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Kenyans will be choosing their next president after an intense campaign dominated by debates about living costs, unemployment and corruption. Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, having served the constitutionally limited two terms, is backing one-time foe Raila Odinga, 77, to succeed him. His decision followed a falling out with Deputy President William Ruto, 55, who had […]
- Dozens dead in Egypt church fire (Category: Breaking News)
- Somali forces claim end to deadly 30-hour hotel siege (Category: Breaking News)
- William Ruto wins Kenya’s presidential poll (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian rocket strike on Ukrainian train station kill 22 (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Kapila Jayasekera: Killer-In-Chief In Both ACF & Five Students Cases appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Commission Of Inquiry: Testify At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- The ACF Commission: To Exorcise Ghosts Of Truth That Continued To Haunt Regardless (Category: Breaking News)
- Looking To The Past: The Political Cultivation Of An Obliging Judiciary To Violate Rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Impunity In Times Of Uncertainty (Category: Breaking News)
Pure floating exchange rates and a fixed exchange rate with a currency boards are free-market mechanisms
- Steve Hanke on currency boards and flawed pegs amid Sri Lanka meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs quick fiscal reforms, political stability: Central Bank union (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand currency crisis’ central bank policy error explained to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka gets “good response” from envoys, may take 3 months to finalize: PM (Category: Breaking News)
Indian media had reported that India had raised the issue of the Chinese research vessel that is scheduled to arrive at the Hambantota Port, with President Ranil Wickremesinghe. India had raised concerns after the Ministry of Defence in Colombo confirmed the ship’s arrival, despite New Delhi clearly outlining its concerns regarding the arrival of this […]
- Prime Minister Modi has given us a breath of life: Ranil says addressing Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka allows foreign ships to restock at its ports after China protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet discusses India’s concerns on Chinese “spy ship” (Category: Breaking News)
assport of a British national, Kayleigh Fraser, who had posted about the protests on social media, seized
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president rejects claims of protester crackdown amid continuous arrest (Category: Breaking News)
China has branded a landmark visit to Taiwan by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “extremely dangerous”. It accused Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island China claims as its own, of “playing with fire”. “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” Beijing warned in a statement. […]
- China sends 30 warplanes into Taiwan air defence zone (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia’s new PM Anthony Albanese sworn in (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong’s John Lee: Ex-security chief set to become new leader (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
A leading human rights group has accused the new Sri Lanka Government of cracking down on dissent. The Sri Lankan Government is using emergency regulations to harass and arbitrarily detain activists seeking political reform and accountability for the country’s economic crisis, Human Rights Watch said today. Since Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as President on July […]
- Ranil urged to adopt measures to protect basic rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW accuses Sri Lanka of ignoring EU GSP+ requirements (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
Taiwan’s Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-chang expressed concern that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would have the ‘complete capability’ to attack Taiwan by 2025. The Minister expressed concern while also highlighted sanctions as the means to deter aggression during a virtual seminar titled “Taiwan: is it key to the continuing world order?” organised by The Democracy […]
- Xi Jinping’s Suppression of Hong Kong Democracy Pushes Taiwan Further From China (Category: Breaking News)
- China avoids imposing harsh sanctions against Taiwan as both economies are interdependent (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan’s voice needs to be heard internationally: Canadian PM (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘One China’ principle and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy are ironical (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Open Letter To Mr. President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To The President & The Judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To President & Judiciary – A Response (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Economic Democracy Principles Should Be Followed To The Letter (Category: Breaking News)
But it is a tool and a means only, not the ultimate goal. It is simply compulsion and coercion; it is the police power.
- Sri Lanka police on lookout for suspects who damaged president’s office (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President asked by protestors to seek reasons for agitation, not make arrests (Category: Breaking News)
- Protestors march to Sri Lanka prime minister’s office facing police tear gas (Category: Breaking News)
- Protestors storm Sri Lanka Prime Minister’s Office despite police resistance (Category: Breaking News)
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- July 9th 2022: ‘Ever Onward To Victory!’ (Category: Breaking News)
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A New Definition For Democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
by Sean GLEESON and Amal JAYASINGHE (AFP) Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Friday, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault that raised international concern for dissent under the crisis-wracked country’s new pro-Western president. Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles charged on ...
