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A fundamental rights petition filed against pastor Jerome Fernando will be taken up for consideration before a three-judge bench chaired by the Chief Justice, on 22 July. Several religious leaders have filed the petition seeking an order to prosecute pastor Jerome Fernando under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) over […]
- Pastor Jerome files FR seeking court order preventing his arrest (Category: Breaking News)
- SC: Jerome’s petition fixed for support (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastor Jerome s FR petition fixed for consideration (Category: Breaking News)
- Date fixed for hearing of Pastor Jerome s petition (Category: Breaking News)
The National Freedom Front (NFF) has issued the following statement to coincide with the 34th Russian National Day: ” On 12th June 1990, the First Congress of the People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR, part of the Soviet Union) which was established after the dissolution of the United Soviet Socialist Republic, […]
- Russian Diplomats’ Day – history, present plans (Category: Breaking News)
- The World after Gorbachev and Sri Lanka after JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Gorbachev: The Mystery of Roads Taken & Not Taken (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia – a true friend of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Rex Clementine in New York Long Island in New York on Sunday looked like a street in Karachi or Kanpur. Indian and Pakistan fans were roaming the streets heading to the purpose-built cricket stadium here which will be demolished after the event. Quite hard to imagine that a stadium with only temporary stands could host […]
- Dumb Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- The corrosive Impact of Politics on India-Pakistan Test Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- ITF Under 12 South Asian tennis tourney now on in Kathmandu (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi assures India will represent Global South (Category: Breaking News)
Political sources say Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, MP, and his son, Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, State Minister for Defence, were not invited to an SLPP meeting held at Rattota over the weekend. The meeting, chaired by SLPP National Organizer Namal Rajapaksa, was addressed by party General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam, parliamentarians Johnston Fernando, Tissa Kuttiarachchi and several others. […...
- Fargo MLK award winners announced (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fargo MLK award winners announced (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fargo MLK award winners announced (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Fargo MLK award winners announced (Category: USA, North Dakota)
Tuesday 11th June, 2024 Nothing is more disconcerting to an unpopular regime than the prospect of losing power. Hence the SLPP-UNP government’s desperate efforts to cling on to power by fair means or foul. The Opposition has let out howls of protests against a government move to extend the term of Attorney General (AG) Sanjay […]
- Opp. asks if AG, EC backing conspiracy to put off LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB slams AG over delay in responding to its RTI query (Category: Breaking News)
- Acquittal of Rishad: AG owes explanation – MP (Category: Breaking News)
- X-Press Pearl controversy: Prof. Peiris zeroes in on AG (Category: Breaking News)
Former Senior Sales Manager of Upali Newspapers Ltd, Jaagath Mendis (58) passed away. Mendis is a father of two. His remains lie at his residence 31, Chakkindarama Road, Ratmalana and the funeral will take place at the Mount Lavinia cemetery ‘Nisala Sevana’ on Thursday at 5.00 pm.
By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (10) condemned Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for declaring his intention to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Attorney-at-Law Gammanpila alleged that the declaration was made by presidential candidate Premadasa with his eye on Northern Province Tamil vo...
- Muslims oppose bid to remerge North and East, Minister tells party leaders (Category: Breaking News)
- CVW asks govt. not to create conditions for redeployment of IPKF (Category: Breaking News)
- 13 A: Political parties miss Ranil’s Feb. 04 deadline for submitting their proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- Police & Land Powers; Friends Of The Provincial Council Solution Falling Into The Lap Of Its Ene... (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court has decided to consider a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed against Pastor Jerome Fernando before a bench headed by the Chief Justice. A petition had been filed in court seeking action against the controversial self-proclaimed prophet under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) over alleged statements he made […]
- Petition filed against attempt to arrest Jerome Fernando withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Pastor Jerome’s petition fixed for hearing (Category: Breaking News)
- Jerome seeks court intervention to prevent his arrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Report sought on progress of probe on Pastor Jerome (Category: Breaking News)
An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president’s office has said. The Malawi Defence Force aircraft “went off the radar” after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, it added. The plane was supposed to land at Mzuzu International Airport, in the country’s north, […]
- Implement SC order on accessibility! (Category: Business)
- Is Speaker’s announcement consistent with SC determination? (Category: Breaking News)
- Retired SC judge to chair committee on Easter attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Court stops President from nominating judges to SC (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Philip Gunawardena: Who Is Ready To Serve ? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Oxygen Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka Ready For The Climate Conference? (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Telling (Category: Breaking News)
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fly Highdream Big appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Rotting Or Rotten? (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo ETC Embers Glowing; Bureaucratic Incompetence? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ටෝකියෝ සමාගම හා ඩග්ලස් දේවානන්ද කිලිනොච්චියේ ගොවි, ධීවර හා වන බිම් අක්කර 3000ක් සිමෙන්ති නිෂ්පාදනයට බලෙන් අත්පත් කර ගනී appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- අවුරා ලංකා තාඹුගල අත්අඩංගුවට නොගන්නේ ඇයි ? (Category: Breaking News)
- කතරගම දේවාලයේ බස්නායක නිලමේ වන සංරක්ෂණ ඉඩම් නීති විරෝධීව ව්යාපාරිකයන්ට බදු දෙයි (Category: Breaking News)
- රජයේ වනාන්තර වෙන්දේසි කිරීමේ නව පනත් සංශෝධනය වහාම නතර කළ යුතුය (Category: Breaking News)
- වැව් වනසමින් ගොවීන්, ධීවරයන් හා ජල පාරිභෝගිකයන් අවතැන් කරන නීති විරෝධී කොරියානු සූර්යය විදුලිබල ... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post NPP Beware! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The National People’s Power (NPP) (Category: Breaking News)
- Waging Peace! (Category: Breaking News)
- Renascence (Category: Breaking News)
- A Question To The NPP Lawyers (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Provincializing Universities: The Risks & Dangerous Precedent Of The Newly Proposed NEPF appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scrutinizing The Newly Proposed NEPF: Education Reform Or Hidden Agenda? (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither The National Education Policy Framework Of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolition Of The Provincial Councils System: Reply To Milinda Moragoda’s Utterance (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Are The Tamils Of The North & East Wanting To Live Separately From The Sinhalese? (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, Dr. Bandula Gunawardena stressed the necessity of adhering to the loan agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) irrespective of who is in power in Sri Lanka. He also said that parties aspiring to clinch state power have an obligation to disclose to the country.of their compliance with […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, currently in New Delhi, met Indian Senior Minister Dr. S. Jaishanka today [10] During the meeting, Dr. Jaishankar highlighted the Indian Government’s plans to establish an industrial zone in Trincomalee which will attract numerous Indian investors and potentially investors from other countries. He also said that the development projects initiated in Sri [̷...
