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[…]The post Palestine & Israel: Historical, Legal & Moral Issues appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Middle East Conflict: Why We Should Support Israel? (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
- 75 Years On: The Shameful Legacy Of The ‘Palestinian Nakba’ Continues! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's key inflation rate rose to 1.5% in October from 1.3% a month ago, the statistics department said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 25.2% in May (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando The economy was in such a precarious situation that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government couldn’t further delay the restoration of the relevant provisions of the 1953 Foreign Exchange Act to compel the private sector to bring back export proceeds, rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday (30). Referring to a spate of declarations […]
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- GL complains of step-motherly treatment for SLPP rebels MPs in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. says onus on EC to call prez polls, warns against govt. intervention (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VI appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VII (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part V (Category: Breaking News)
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, MP, has drawn the attention of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the humiliation caused by travel restrictions imposed on senior serving and retired military officers and two former Presidents by the US, Australia and Canada. In a letter dated 25 Oct., the former Public Security Minister has pointed out to the President […]
- War crimes court is flawed, but it is beginning to deliver (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group: Sri Lankan Tamil women exposed to sexual violence, trafficking after war (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Remains Defiant Against New Allegations of War Crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Groups Condemn Proposed Appointment of Alleged War Criminal Silva to U.N. Peacekeep... (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe ought not to handle the country’s foreign policy the way he mismanaged the UNP Premadasa declared that as the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s foreign policy strategy was weak a review of policy couldn’t be delayed.SJB leader Premadasa was addressing a gathering at the Attanagalle Undugoda […]
- Rohan Pallewatta joins Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohan Pallewatta joins Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
- All UNPers should join Sajith-Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- All UNPers should join Sajith; Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
by Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com Electricity consumers reeling from the massive increase in tariff in February (adjusted somewhat in July 2023) were naturally appalled by the request for a further increase by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). A public consultation was held on 18 October 2023 by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) […]
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB GM Eng. Rohan Seneviratne steers electricity sector toward sustainable and renewable future (Category: Breaking News)
- Everyone for himself or herself in electricity sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Correct method of pricing electricity and need to reduce costs (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- PAYE Tax; Will There Be A Mass Exodus? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Management Of A Country Relies Upon True Economic Policies appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- My View Completes 13 Years: Still Batting & Not-Out Yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Complex Economy System (Category: Breaking News)
- Without A Code Of Ethics & Principles Of morality, No Meaning In Social Market Economy (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who had been entrusted with the task of governing the country have instead ruined it, Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Fonseka, on Thursday, said that every citizen should bear […]
- Fonseka loses patience, calls for revival of aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Poverty level will increase sharply in coming months – Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Second term for Ranil: UNP thanks Kanchana’s backing (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Ranil knows what to do’ (Category: Breaking News)
Analysts have condemned the politicizing of China’s legal scientific activity in the Indian Ocean after some Indian media made sensational claims about an oceangoing geophysical research ship from China that docked at a port in Sri Lanka, adding that the claims merely serve India’s regional strategy. The oceangoing geophysical research ship Shiyan 6 reportedly docked […]
- Govt. finally allows Chinese ship visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign research vessels: Cabinet to discuss how to handle them (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 docks in Colombo amidst India s concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence - report (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Tamils & Palestinians: International Justice In The Dark? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Gaza conflict: NPC asks int’l community to step in (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Lankan ambassador to Iran alleges Israel destroying two-state solution (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Home Grown Solution’ A Trojan Horse & Solidarity With Palestine Is A Gimmick (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 26th October, 2023 Some SLPP MPs are shedding copious tears for the public who are struggling to keep their heads above water. Prominent among them is former Minister Namal Rajapaksa, who is trying to absolve the SLPP of the blame for exponential increases in taxes and tariffs. Attributing the people’s economic woes to the […]
- Kiriella accuses IMF of double speak (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohitha Abeygunawardena elected chair of COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Why does IMF ignore government’s authoritarian behavior, asks Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
- Quorum quandary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca According to newspaper reports (The Island 16 October [1]), an NGO carrying the acronym MONLAR has accused that “the agricultural policies of successive governments have rendered millions of Lankans insecure”. It claims that “as of today, 5.3 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure. This proves that what the government [̷...
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR flays international lenders and govt., for making 5.3 mn Lankans food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Multi-sector combined mechanism launched to ensure food security and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Rebounce Of Padayatra Phase 3 After A Respite Of 18 Days For State President Annamalai appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Padayatra In Escalating Mode For BJP & Inevitable Defeat For DMK (Category: Breaking News)
- Phase 1 Of The 10 Phase Padayatra – En Mann En Makkal (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
- A Mammoth Concourse Moving Purposively In Tamil Nadu 28 & 29 July (Category: Breaking News)
Claim of foreign intelligence service’s role in arrest of hired gunman confirmed By Shamindra Ferdinando The Justice Ministry over the weekend announced that a person named Muthukuda Arachchige Don Suranga Dilruk, proprietor of the building ‘Atambahamula bim vasiya’ in Kuliyapitiya had moved Court of Appeal against journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrema, Harini Amali Cabraal Wijetunga and Keerthi Ra...