- AKD: Ranil cannot intimidate public (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP demands release of Aragalaya activists detained under PTA, insists there is no evidence agai... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil vows to fight ‘Fascists’ (Category: Breaking News)
Overnight clean money volumes down to zero, sporadic repo activity
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is wrong scapegoat expat workers over Undiyal: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka economic recovery, a common minimum program (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has renewed his call for early elections after a stunning by-election upset saw his party take control of a crucial provincial assembly. His PTI party won 15 of 20 seats up for grabs in Punjab, beating their arch-rivals the PML-N on their home ground. The result is a foretaste […]
- Pakistan’s shock televangelist dies at 50 (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan police open investigation into former PM (Category: Breaking News)
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that the progress on getting an international bailout package depends on political stability in the country. Speaking to the BBC Sinhala Service, Dr. Weerasinghe stated that it is also impossible
- Lanka enjoying fruits of peace - PM (Category: Breaking News)
- New era for Sri Lankan economy, says CIMB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka a land of promise with enhanced opportunities for Japanese co-operation (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA EXPECTS FURTHER FOREIGN INVESTMENTS (Category: Breaking News)
The Governor of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon.The post Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable Government – Central Bank Governor warns appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Sri Lanka News Live and Breaking News Today.
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor asks critics to provide alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Chief says Money printing has drastically reduced in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable govt- CBSL governor warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the Maldives on a Saudi airlines flight bound for Singapore, sources have told the BBC. The president had fled to the Maldives a day earlier amid mass protests over Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. It is not clear if Mr Rajapaksa will stay
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread (Category: Breaking News)
John Bolton, a former United States ambassador to the United Nations and ex-White House national security adviser, has admitted in an interview he had helped plan coups in foreign countries.Bolton made the remarks to CNN on Tuesday after the day’s congressional hearing into the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Former President Donald […]
- Blackburn relegated as Wigan survive (Category: Business)
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- Mo Farah says his final 26.2-mile race will ‘be emotional’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Spurs relish favourites tag against Arsenal (Category: Business)
BBC; Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the country on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis, reported the BBC. The 73-year-old President arrived in the capital of the Maldives, Male, at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT). Rajapaksa’s departure
- Sri Lanka rejects BBC report on LLRC being pro-LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
- Asymmetry in international affairs Opinion (Category: Breaking News)
- Kalutara gets the second Open University of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President Rajapaksa sworn in for new term (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka speaker says he mistakenly told BBC that the president had left the country.
- Name of Prabhakarana would be remember for next 3000 years (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE supporters work against country: President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- If it is possible I will pour rainfall for people: President (Category: Breaking News)
- None of them was permitted to upraise malicious qualities in their lives : President (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON — Nick Kyrgios said he felt “disappointment” when he first heard Rafael Nadal had withdrawn from their Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal, then managed only one hour of sleep on Thursday night and was “a reckless ball of energy” as he processed the news. Nadal withdrew from their semifinal with an abdominal injury, meaning Kyrgios will contest his first-ever Grand [...
- Big three primed for Wimbledon double bill (Category: Business)
- Nadal pulls out of US Open with injury (Category: Business)
- Dominant Djokovic claims maiden U.S. Open (Category: Business)
- Rafael Nadal does not know when he will return from injury (Category: Breaking News)
Boris Johnson is fighting for political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit within 10 minutes of each other, followed by a flurry of junior ministers and aides. Critics said it was “over” for the prime minister, while Labour said the […]
- Rishi Sunak wins first round of Tory leadership vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race (Category: Breaking News)
- Race to replace Boris Johnson begins (Category: Breaking News)
At least 42 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. According to one local outlet, over a dozen people have also been taken to hospital in varying conditions. Images posted to social media showed a significant number of emergency responders surrounding the […]
- At least 19 dead in Texas school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – IV: Rules-Based International Order: Normalising Global State Terrorism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – I: Justifications For War: Thucydides “Trap”, Clash Of Civilisations, Domino The... (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
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- The Aragalaya & Morality (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Unarmed but not peaceful (Category: Breaking News)
Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced. “Today marks a crucial step on your path towards the EU,” Mr Michel said, describing the European Council’s decision as a “historic moment”. Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process moved […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
The Taliban in Afghanistan have appealed for international support, as the country deals with the aftermath of a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake. More than 1,000 people have been killed and at least 1,500 injured. Unknown numbers are buried in the rubble of ruined, often mud-built homes. South eastern Paktika province has been worst-hit and the […]
- Taliban forces clash with Iranian border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
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- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Disorderly Order Of A People’s Movement (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka could have avoided its current economic turmoil if it had gone to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout sooner, the country’s central bank governor says. P Nandalal Weerasinghe told BBC Newsnight that the delay in seeking outside help was a mistake. The country
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
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- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
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