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By N Sathiya Moorthy It is inevitable that in the heat of an electoral battle, neighbours get mentioned, if not hurt. It is election time in India, to be followed by one or two in Sri Lanka – for the presidency and Parliament, though which would come first is known only to Mr God and President […]
- Jaya won’t give up Katchchatheevu (Category: Breaking News)
- Will not stop till Katchchatheevu is retrieved', Jayalalithaa (Category: Breaking News)
- Will a fishers’ defence force create more problems than solving any? (Category: Breaking News)
- Will not ‘stop’ till Katchchatheevu is retrieved: Jayalalithaa (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Irony Of The Downfall Of Rajapaksas; Lessons & Opportunities! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Commissions, An “Open Sesame” (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, asserted that the nation’s economy is experiencing robust growth due to the government’s initiatives.The post Sri Lanka’s President says Government initiatives drive robust economic growth appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka President Ranil delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects 1.8% Economic growth in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- President blames Sajith for crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Reflecting Back On The Politics Of My Lifetime appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- In Memory Of Comrade Osman De Silva (Category: Breaking News)
- RIP: Comrade R Singamapanar: The First Tamil Political Activist From Chunnakam (Category: Breaking News)
- Reflecting On 34 Years: The JVP & The Legacy Of Comrade Rohana Wijeweera (Category: Breaking News)
- In Memory Of Comrade H. A. Seneviratne, Lawyer, Writer & Human Rights Activist (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Six Seconds In Dallas: The Assignation Of President Kennedy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka An Ethnocracy? (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Electoral terrorism was ended in Parliament - Dallas (Category: Video)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Suppressing Free Speech & Religious Freedom By Labelling Them Hate Speech appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lying About Age Of Protestant Mission Schools: Is Age Quality? (Category: Breaking News)
- My Jaffna Is No Longer My Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted Religion (Category: Breaking News)
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (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)
[…]The post Change Flight From Stability With Stagnancy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- New Mandates Before New Amendments (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The situation in the country, particularly with regard to the economy and politics, can be described as stable but stagnant. The economy is stable in that it has not experienced further collapse in comparison to the kind witnessed last year when international bankruptcy
- Electionsand economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Electionsand economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme court nudges govt., to democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Electoral process also an essential service (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Moral Crisis Proving More Toxic Than The Economic Crisis! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- With Impunity Remaining Normalised, What Hope For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore Elected A ‘Tharman’; For Sri Lanka, A ‘Kadirgamar’ Still A Wish! (Category: Breaking News)
- Tackling The Elephant In The Room; Rising Violence Among Our Adolescents! (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics & Death Of Sanath Nishantha: Some Sombre Lessons & Reflections (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The International Priority To Be Heeded appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- Consolidating Economic Recovery Needs No Referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Second Aragalaya In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Overstressing The Proposed Truth & Reconciliation Commission appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- Truth-Telling Mechanisms & Winning The Public’s Trust (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Needs To Commit To More Than Commissions (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Needs To Commit To More Than Commissions (Category: Breaking News)
Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography UNESCO’s involvement with the Sri Lankan Cultural Triangle project was a milestone in our mutual relationship. It focused attention on the Sinhala cultural heritage, brought substantial funding from UN agencies to our culture sector, hastened the restoration of ancient monuments and conserved the visual heritage of […]
- Courting Parthasarathy for JRJ, equation changes after Indira’s assassination (Category: Breaking News)
- Kalkudah to Arugam Bay and some canny decision making by JRJ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka elected to UNESCO Executive Board (Category: Breaking News)
- Mourning Mala: Remembering Malathi De Alwis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is The BASL Undermining The Rule Of Law? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Incubating, Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted Religion appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Suppressing Free Speech & Religious Freedom By Labelling Them Hate Speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted: A Res... (Category: Breaking News)
- My Jaffna Is No Longer My Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Money In Weakening Our Rights: Government Competing With Evangelicals (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Army Bigwigs Have Made Shameful Attempts To Bury The Truth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Jobs for another 400 rehabilitated LTE cadres (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. To Reintegrate Over 400 LTTE Members To Society (Category: Breaking News)
- 400 rehabilitated LTTE cadres to be released (Category: Breaking News)
- The Innocent Need Not Fear The Law – Impartial Law, That Is: Australia’s Example (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese have maintained a close relationship with the Tamils since ancient times, which amounts to nearly 3,000 years. Trade and cultural exchanges between them flourished during the reign of the Pallava dynasty of south India. However, with time, the geographical landscape has changed and distinct geopolitical dimensions are in place. Today, China is trying […]
- We condemn the opinion of Chinese Ambassador who supports the genocides: Jaffna University Stude... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil assures full implementation of 13th Amendment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka having regular consultations with US on China (Category: Breaking News)
- UK urged to impose sanctions on Shavendra Silva and Jagath Jayasuriya (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Council Denies Louis Dreyfus Abatement Requests (Category: USA, Indiana)
By R M M Lilani A significant shift in the chaotic foreign policy of the Sri Lankan government has raised the idea of Japan once more acquiring the East Container Terminal (ECT), as the International Monetary Fund works to ameliorate Sri Lanka’s current financial crisis. After signing a MoU
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lana PM laments unilateral termination of Japan, India-funded projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Quad urged to take more proactive role to address Sri Lanka crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Beijing restless as QUAD comes to Colombo’s aid (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 40 Years After The Anti-Tamil Pogrom Of July 1983: Root Causes Remain Unaddressed (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
In India, religion and socialism commingle and collide.
- What should modern independent India be and how can it get there? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gandhian Ethics (Category: Breaking News)
- China: Guidelines Instruct Religions How to Implement the New Patriotic Education Law (Category: Breaking News)
- The Buddha on politics and governance (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Will Subramanian Swami‘s Visit Revive Racist Politics? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian-Israeli Involvement In Sri Lanka Is A Disaster (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
By Hal Brands The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi Jinping’s China will soon be driven by plenty of both. In our new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, which this article is adapted from, we explain the cause of that desperation: a slowing economy and a […]
- How China Wants to Replace the U.S. Order (Category: Breaking News)
- Six things to know as Xi Jinping moves to be China’s dictator for life (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight-in-ten Americans detest China now as recent poll witnesses uptick in anti-Beijing feelings (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Representative Democracy Is To Heed The Voice Of The People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Getting Nearer To Solution As Options Narrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest Movement Can Rebound Unless Government Legitimacy Is Restored (Category: Breaking News)
- Divergence Grows Between Appearance & Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- President Needs To Implement Pledges Before Elections (Category: Breaking News)
“The Aragalaya must decide on its own [what it must do]. We cannot tell them to stop it or continue it,” he said.
- Sri Lanka prime minister tables parliamentary framework for bipartisan governance (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The National List & The House Of Duds appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Important But Imperfect: Recommendations On The Draft 21st Amendment To The Constitution Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The People Suffer In The Hands Of The Utterly Corrupt 1+225? (Category: Breaking News)
- Les Enfants Du Paradis – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Jugglery alleged in Constitution making process: SJB, Gevindu make strong case against jumbo Cab... (Category: Breaking News)
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