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[…]The post Ranil’s Prospects At The Next Election appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
Lihini Seafoods, Sri Lanka’s award-winning seafood exporter with over two decades of experience, has officially launched its Lihini Frozen Range of products at selected LAUGFS supermarkets giving local customers the chance to enjoy the freshest seafood made to international standards. Lihini Frozen Range includes an exciting range of high-quality frozen sea food such as fish, […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Eric Walsh presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Feb. 02, at the President’s House in Kandy. Wickremesinghe was flanked by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, and Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake. Canada, with the concurrence of Sri Lanka, appointed Walsh as High Commissioner of Canada to Colombo. Walsh, who had served […]
- Acting Canadian HC summoned over sanctions on ex-Presidents, others (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian interference alleged in Kurundi temple dispute as Ottawa reiterates genocide charge (Category: Breaking News)
- Westminster event declares support for Canadian action against Rajapaksa brothers (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka warned of Extraterritorial jurisdiction (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 75 Years Of Non-Democracy In Our Democratic Nation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Impetus For Aragalaya 2.0 – Transform From Vertical To A Horizontal Power Structure (Category: Breaking News)
- Springboarding From The Aragalaya To A New Nation We All Deserve (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Legitimacy Of Law – Questioning The PSO & PTA (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why Are The Structural Changes Necessary? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Some Questions On Protection & Promotion Of Democracy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Questions On Protection & Promotion Of Democracy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Questions On Protection & Promotion Of Democracy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Making Sense Of The UNPs Elusive Victory In The Colombo MC (Category: Breaking News)
The global economy will weaken this year as rising interest rates and Russia s war in Ukraine continue to weigh on activity. But economists are more optimistic than they were just a few months ago.
[…]The post Is The World, Hopelessly Divided Over Ukraine, Coming Together For Sri Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The World After Mikhail Gorbachev & Sri Lanka After JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Where Are We Heading In 2023? (Category: Breaking News)
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Nihal Jayawickrama’s Splendid Oration & The Narrative It Deserves appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- The Prime Minister’s Resignation (Category: Breaking News)
- The Constitutional Council – Is It Under Threat? (Category: Breaking News)
- That Abstention Vote (Category: Breaking News)
China’s lurch from extreme zero-Covid to extreme herd immunity is a watershed moment in the global ideological struggle of our age, an unanswerable illustration of why autocratic regimes are less successful in the end than messy liberal democracies. Leadership cults and totalitarian media control can at times enable breathtakingly destructive policies, and it is hard […]
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia s war in Ukraine continues, and the world s major economic engines sputter.
- Data Mine (Category: Business)
- Rising Risk (Category: Business)
- ICT Boost (Category: Business)
- Aid Flow (Category: Business)
[…]The post The Case For (And Against) Anura Kumara Dissanayake appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- May Day Politics: A Pregame To Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Is AKD Of JVP Free Without Imprisonment? [This Is To Clear So Many Clouds Of Confusion] (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- What I Wish To See In The NPP (Category: Breaking News)
(AFP)Sri Lanka on Thursday welcomed the first Russian travellers aboard a new flight service that was launched after the bankrupt nation urged Moscow to help revive its beleaguered economy by sending tourists. Russia was Sri Lanka’s biggest source of visitors at the start of the year but arrivals
- Russian airline Aeroflot resumes flights to Sri Lanka after 4 months (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin orders to increase flights between Russia and friendly states (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Airline Red Wings commences direct flights to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to get Russian, Chinese flights to Mattala (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth World appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vanishing Fish: Corporate Capture & Import Dependency Deepen The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Where Are We Heading In 2023? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- The Galle Face Struggle & Its Importance (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Laksiri Fernando One mistake we normally make in analysing the situation or crisis in Sri Lanka is to do it in isolation. Sri Lanka is unfortunately only a part of a world system. Although this situation is valid to almost all other countries, smaller or weaker a country, larger are the effects of […]
- Heed people’s call for new political model (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka needs a national liberation movement, not mere regime change:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘The fascist threat’ and the South’s mounting travails (Category: Breaking News)
- A first indication of readiness to go on a new path (Category: Breaking News)
Analysis by Matthew Brooker It was the year that the scales fell from Europe’s eyes on China. Heading into 2023, the clarity engendered by Beijing’s stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in danger of being lost. Leaders of a continent beset by soaring energy prices and economic hardship show signs of wanting to pick […]
- Biden’s economic diplomacy push with China is high risk, low reward (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To President & Judiciary – A Response (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President (Category: Breaking News)
We are headed towards a fully digitized world. While this may seem ideal during the age of perpetual technological revolutions, the transformation is not without its consequences. The landscape for cyber threats has been steadily expanding in no small part due to cyber criminals being as ambitious and entrepreneurial as ever. The sophistication of the […]
- Sri Lanka crash out of T20 World Cup 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- The Microsoft Cyber Signals Report Furnishes Strategic Guidance On Comprehending Cybersecurity (Category: Breaking News)
- Jagath Samarawickrama takes oaths as new MP (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and security officer found dead (Category: Breaking News)
Some countries, such as Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Oman, offered concessions including constitutional changes, to stall protests. Ukraine’s famed ‘Maidan Protest,’ in 2013-14 led to the overthrow of pro-Russian dictator, Yanukovych. by HARSHA KAKAR The Arab Spring in 2010-11 challenged and overthrew authoritarian governments in the Middle East and North Africa. They commenced in Tunisia […...