- Indian Flavour (Category: Business)
- Outpost Colleges (Category: Business)
- Stone stitching (Category: Technology)
- New Wave (Category: Business)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Bangladesh’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s agricultural modernization program. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina currently in New Delhi, engaged in bilateral discussions this morning (10). President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would send a delegation of Sri Lank...
- Bangladesh Pledges Support for Sri Lanka’s Agricultural Modernization Program (Category: Breaking News)
- President unveils ambitious plans for agricultural modernization (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina congratulates President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals plans to establish Agro – Technology University in Sri Lanka. (Category: Breaking News)
Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and Maldives congratulated S Jaishankar on his second term as External Affairs Minister of India in the newly constituted cabinet of the BJP-led NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
[…]The post Fear Of Tainted Politicians: To Hold Or Not To Hold Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Collusive Behavior Undermines Citizen Rights: Emerging Pseudo-Goebbels (Category: Breaking News)
- Attempt To Pull The Wool Over People’s Eyes: 21A To Bamboozle The Citizens (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Psychopathic Tendencies: Pet Dogs, Incompetency & Beds To The Foray (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended his warm congratulations to Narendra Modi, who was sworn in for a third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining strong Indo-Sri Lankan relations. The swearing-in ceremony, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday (09), was a grand event, attended by President […]
- President proposes concept of 'Conclave of Parliamentarians' of SAARC nations (Category: Breaking News)
- DM again PM (Category: Breaking News)
- President visits PM and wishes quick relief (Category: Breaking News)
- President condoles with Indian PM on plane crash (Category: Breaking News)
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), operating under Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence, clarifies the admission process for civilian students to its MBBS Degree Programme.The post KDU ensures transparency in admission of civilian students to MBBS programme appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lankan students can now enroll in MBBS program at KDU on payment basis (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet nod for admission of local students to medical degree programme at KDU (Category: Breaking News)
- Late General Sir John Kotelawala commemorates (Category: Breaking News)
- Commander of the Army meets Indonesian Commander and high ranking defence officials (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Railway Locomotive Operating Engineers have officially called off their strike after successful discussions with the Minister of Transport, Bandula Gunawardena.The post Sri Lanka Railway Engineers call off strike appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Railway strike expected to disrupt train services (Category: Breaking News)
- Locomotive Engineers decide to launch strike for 24-hours (Category: Breaking News)
- 45 trains cancelled in Sri Lanka during the day due to strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Railway strike from midnight today (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is currently in New Delhi, held a meeting today (10) with India s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, W.S. Sathyananda says that measures will be taken to immediately remove all unauthorized constructions that contribute to flooding in the city of Colombo and its suburbs.
The ÂSri Lanka National Commission for UNESCOÂ Bill, which was presented to the Parliament and submitted to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, has been received the approval of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education.
- A welcome judgment (Category: Breaking News)
- HIgher studies in English Medium (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Personnel Awarded âAsidisiâ Scholarships (Category: Breaking News)
- Number of corruption complaints against Education Department (Category: Breaking News)
A woman has drowned after reportedly falling from a bridge in Kiriella area in Ratnapura.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni s arch-conservative Brothers of Italy group won the most votes in the European parliamentary election over the weekend, boosting her standing both at home and abroad.
The Supreme Court has ordered for a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed against Pastor Jerome Fernando to be taken up for consideration before a judge bench chaired by the Chief Justice.
Israeli minister Benny Gantz has announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition, amid a months-long assault on Gaza. “Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing toward true victory. That is why we are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart […]
- Israel s centrist minister Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu government (Category: Breaking News)
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At least 10 people have died and 33 injured after suspected militants fired on a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said. The driver lost control, causing the bus to plunge into a gorge in Reasi district of Jammu, they added. While rescue operations have concluded, […]
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