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The Committee on Public Finance is to direct the Minister of Finance to regulate online casinos in Sri Lanka. It was disclosed that even though it is clearly stated by law that online casinos cannot be carried out, online casinos operate in the open depriving the country of the revenue due without no implications, the […]
- COPF finds only 4 casinos paying taxes (Category: Breaking News)
- CoPF directs to take immediate measures to regulate Online Casinos (Category: Breaking News)
- Casinos to be registered in Sri Lanka every 5 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans will need to pay USD 200 to enter a casino (Category: Breaking News)
MAS Holdings, a global apparel manufacturing and tech conglomerate headquartered in Sri Lanka, has joined forces with Los Angeles-based materials science company Ambercycle to scale up textile-to-textile regeneration in the apparel industry. The partnership, which centers around a three-year offtake agreement, reflects demand among large brands and manufacturers for new streams of high-quality nex...
- MAS named Official Clothing Partner for Sri Lanka Athletics Journey to the Olympics 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- MAS Holdings enters new venture with BAM Knitting (Category: Breaking News)
- MAS announces a JV with Tata company (Category: Breaking News)
- MAS Holdings launches the Foundation for Change (Category: Breaking News)
With over 16 years of proven experience in guiding students to their dreams of overseas education, i-Ed Australia a pioneering education consultant will hosted an Open Day for students looking to pursue their higher studies overseas. The Open Day was held on Saturday 11th May 2024 at the Galle Face Hotel, and featured representatives from […]
- Asylum-seeker rhetoric blamed for slump in student visas (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Bailey and Cowan power Australia A to massive lead (Category: Sports)
- Budget promises on skill development become operational (Category: Breaking News)
- Students shun Australia (Category: South Australia)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has given an assurance that Sri Lankans will not be recruited to fight in the war against Ukraine. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry who is currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries had a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During […]
- Sri Lanka looks to enhance ties with Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka raises deep concerns with Canada over statements on genocide (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo based Diplomatic corps briefed on present situation (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Foreign Minister assures Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
In a landmark collaboration, the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Sri Lanka have joined forces to introduce the Youth Accelerator Platform for Climate Mobility (YAP4C) – an initiative aiming to empower young individuals to play an active role in addressing climate change challenges, filling a crucial gap […]
- UNICEF and NYSC partner to Empower Sri Lankan Youth in Climate Action (Category: Breaking News)
- LPL franchise Dambulla Thunders get new owner (Category: Breaking News)
- UN FAO help tackle environmental challenges in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk thanks Ranil for greenlight to launch Starlink (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Uncertainty About Elections Can Cause Instability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- System Change Happening In Wrong Direction (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF & LG Elections: Presidential Machinations & Opposition Myopia (Category: Breaking News)
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
The nature of the T20 World Cup 2024 scheduling means what cannot be forgotten must at least be shelved temporarily. Pakistan may have time to process their heartache after the defeat against India which promises to leave scars well after this tournament has been consigned to a distant, unpleasant memory. However, they do not have […]
- Robinson’s fifty and O’Rourke’s three-for give New Zealand unassailable 2-1 lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Rizwan takes Pakistan to their first win after Amir-led quicks put on a big show (Category: Breaking News)
- Kirton, Gordon and Heyliger sparkle in landmark Canada win (Category: Breaking News)
- USA vs Canada: oldest rivalry renewed at cricket’s biggest T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
In the Asian social service sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sri Lanka have made significant strides by the year 2024, overcoming challenges that were present in 2022.
The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) says that the number of high-risk dengue zones have increased due to the prevailing rainy weather conditions in the country.
- Vaccine Hopes (Category: Business)
- Dengue deaths recorded drop (Category: Breaking News)
- Maverick Minister (Category: Business)
- Natural Selection (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries, held a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on June 10, 2024.The post Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri ...
- Foreign Minister Sabry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Category: Breaking News)
- Ali Sabry meets Russian Foreign Minister; discuss recruitment of Sri Lankans to Russian forces (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Foreign Minister assures Sri Lankans will not be recruited for war (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia promises end to recruitment of SL military personnel (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Bangladesh’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s agricultural modernization program.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, currently in New Delhi, held a meeting yesterday (10) with Indian Senior Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. During the meeting, Mr. Jaishankar addressed the swift resumption of development projects initiated in Sri Lanka with Indian investments, which had been halted midway.
- Jaishankar to brief Ministry of External Affairs Consultative Committee on Sri Lanka crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian External Affairs Minister arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expressed interest in accessing COVID-19 vaccines from India- Dr Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian External Affairs Minister arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, who is currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries, had a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday (10).
