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Meta has removed nearly 4,800 fake accounts that were part of a China-based influence campaign aimed at spreading polarising content about United States politics ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the tech giant has announced. The influence operation was one of two China-based campaigns detected by Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, in the third […]
- Lankans victim of India based cyber espionage? (Category: Breaking News)
- Great Game (Category: Business)
- Ga. Tech Baseball Standout Faces DUI Charge (Category: USA, Georgia)
- China rejects allegations of attempting to influence media in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post November 29 – UN Created Israel appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 29 November 1947: United Nations Created Israel In Palestine (Category: Breaking News)
- Condoning Israeli Aggression & Condemning Palestinian Resistance (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Is The Terrorist In The Israeli War On Gaza? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka on Monday approved a proposal by China's Sinopec (600028.SS) to build a $4.5 billion refinery, its energy minister said, making it the largest single investment in the island nation since a crippling economic crisis last year.The post Sri Lanka approves Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka likely to approve Sinopec s $4.5bn refinery proposal on Monday (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to OK Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal on Monday – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to approve Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China’s Sinopec to start operations September 20 (Category: Breaking News)
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara emphasized that political parties on ethnic or religious lines established to gain narrow political advantage by sowing racism should be banned.The post Religion, ethnicity based political parties should be banned – Minister appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s foreign remittances up by 98.8% in February – Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel to recruit 2000 female caregivers from Sri Lanka this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Expats remitted US$100 Million to get 900 Electric Vehicle import licences (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara expelled from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will likely approve on Monday a proposal from Chinese state refiner Sinopec to build a $4.5-billion-dollar refinery, the South Asian island nation’s energy minister said on Saturday. “It’s on the agenda for Monday. Once the cabinet gives approval, we will invite them to sign the agreement,” Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera told […]
- China’s Sinopec to begin islandwide fuel distribution in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec offers to fully finance Hambantota refinery (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Sinopec to enter Sri Lanka retail fuel market (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec to operate 200 filling stations in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will likely approve on Monday a proposal from Chinese state refiner Sinopec to build a $4.5-billion-dollar refinery, the South Asian island nation's energy minister said on Saturday.The post Sri Lanka to OK Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal on Monday – minister appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka likely to approve Sinopec s $4.5bn refinery proposal on Monday (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to approve Sinopec’s $4.5 billion refinery proposal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec offers to fully finance Hambantota refinery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hate Symbols Are Most Potent In Overturning Established Governments appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- For The Redemption Of Tamil Nadu, Elimination Of Enemies – Firstly Corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Perspectives & Parametres In Annamalai’s Padayatra (Category: Breaking News)
- DMK Destined To Its Irreversible Doom (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Northern Tamils Are Not For Sale To China appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins: A Comment (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Ocean Security Conference & Ranil’s Statement – A Point Of View (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says?: A Rejoinder (Category: Breaking News)
- Strict Laws Against Those Distorting Buddha’s Teachings: A Point Of View (Category: Breaking News)
from voting by the US, Russia […]
- SA envoy to Sri Lanka lambastes Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel-Gaza conflict: NPC asks int’l community to step in (Category: Breaking News)
- Defeating despair in the face of rising world disorder (Category: Breaking News)
- Quandaries for world community from Mid-East tangle (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Israel – Most Condemned UN Member appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supports US War-Mongers Against Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will call for expressions of interest (EOI) in setting up nuclear power plants, its energy minister said on Friday, as it seeks cheap electricity to support its economic recovery.The post Sri Lanka seeks investors for nuclear power plants appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- CEB seeks 82% increase in electricity tariffs (Category: Breaking News)
- Keheliya Rambukwella seeks bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks 10-year debt moratorium (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks US$ 6 Billion fuel credit line from Saudi Arabia (Category: Breaking News)
The convocation of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, (BCIS) for 2023, held at the BMICH on November 10, provided many a thought-provoking ‘take-away’ for the International Relations (IR) student and analyst. The principal dignitaries at the momentous event did considerable justice to current developments in the IR field and thereby rendered the convocation […]
- Epitome of administrative excellence (Category: Breaking News)
- BCIS honours two Lankan stalwarts in International Relations field (Category: Breaking News)