- Main suspect in disappearance of youth in Kuliyapitiya granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranjan apologises to judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
- Man hacked to death near Kuliyapitiya Hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Murder of Kuliyapitiya youth- 18-year-old girlfriend arrested (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy By seeking to escalate the long-term fishers’ issue at a time the two nations are resuming the forgotten ferry service after four decades, Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananada may be torpedoing the larger connectivity project of his President, Ranil Wickremesinghe. The minister’s reiteration of an earlier demand for an UN […]
- There is much more to Katchchatheevu now (Category: Breaking News)
- Will a fishers’ defence force create more problems than solving any? (Category: Breaking News)
- India, Sri Lanka passenger ferry service launched after 40 years (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Is India going to steal land, water and air?’ (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Cauldrons We Make appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Great American Dilemma: Israel-Hamas War – Is It Reverse Holocaust? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Holocaust, history and today’s politics (Category: USA, Arkansas)
- The Holocaust, history and today’s politics (Category: USA, Arkansas)
- The Holocaust, history and today’s politics (Category: USA, Arkansas)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed that a Presidential Election is set to take place in 2024 in accordance with the Constitution of Sri Lanka.The post Sri Lanka’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in 2024 – President appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Elections will be held in accordance with the Constitution, Presidential poll in 2024 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Rajapakse, Wickremesinghe meet, discuss proposed constitutional reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe named as next candidate of UNP for Presidential Election 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP decides on candidate for next Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
Addressing the Special General Convention of the United National Party (UNP) held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo on Saturday (21)., President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized his commitment to bolstering the country’s economy by positioning Sri Lanka as a smart nation. The President outlined the timeline for upcoming elections in line with the constitutional provisions, […]
- Sri Lanka’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in 2024 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Late Sri Lankan President's son vying for party and country leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Govt. has accepted UNP s earlier accusations, says Gayantha (Category: Breaking News)
- The primary objective is to establish Sri Lanka as a “Smart Country” (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The English cricketer Moeen Ali, who incidentally is also the vice-captain of the team, posted on his Instagram page a thought-provoking quote: “If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”. The quote is attributed […]
- Rafael Nadal does not know when he will return from injury (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Cross border co-operation, key to stopping illegal migration’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil MPs question alleged inaction on monk’s racist outburst (Category: Breaking News)
- JULY 1983: TAMILS DO NOT BLAME SINHALESE PEOPLE (Category: Breaking News)
Hamas says it offered to release two Israelis captured during its deadly raid but Israel’s government refused to take them. Israel described the claim as “mendacious propaganda”. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said that the mediator Qatar was told of the group’s intention to release the Israelis on Friday, […]
- Hamas releases 24 hostages from Gaza after truce comes into effect (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli air strikes pound Gaza as truce with Hamas ends (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting (Category: Breaking News)
- It Is Not War But Ceasefire That Is Freeing Hostages & Prisoners (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka Needs A Planning Commission appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ambiguity Of National Evaluation Policy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- FDIs – BOIs & Exchange Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation, Criminal Accommodation & Election Juggling (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has decided to continue to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China. Issuing a joint statement, Sri Lanka reiterated that it will never allow any separatist activity against China on Sri Lanka‘s soil. The joint statement by China and Sri Lanka was issued following a visit to China by President Ranil Wickremesinghe […]
- China pledges steadfast support to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Estonia successfully conclude inaugural bilateral political consultations (Category: Breaking News)
- China remains the most sincere and reliable friend of Sri Lanka – Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe places his trust on Xi Jinping (Category: Breaking News)
Heavy machine gun fire was heard along the Israel-Gaza border in the early hours of Friday, after the green light was given for a ground invasion. Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, on Thursday visited troops positioned along the Gaza border, and told them that they would soon see the Palestinian enclave ‘from inside’. An infantry commander in […]
- Modi receives rockstar welcome in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- British woman trapped in Sri Lanka for 13 months losing hope (Category: Breaking News)
- Bollywood model Poonam Pandey dies aged 32 after cervical cancer battle (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia considering banning teenagers from buying cigarettes (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking for a strong budget and narrower deficit from Sri Lanka as it seeks funding to bridge the gap between government revenue and expenditure, the IMF mission chief for the country said on Friday.The post IMF wants strong budget, narrower deficit from Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF wants strong budget, narrower deficit from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF warns about budget deficit (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF commends Sri Lanka's commitment to reduce budget deficit, change in policy rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite deficit, Colombo budget sets more spending (Category: Breaking News)
China is willing to offer assistance to Sri Lanka without political conditions and buy more of its exports, President Xi Jinping told his Sri Lankan counterpart on Friday in Beijing, state media said.The post China’s Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- President Wickremesinghe places his trust on Xi Jinping (Category: Breaking News)
- China says willing to help Sri Lanka without political conditions (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Wings (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka asks China for help with trade, investment and tourism (Category: Breaking News)
China is willing to offer assistance to Sri Lanka without political conditions and buy more of its exports, President Xi Jinping told his Sri Lankan counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Friday (Oct. 20), foreign media reported.
Sri Lanka s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has emphasised the need for Sri Lanka to make the right calls concerning important investment decisions, one year after Sri Lanka saw its worst, most unprecedented crisis.
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- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
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