MBA Open (Category: Breaking News)
- Lochana, Warangana clinch singles titles (Category: Breaking News)
* Timely intervention prevents farmers from dumping their crop on open fields * Purchased over 30 metric tons of surplus tomato on April 26 * The deal favourable for farmers is akin to a forward commodity pricing arrangement * Surplus tomato will be processed to manufacture KIST tomato sauce by Sanath Nanayakkare KIST food brand […]
- Kevum,Krida , and Kade : Avurudu in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s economy shows signs of stabilization, but poverty to remain elevated (Category: Breaking News)
- Exciting scene for Mirage …Down Under (Category: Breaking News)
- JICA empowering future leaders in Sri Lanka to rebuild the nation (Category: Breaking News)
The Annual Economic Review and Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank for the Year 2023 points out that backtracking from the implemented and planned critical reforms will tip the economy to a state of instability. Thus, continuing with the broader political and social consensus on economic reforms will be critical to avoid recurring […]
- World Bank commends Sri Lanka s progress on fiscal, financial and economic governance reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals govt s action plan for socio-economic reforms and accelerated development (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt ready to make ongoing economic reforms a law  State Minister tells IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs strong new economic system, not reforms - President (Category: Breaking News)
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened up a world of new opportunities for Sri Lankan businesses, by becoming the first bank in Sri Lanka to enable Alipay QR Code payments under unified Lanka QR. Alipay e-wallet holders, currently numbering over 1 billion, can now scan the Commercial Bank LankaPay unified QR code issued to […]
- QR code system to be introduced to pay SLTB bus fares (Category: Breaking News)
- Daraz enables LANKAQR payments for Lanka Premier League 2022 tickets (Category: Breaking News)
- Digital payment systems offer numerous benefits for small and medium enterprises - CBSL official (Category: Breaking News)
- Registrations for fuel pass system disabled for 48 hours (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Insurance Life (SLICLL) further strengthening its Bancassurance partnership with Regional Development Bank (RDB) opened a dedicated counter for the Bancassurance operation at the RDB head office in Kelaniya recently. This strategic initiative underscores SLICLL’s commitment to delivering seamless insurance solutions in collaboration with RDB. The occasion was graced by the corporat...
- Bancassurance Achievers Triumph At AVIVA NDB Bank Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Assurance and Union Bank strike bancassurance deal (Category: Business)
- Com Bank to promote General insurance with Chartis (Category: Business)
- Asian insurers told to be alert to looming risks (Category: Business)
[…]The post යුක්තියට ජනවරමක් අවශ්ය නොවේ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- සත්යය සෙවීම පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්රහාරයෙන් ඔබ්බට ගමන් කළ යුතුය (Category: Breaking News)
- ජාතික සංහිඳියාවට අහිතකර ලෙස විශ්වාසනීයත්වය පිළිබඳ පරතරය වර්ධනය වේ (Category: Breaking News)
- රජයට සහ පාලනයට ඇසිඩ් පරීක්ෂණයක්; නැගෙනහිර මයිලතමඩු-මාතවනෙයි තණබිම් අසල තීරණාත්මක ලක්ෂය (Category: Breaking News)
- සත්ය, සමගිය සහ සංහිඳියාව සඳහා ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභාවක් පිහිටුවීමට කතිකාවක් කොළඹදී (Category: Sinhala)
Call them conservative, but Chennai Super Kings successfully backed their method despite not being able to defend 210 in their previous home match against Lucknow Super Giants. The power-packed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s drought in Chennai – they have never beaten CSK at Chepauk – continued as they fell short comprehensively despite batting in dewy conditions. The […]
- Robinson’s fifty and O’Rourke’s three-for give New Zealand unassailable 2-1 lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Alyssa Healy, Annabel Sutherland lead clinical Australia to another series win (Category: Breaking News)
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- Fraser-McGurk’s 27-ball 84 and Rasikh Salam’s 3 for 34 lift Capitals to fifth place (Category: Breaking News)
Heat index Advisory issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 4.00 p.m. 28 April 2024, valid for 29 April 2024 Heat index, the temperature felt on human body is expected to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and North-Western provinces and in Monaragala and Hambantota districts. […]
- Heat Index at Caution level in Northern, North-central, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern, Souther... (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat Index at Caution level in Northern, North-central and North-Western provinces and Gampaha, ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat Index at Caution level in Northern, North-central, Eastern and North-Western provinces and ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Heat Index at ‘Caution’ level in Northern and North-Western provinces and Colombo, Gampaha, Anur... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- Has The Economy Been Assassinated & If So, Who Were The Assassins? (Category: Breaking News)
- Bankrupt Sri Lanka Celebrated Independence, But Now It Is Back To Hard Economic Realities (Category: Breaking News)
Madhavi Prarthana Jayalath from Maradankadawala, Anuradhapura and H.D. Miyuranga were crowned New Year Princess and Prince at the ‘ Wasath Siriya 2024’ Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations organised by the welfare association of the Presidential Secretariat and held at the Shangri-La Green on Sunday (27) K.P. Ayesha Jayasundara from Kurunegala and Prabhani Edirisinghe from […...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru overcame any vulnerabilities against spin in some style against Gujarat Titans, running down a target of 201 with nine wickets in hand and four overs to spare in Ahmedabad. Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 70 off 44 balls – 34 of them against spin – led the charge before a blitz from Will Jacks […]
- Perry, spinners steer RCB to maiden title (Category: Breaking News)
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- India post hard-hitting reply after Kuldeep five-for wrecks England (Category: Breaking News)
- Alyssa Healy, Annabel Sutherland lead clinical Australia to another series win (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of the National People s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayaka states that opposing political factions might unite in order to ensure that the NPP will not come into power.
An underworld figure from Angoda who was attempting to leave the country using a forged passport has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.
[…]The post ජාතික අධ්යාපන ප්රතිපත්ති රාමුව; ඉල්ලකය වරදවාගත් අදමිටු, අසම්පුර්ණ ලියවිල්ල: කොටස II appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ජාතික අධ්යාපන ප්රතිපත්ති රාමුව; ඉල්ලකය වරදවාගත් අදමිටු, අසම්පුර්ණ ලියවිල්ල (Category: Breaking News)
- කන්තලේ ටියුෂන් ගුරුවරයෙකුට කොවිඩ් - පවුල් 1000ක් නිරෝධායනයට (Category: Sinhala)
- කන්තලේ ටියුෂන් ගුරුවරයෙකුට කොවිඩ් - පවුල් 1000ක් නිරෝධායනයට (Category: Sinhala)
- කන්තලේ ටියුෂන් ගුරුවරයෙකුට කොවිඩ් - පවුල් 1000ක් නිරෝධායනයට (Category: Sinhala)
The Meteorology Department has issued a Heat Index Advisory for Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and North-Western provinces and Monaragala, Hambantota districts.
In the sleepy, verdant village of Ambagaswewa, in the Polonnaruwa district of Sri Lanka’s North Central province, 63-year-old TMH Gamini Sunil Thennakoon’s life is peaceful for the most part. On the brink of retirement, he still spends most days out working his rice paddies but is also content spending his days playing with his grandchildren […]
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