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Sri Lanka says a contest for supremacy is unfolding between the United States and China across the expanses of the Pacific Ocean. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that a power struggle is also emerging between Western nations and Russia in the context of Ukraine. “Undoubtedly, the Indian
- Debt restructuring to be completed before polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore’s Prime Minister keen to deepen ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President orders Police protection for Israelis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President calls for meeting with opposition (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese oil major Sinopec expects to start operations in Sri Lanka on Sept. 20 and will be allowed to sell fuel for less than the maximum retail price set by the government, Sri Lanka's power minister said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka says China’s Sinopec to start operations September 20 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- China s Sinopec to start operations in Sri Lanka in Sept. (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Sinopec to enter Sri Lanka retail fuel market (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec issues clarification on fuel station project in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec officially begins operations in Sri Lanka with Rs. 3 discount offer (Category: Breaking News)
During the question-and-answer session, Dr. Dushni Weerakoon questioned the sustainability of Sri Lanka’s non-aligned foreign policy, as it weakened the country’s position in trade negotiations. The expert assertion was certainly not restricted to trade negotiations. Having signed ACSA (Access and Cross Servicing-Agreement) with the US, in August 2017, it would be ridiculous to still talk […...
- Norway departs as Indo-Lanka relations enter a new phase (Category: Breaking News)
- Deferred China ship visit takes place amidst diplomatic row (Category: Breaking News)
- Indo-Lanka relations:Shared challenges and ‘Quad’ strategies (Category: Breaking News)
- House watchdog told of Army’s shameful failure to provide proper meals for troops (Category: Breaking News)
National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (15) said that those who sought to dispute his claim of US involvement in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ouster should follow international media coverage of Pakistan Premier Imran’s Khan’s removal. Referring to agency reports, the former minister said there was no doubt that Premier Khan has incurred the […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Message from a Cell Death (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Match Melancholia (Category: Breaking News)
- Empire’s Enchantment (Category: Breaking News)
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has arrived in Jeddah to participate in a summit of national security advisers and other officials being hosted by Saudi Arabia on Saturday to discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Doval was welcomed at the Jeddah Airport by Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in touch over LAC issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin lands in UAE for rare foreign trip (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan pilgrim couple killed in Jeddah crash (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 Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity, & The IMF: A Solution Or A Worsening Of The Problem? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
A Russian naval ship has been damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sources say. The assault reportedly occurred near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, which is a major hub for Russian exports. Russia’s defence ministry said it had repelled a Ukrainian attack on its naval base there which involved […]
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- US approves $250m in military aid to Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
The developing Indo-Lanka relations, particularly the process since early 2022 should be examined taking into consideration the significant role played by Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Milinda Moragoda, who received the Cabinet rank. At the time President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent the former UNP Minister, one -time close associate of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, […]
- SLPP rebel MPs urge GR to break his silence on 13 A (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez needs fresh mandate to implement 13 A fully -Opp MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- First things first (Category: Breaking News)
- National elections: Ex-military factor (Category: Breaking News)
A skyscraper in Russia’s capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but “one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex” that was targeted on Sunday. Russia’s defence ministry blamed […]
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
Japan has sought Sri Lanka’s backing for its Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has taken up this issue with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry, PC, when they met on 29th July. According to a statement issued by the Japanese Embassy, in Colombo, Minister Yoshimasa has also briefed Minister Sabry regarding […]
- Japanese foreign minister reaches Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese foreign minister to arrive in Sri Lanka tonight (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan ready to play leading role with creditors to restructure Sri Lanka s debt  Japanese FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka invites Japan to resume investment (Category: Breaking News)
Asian security experts argue that China’s aggressive behavior and ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region have led India to strengthen its military and economic ties with the United States and Europe. China’s actions, such as testing India’s borders and threatening Taiwan’s democracy, have significantly influenced India’s strategic calculations, according to experts who ...
- India’s Dynamic Advance: Countering China’s Influence in Southeast Asia and Shaping a Multipolar... (Category: Breaking News)
- US recognizes Sri Lanka’s right to assert its own aspirations (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan wants Sri Lanka’s creditors to participate on comparable terms (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia to expand military ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The New Kurukshetra: BJP & Opposition Alliances For The 2024 Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran-Israeli Tit For Tat, India’s Vote Marathon & Lanka’s Long Election Eve (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Politics: Modi Set For Hat Trick At Home; Caught In Dirty Tricks Abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections Season & JVP/SJB Options (Category: Breaking News)
New Zealand is calling on China and the Solomon Islands to reveal the details of their latest security agreement, sealed in Beijing this week. Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is in China and signed several deals, including police co-operation, which has New Zealand, Australia and the United States concerned. Aotearoa is aware of reports referencing a number […]
- China’s deal with Solomon Islands raises fears it may set up naval base (Category: Breaking News)
- Security pact with China stirs political storm in Solomon Islands (Category: Breaking News)
- South Pacific: No longer a backyard just for Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s security pact with Solomon Islands sends shivers down western nations’ spine (Category: Breaking News)
New York [US], July 19 (ANI): India’s permanent representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj expressed India’s deep concern about the conflict in Ukraine and urged for an immediate cessation of hostilities as well as a return to dialogue and diplomacy at United Nations General Assembly
- “Dialogue and diplomacy are the only way forward”: India in UNSC on Russia-Ukraine conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s G20 presidency hot topic in Chinese media. But Beijing won’t discuss LAC at the summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The World, Hopelessly Divided Over Ukraine, Coming Together For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