- Critical assessment of the state of democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- NAM means you can make independent decisions: Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Democracy A Global Sine-Qua-Non: Social-Liberal-Electoral Or Whatever appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lula’s Slender Congressional Majority; Time To Mobilise! (Category: Breaking News)
- November 29 – UN Created Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Social Democracy, The NPP’s Tasks & Global Extremism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Probing Polemic To Rip The Racist Rhetoric appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Merely Focussing On Hamas Attacks – Missing The Wood For The Trees! (Category: Breaking News)
- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VII appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution and the 13th Amendment – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Great American Dilemma: Israel-Hamas War – Is It Reverse Holocaust? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 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)
- Dangers Of Israel-Hamas War (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From King Elara To Narendra Modi, Evolution Of A Geopolitical Impasse appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Destination Delhi: Roving President’s Next Port Of Call (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
- Connectivity Or Captivity? (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel – Most Condemned UN Member (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Is The Terrorist In The Israeli War On Gaza? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supports US War-Mongers Against Houthis (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)
[…]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)
This week, China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Officials and leaders from all over the globe are in Beijing to attend a high-level summit marking the BRI’s 10th anniversary. Participants expected to show up range from Vladimir […]
- Beijing subway crash leaves 102 with broken bones (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden and Xi Jinping to meet in California (Category: Breaking News)
- Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (Category: Breaking News)
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee “with immediate effect until further notice”. The move comes after the ROC recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories illegally annexed by Russia
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Nordic nations join calls for ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld (Category: Breaking News)
- IOC wants sanctions on Russia and Belarus to remain (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine accuses IOC of ‘double standards’ over Russia (Category: Breaking News)
Militant group Hamas could very well have ‘bitten off more than it could chew.’ Hamas’ ongoing morbidly bloody and dramatic military onslaught on Israeli territory bordering the Gaza strip is by any standard daring but isn’t it more foolhardy than bold and courageous? The more seasoned Middle East commentator could not be faulted for raising […]
- Dangerous persistence of identity issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Apparent Israeli strike kills Hamas deputy leader in Beirut (Category: Breaking News)
- Global lawlessness and the responsibilities of statehood (Category: Breaking News)
- Mindset changes and the dangerous ‘Religious War’ rhetoric (Category: Breaking News)
Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed by $2.25 a barrel to $86.83, while US prices also rose. Israel and Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle Eastern region accounts for almost a third […]
- Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, Ukraine says. Villagers were attending a wake for a local resident when a missile struck at 15:15 local time (13:15 BST). Ukraine’s defence ministry said there were no military targets in the area – […]
- Kremlin says 20 dead after attack on Russian city (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders in India for G20 summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves one dead and two injured (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Biden’s Strike Solidarity & Trudeau’s Bombshell On India appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian Politics: Modi Set For Hat Trick At Home; Caught In Dirty Tricks Abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- 1983: It Haunts Us Still! (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Were The Early Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 21st September, 2023 The recent killing of a prominent Sikh activist named Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada, has triggered a diplomatic row between Ottawa and New Delhi. Canada lost no time in ordering an Indian diplomat out of the country, accusing India of having had a hand in the assassination. Denying Canada’s allegation, New […]
- India expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move as row over assassinated Sikh activist deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- ÂTerrorists found safe haven in CanadaÂ- Minister Sabry hits out at PM Trudeau (Category: Breaking News)
- The India – Canada spat (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Santhan s body flown to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Russia could very well be questioning the legitimacy of the UN system by currently challenging the right of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to arbitrate in the conflicting accusations of genocide brought against each other by it and Ukraine. Russia has countered Ukraine’s charge
- ICJ to rule on jurisdiction in Russia-Ukraine genocide case (Category: Breaking News)
- UN endures, but in the shadow of big powers (Category: Breaking News)
- The World Thankfully Rising To End US-Israeli Political Exceptionalism (Category: Breaking News)
- Challenge of ushering international peace (Category: Breaking News)
The Russian Federation has handed over a consignment of sunflower oil to Sri Lanka, in an emergency operation to support those affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka announced.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka has received a stock of 352 tons of sunflower oil from Russia. The stock was received in line with the World Food Programme (WFP) project meant to assist Sri Lanka. Addressing the gathering at Veyangoda grain store, Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan said that one of the purposes
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