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Sri Lanka has accepted offers to exchange about $10 billion worth of defaulted local debt for new bonds, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday, taking it a step towards meeting debt restructuring requirements ahead of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) review.The post Sri Lanka announces $10 billion local bond swap deal ahead of IMF visit appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News...
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The European Union (EU) has called for concrete actions by Sri Lanka while taking note of plans for reconciliation mechanisms. In a statement delivered at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the EU reaffirmed its commitment to Human Rights, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka. “While the EU recognizes the challenges Sri […]
Muttiah Muralitharan believes Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to be blamed for this fiasco due to the high ticket prices set by the board, who is the official host for the continental tournament.The post Muttiah Muralitharan criticizes Pakistan Cricket Board’s costly tickets for Asia Cup 2023 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
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The G20 joint declaration in Delhi is being described as a significant diplomatic win for India. The agreement of a joint statement looked almost impossible a few days ago, given how sharply divided the group was over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the end, we had a declaration that garnered unanimous support from all G20 […]
By N.A.de S. Amaratunga Adequate nutrition is vital for both physical as well as mental growth and development of the human being. If this development is inadequate the whole nation would not advance in all spheres of human activity, the economic, cultural, sports etc. The creativity, thinking ability, and learning capacity of the nation as […]
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Impunity in Sri Lanka is to be raised at the UN Human Rights Council which meets for its regular session from tomorrow (Monday). Crisis Group’s Senior Consultant on Sri Lanka Alan Keenan said that as members of the UN Human Rights Council prepare to convene in Geneva starting on 11 September
By HIMAL KOTELAWALA ECONOMYNEXT – If Sri Lanka allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilization and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Speaking at a forum organized by Cal
SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha de Silva decried in Parliament last week what he considers a glaring injustice within the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) taxation intention. Participating in the debate on new Inland Revenue Bill, he argued that imposing taxes solely on EPF members while neglecting to tax the capital gains of private banks […]
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella last Wednesday accused Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena of being notorious for suspending Standing Orders of the House.He said so when the Opposition MPs opposed taking up the new Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill for debate in Parliament without going through the relevant consultative committee stages. Kiriella said that the bill has [&#...
The no-confidence motion vote against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated by 113 votes to 73 in Parliament on Friday with 38 MPs absent at voting time. It was defeated by 40 votes after a three-day debate moved by the main opposition SJB.The SJB, JVP –led NPP, TNA and SLPP dissidents in the Opposition voted […]
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By Saman Indrajith The Opposition’s no-confidence motion vote against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella received 113 nays and 73 ayes yesterday in Parliament.The motion was defeated by a majority of 40 votes. Thirty eight MPs were absent when the vote was taken after a three-day debate moved by the SJB. The SJB, JVP–led NPP, TNA and […]
World leaders have been gathering in India ahead of a G20 summit between nations that are divided on many issues, the biggest being the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. On Friday evening US President Joe Biden met his host, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the leaders pledging cooperation in a raft of areas. […]
The no-confidence motion initiated by the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated in Parliament. The motion was defeated by a majority of 40 votes following three days of debate. A total of 113 MPs voted against the motion and 73 MPs voted in favour. The no-confidence motion accused the […]
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Australia beat South Africa in the first ODI in Bloemfontein, courtesy a lower-order rescue act by concussion substitute Marnus Labuschagne and all-rounder Ashton Agar. After Australia were in a crisis, at 113/7 chasing 223, Agar and Labuschagne put on a century stand to take Australia to victory
By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday that a nexus between the Secretary to the Health Ministry and unregistered drugs importing companies had was the reason for the proliferation of substandard medicines in the country. Participating in the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Health […]
‘Crisis of governance’ stressed Judicial independence: By Shamindra Ferdinando Lawyers’ Collective, consisting of some influential members of the legal fraternity, has urged the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) to take a stand on what it calls President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s
By N Sathiya Moorthy Between them, two UN affiliates, namely, the UNDP and the UNICEF have damned the nation on the socio-economic front. Much of it is unbelievably attributed or is attributable to last year’s economic crisis, and thus may hide more than they may have revealed
Sri Lanka suffers from a continuing accountability deficit – be it for war crime atrocities, more recent human rights violations, corruption, or abuse of power – which must be addressed for the country to move forward, according to a UN Human Rights Office report published on Wednesday. “More than a year ago mass protests demanded better governance […]
Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.The post Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories...
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Colombo Rubber Traders Association (CRTA) stresses that the rubber harvest has significantly dropped as a result of the leaf fall disease in rubber trees for several years.
Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture, Member of Parliament Mr. D. Weerasinghe said that they have already proposed a national policy for agriculture to regulate the usage, quality and price of chemical fertilizers and seeds imported to the country based on experimental data carried out for several decades.
Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture, Member of Parliament D. Weerasinghe during a media briefing held on Tuesday (05) at the Presidential Media Centre under the theme ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’ said that the SOC have already proposed a National Policy for Agriculture to regulate the usage, quality […]
Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture, MP D. Weerasinghe said that they have already proposed a national policy for agriculture to regulate the usage, quality and price of chemical fertilizers and seeds imported to the country based on experimental data carried out for several decades.