New Delhi: Eyeing potential market for its fleet of utility and attack helicopters and fighters in Southeast Asia, India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has expanded its presence in Malaysia. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday inaugurated the Regional Marketing Office in Kuala Lumpur during his ongoing three-day visit to Malaysia, as part of a move […]
- Eyeing aviation exports, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited opens first overseas office in Malaysia (Category: Breaking News)
- General Shavendra Silva to Take Reins as New Chief of Defence Staff after Relinquishing Office a... (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian NDC delegation meets SL State Minister of Defence (Category: Breaking News)
- CDS Extends Best Wishes to New Commander (Category: Breaking News)
A gathering of BIMSTEC member states in Thailand currently could not have come at a better time, considering the rising economic needs of the South and South-East Asian regions in particular and those of the global South in general. The economic pressures at present being generated by the Ukrainian conflict, for example, help highlight the […]
- Foreign policy implications for the South of Asia’s rise (Category: Breaking News)
- Pragmatism likely to be accented in foreign policy of Southern powers (Category: Breaking News)
- Advisability of SL addressing India’s security concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- South likely to be hit most by West’s price cap on Russian crude oil (Category: Breaking News)
Some diplomats in China say they are facing heightened scrutiny and interference from Chinese authorities, which is thwarting foreign officials’ efforts to re-engage with the country after three years of COVID-induced isolation. Twenty envoys from 12 Western and Asian delegations told Reuters that in recent months they had noticed larger police presences around some diplomatic […]
- China’s industrial profits tumble, deepening economic gloom (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s offer to privatise rocket has 20 potential bidders (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to focus on energy, port projects with India during presidential visit (Category: Breaking News)
- ChatGPT maker OpenAI ousts CEO Sam Altman (Category: Breaking News)
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday said India is responding to global challenges by pressing for diplomacy to address conflicts; promoting global cooperation and delegitimisation to counter terrorism; and advocating expanded resource access to help the Global South. The EAM was speaking at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting in Jakarta on […]
- ASEAN: Jaishankar discuss border peace, tranquillity with Chinese diplomat (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Sabry attends ASEAN Regional Forum (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister to attend ASEAN Regional Forum in Indonesia (Category: Breaking News)
- ASEAN Regional Forum- Sabry underscores important areas of cooperation for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Russia said on Monday, July 17, it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an all-out rescue and recovery effort after days of torrential rains unleashed devastating floods and landslides that killed at least 39 people. The death toll on Monday included 13 people found dead in a submerged underpass in the central city of Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province. Yoon, on […]
- South Korea pledges support for President Ranil s economic recovery plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Secretary General of the Colombo Plan calls on Sri Lanka President (Category: Breaking News)
- PM extends wishes to S Korean prez as both nations celebrate 50 yrs of ties (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, South Korea to further enhance trade and investment collaborations (Category: Breaking News)
had been halted and media in Ukraine reported explosions along the overpass. […]
- Development boost for Batti (Category: Breaking News)
- Bridge's hydraulics failed (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Car and truck in fatal accident (Category: South Australia)
- Body pulled from Hamilton Harbour (Category: Canada, Ontario)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was "eager" to work with China on areas of mutual interest, including debt restructurings for poorer countries, and that multilateral development banks needed reforms before capital increases could be considered.The post Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest...
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- India a trusted trading partner in ‘friendshoring’ strategy: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by 1 June (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 17th July, 2023 The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to investigate the causes of the country’s bankruptcy has come in for severe criticism, and understandably so. The Opposition has rightly pointed out that the PSC cannot be expected to act impartially under the chairmanship of General Secretary of the […]
- Opposition to appoint alternative committee (Category: Breaking News)
- Exercise in futility (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP MP Herath quits PSC appointed to probe causes of bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
- Cries for justice and smoke and mirrors (Category: Breaking News)
The United States (US) expects Sri Lanka’s debt treatment to be finalised soon. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the United States will seek to increase financial assistance for war-torn Ukraine and push for debt restructuring during a G20 Finance meeting in India. Yellen
- Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by 1 June (Category: Breaking News)
South Korean authorities today recovered the bodies of nine people who died trapped in a submerged tunnel as heavy rain and flooding sweeps the nation. Some 15 vehicles were estimated to have been stuck underwater in the Osong underpass shortly after a levee of a nearby river was destroyed by rain on Saturday. CCTV footage […]
- Al Pacino, 83, expecting his fourth child with 29-year-old girlfriend (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian work-from-home employee sacked for ‘not typing enough’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Girl, 10, ‘marries’ boyfriend days before losing leukemia battle (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia considering banning teenagers from buying cigarettes (Category: Breaking News)
Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the Âsingle best way to aid the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, along with boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress.
US President Joe Biden is heading to Europe ahead of a Nato summit after several allies questioned his decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. The UK and Canada are among those who voiced concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the danger they pose to civilians
- US to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles in latest aid package (Category: Breaking News)
- Somali forces claim end to deadly 30-hour hotel siege (Category: Breaking News)
- PM says Israel at war after 100 killed in attack from Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Evidence shows widespread use of cluster munitions in Kharkiv (Category: Breaking News)
Kiev does not buy Chinese weapons in order to avoid irritating the US, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Vitaly Deinega has claimed. The official made the comments while discussing the importance of drones in modern warfare. “As far as it was explained to me… we cannot buy anything Chinese so as not to hurt our relationship […]
- Irish embassy rejects China’s Ukraine order (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine’s Zelensky says Capitol riots hurt US reputation (Category: USA, New York)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ attack on energy grid (Category: Breaking News)
Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a video surfaced of Mr Kaluthantri lounging on a bed draped with the presidential flag. Pictures of young men jumping […]
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass arrests in Brazil as President condemns ‘terrorist’ riots (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan arrest was illegal (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
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