- Outpost Colleges (Category: Business)
- Deadlocked Paradise (Category: Business)
- Brazil and Sri Lanka aim to expand ties - Patriota (Category: Breaking News)
- New British High Commissioner for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Colombo District Court has extended the restraining order issued against Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, preventing him from functioning as the Chairman and a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
Negotiations for the third tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Sri Lanka are scheduled to commence tomorrow (June 12).The post IMF third tranche negotiations for Sri Lanka begin tomorrow appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Fund View (Category: Business)
- Reserve Track (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka proposes investment friendly budget... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF approves loan to Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's State Minister of Finance, Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, has submitted a detailed report to Parliament outlining measures to recover over Rs. 1,000 billion in unpaid taxes.The post Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister unveils plan to recover Rs. 1,000 Billion in Unpaid Taxes appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka’s Tax revenue surpasses Rs. 3 trillion (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department earns revenue of 105% exceeding expected targets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s New Personal income tax likely to come in to force from November 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial Social Security Contribution levy comes into effect (Category: Breaking News)
‘A violation of unanimous parliamentary resolution’ By Saman Indrajith The SJB yesterday said that the government had published a gazette allowing the incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket President and Secretary to remain in their positions, purportedly in exchange for providing funds for government members to contest future elections. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office […]
- Parliament tells SLC bigwigs to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- Now, what? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cheers for Maxwell and Roshan (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet sub committee recommends cricket board to be overhauled (Category: Breaking News)
The Heart to Heart Trust Fund, in collaboration with Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd., has donated emergency equipment valued at over one million rupees to the Operating Theater at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL). On behalf of the Trust Fund, its Trustees Dr. Rajitha De Silva, Dr. Mahendra Munasinghe, Dr. Kumudini Ranatunga, and Executive […]
- Sing –along fund raiser (Category: Breaking News)
- Pensioners entitled to EPF, ETF and Gratuity – Finance Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Mary Srikanthi Handy, philanthropist extraordinaire (Category: Breaking News)
- Asset Trust Management to launch flagship Astrue Gilt-Edged Fund (Category: Business)
Soon after taking oaths as premier for a historic third term, Narendra Modi assured participating leaders from India’s neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region India would remain committed to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and ‘SAGAR Vision’. Prime Minister emphasised that in his third term, India would continue to work for the peace, progress and prosperity of […]
- President Ranil among leaders attending Modi s swearing-in ceremony on Sunday (Category: Breaking News)
- President extends warm wishes to Narendra Modi on his third term as Prime Minister of India (Category: Breaking News)
- President confirms participation in Modi’s swearing-in (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President attends Narendra Modi’s third-term swearing-in (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 11th June, 2024 Nothing is more disconcerting to an unpopular regime than the prospect of losing power. Hence the SLPP-UNP government’s desperate efforts to cling on to power by fair means or foul. The Opposition has let out howls of protests against a government move to extend the term of Attorney General (AG) Sanjay […]
- Opp. asks if AG, EC backing conspiracy to put off LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB slams AG over delay in responding to its RTI query (Category: Breaking News)
- Acquittal of Rishad: AG owes explanation – MP (Category: Breaking News)
- X-Press Pearl controversy: Prof. Peiris zeroes in on AG (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (10) condemned Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for declaring his intention to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Attorney-at-Law Gammanpila alleged that the declaration was made by presidential candidate Premadasa with his eye on Northern Province Tamil vo...
- Muslims oppose bid to remerge North and East, Minister tells party leaders (Category: Breaking News)
- CVW asks govt. not to create conditions for redeployment of IPKF (Category: Breaking News)
- 13 A: Political parties miss Ranil’s Feb. 04 deadline for submitting their proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- Police & Land Powers; Friends Of The Provincial Council Solution Falling Into The Lap Of Its Ene... (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court has decided to consider a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed against Pastor Jerome Fernando before a bench headed by the Chief Justice. A petition had been filed in court seeking action against the controversial self-proclaimed prophet under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) over alleged statements he made […]
- Petition filed against attempt to arrest Jerome Fernando withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastor Jerome’s petition fixed for hearing (Category: Breaking News)
- Jerome seeks court intervention to prevent his arrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Report sought on progress of probe on Pastor Jerome (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Philip Gunawardena: Who Is Ready To Serve ? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Oxygen Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka Ready For The Climate Conference? (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Telling (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fly Highdream Big appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Rotting Or Rotten? (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo ETC Embers Glowing; Bureaucratic Incompetence? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ටෝකියෝ සමාගම හා ඩග්ලස් දේවානන්ද කිලිනොච්චියේ ගොවි, ධීවර හා වන බිම් අක්කර 3000ක් සිමෙන්ති නිෂ්පාදනයට බලෙන් අත්පත් කර ගනී appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- අවුරා ලංකා තාඹුගල අත්අඩංගුවට නොගන්නේ ඇයි ? (Category: Breaking News)
- කතරගම දේවාලයේ බස්නායක නිලමේ වන සංරක්ෂණ ඉඩම් නීති විරෝධීව ව්යාපාරිකයන්ට බදු දෙයි (Category: Breaking News)
- රජයේ වනාන්තර වෙන්දේසි කිරීමේ නව පනත් සංශෝධනය වහාම නතර කළ යුතුය (Category: Breaking News)
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[…]The post Provincializing Universities: The Risks & Dangerous Precedent Of The Newly Proposed NEPF appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scrutinizing The Newly Proposed NEPF: Education Reform Or Hidden Agenda? (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither The National Education Policy Framework Of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolition Of The Provincial Councils System: Reply To Milinda Moragoda’s Utterance (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Are The Tamils Of The North & East Wanting To Live Separately From The Sinhalese? (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, Dr. Bandula Gunawardena stressed the necessity of adhering to the loan agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) irrespective of who is in power in Sri Lanka. He also said that parties aspiring to clinch state power have an obligation to disclose to the country.of their compliance with […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, currently in New Delhi, met Indian Senior Minister Dr. S. Jaishanka today [10] During the meeting, Dr. Jaishankar highlighted the Indian Government’s plans to establish an industrial zone in Trincomalee which will attract numerous Indian investors and potentially investors from other countries. He also said that the development projects initiated in Sri [̷...
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Bangladesh’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s agricultural modernization program. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina currently in New Delhi, engaged in bilateral discussions this morning (10). President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would send a delegation of Sri Lank...
- Bangladesh Pledges Support for Sri Lanka’s Agricultural Modernization Program (Category: Breaking News)
- President unveils ambitious plans for agricultural modernization (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina congratulates President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals plans to establish Agro – Technology University in Sri Lanka. (Category: Breaking News)
Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and Maldives congratulated S Jaishankar on his second term as External Affairs Minister of India in the newly constituted cabinet of the BJP-led NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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