- More virulent than Covid! (Category: Breaking News)
- As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough (Category: Breaking News)
- China at a crossroads: Confronting COVID limitations (Category: Breaking News)
- China rolls back strict Covid-19 rules after protests (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the country has had to face adverse repercussions today due to the short sighted popular decisions taken in the past and unpopular decisions have had to be taken for the future prospects of the country.The post Unpopular decisions have to be taken for the future benefit of the Country – President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News...
- No option but to increase electricity tariff – Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says ‘this is our last chance to forge ahead’ (Category: Breaking News)
- How govt. agenda caused erosion of public faith in some independent commissions (Category: Breaking News)
- President launches scathing attack on PUCSL Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
By Shehab Al-Makahleh and Giorgio Cafiero Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Riyadh for a three-day trip, underscoring the constantly growing importance of Sino-Saudi relations, and a clear message from Saudi Arabia that it will not take diktats from the United States. Xi’s first trip to Saudi Arabia in six years gives Saudi Crown Prince […]
- Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both score in exhibition match (Category: Breaking News)
- Papal trip to Bahrain to highlight importance of opening doors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran presented to Saudi Ambassador in Delhi (Category: Breaking News)
- China, Taiwan play high-seas ‘cat and mouse’ as drills wrap up (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Domestic Debt Restructuring: Another Time Bomb Clicking Down? (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax! Tax!! Tax!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: High Aspirations Amidst Mounting Challenges But Options Are Limited (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Unstable & Unusual New World: Survival Strategies For Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
BY Ajeyo Basu New Delhi: Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has based the very purpose of its existance on establishing Muslim rule over ‘Hindu’ India. However, the setbacks in the wars of 1965 and 1971 made the Pakistan Army – the actual rulers of the impoverished country – realise the futility of direct military confrontation […]
- Pakistan Reaps What It Sowed (Category: Breaking News)
- What is behind a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Alarming Rise in Terrorism Is Fueled by Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan restricts movement of Afghans through Torkham border after rise in terror attacks: Report (Category: Breaking News)
BY Lili Bayer At one end, China hawks like the U.S. are trying to converge NATO’s goals with their own desire to constrain Beijing. At the other are China softliners like Hungary who want to engage Beijing. Then there’s a vast and shifting middle: hawks that don’t want to overly antagonize Beijing; softliners that still […]
- NATO head Stoltenberg: EU needs the US to protect against China (Category: USA, New York)
- NATO head Stoltenberg: EU needs the US to protect against China (Category: USA, New York)
- NATO head Stoltenberg: EU needs the US to protect against China (Category: USA, New York)
- NATO head Stoltenberg: EU needs the US to protect against China (Category: USA, New York)
, trade difficulties have taken a toll on the global economy, and […]
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- India ready to assist Sri Lanka secure IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- China refuses to condemn Russia’s Ukraine invasion during G20 deadlock (Category: Breaking News)
- France, US hail PM Modi’s advice to Putin over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
India has signed off on a joint statement following a meeting of the Moscow Format on Afghanistan, which terms as “unacceptable” the military infrastructure facilities built by other nations in that country. While Russia and Pakistan perceive this line to be a reference to the US, Delhi’s view is that it is about Pakistan’s military […]
- Taliban welcomes back India-trained Afghan Defence personnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran, India complete each other: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghans celebrate Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup 2022 win (Category: Breaking News)
India and Indonesia think tanks – The Centre for Global Affairs and Public Policy (CGAPP) and Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) respectively, held a discussion on “G20 and Global Dynamics” and recognized the impact of close bilateral cooperation. Indonesia is all set to host the G20 summit at Bali from November 15-17. What is equally significant is that I...
- Crisis in multilateralism affecting developing nations most: PM at G20 meet (Category: Breaking News)
- HAL hands over advanced light helicopter to Mauritius ahead of schedule (Category: Breaking News)
- China may not pay for climate change despite being ‘biggest annual emitter’ (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF asks China to boost vaccination, recalibrate strategy to fight Covid (Category: Breaking News)
The meet between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the run-up to the recent Bali summit of the G20 countries has almost overwhelmingly attracted world attention and this is only to be expected, considering the importance to the world of the principal issues in US-China relations. However, of equal importance ought […]
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
- EU pledges $10bn investment in Southeast Asia during ASEAN summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to bag yet another ASEAN MoU (Category: Business)
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, launched a campaign to reclaim the Oval Office on Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected his hand-picked candidates in several pivotal Senate races.The post Former President Donald Trump launches 2024 presidential campaign appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ON...
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Donald Trump to contest 2024 presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks Works To Refine GOP Agenda After Trump (Category: USA, Indiana)
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