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first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Lack of personnel and resources affecting work of Sri Lanka's Bribery Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- Bribery Commission in Sri Lanka rejects appeals made against court verdicts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Bribery Commission seeks legal advice for minister`s complaint against local council C... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka`s now defunct Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption receives... (Category: Breaking News)
With the provision of additional $2 billion time deposits from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and $508 million as a guaranteed loan from China for Pakistan Air Force to inject “Dragon” multirole fighter aircraft Pakistan’s total foreign loans jumped up to $2.8 billion during the first month (July 2023) of the current fiscal year. […]
- IMF sees “challenging” outlook for Pakistan (Category: Business)
- Foreign powers want Pakistan to default like Sri Lanka – Pakistan Finance Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Exchange rate standoff as IMF visits SL (Category: Business)
- Pakistan: Over USD 13 billion debt incurred in 10 months (Category: Breaking News)
By Ramnath Reghunadhan During July-August 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was hit by heavy rainfall and devastating floods, caused by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, which saw widespread destruction of many cities in the country’s northern as well as southern regions. The flooding was the result of what is considered to be the […]
- Flooding affects property values (Category: Breaking News)
- An end to the flooding menace (Category: Business)
- Colombo facelift kicks off (Category: Business)
- Rains flood Colombo roads (Category: Business)
products appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- CBSL issues order slashing interest rates on lending products (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL urges banks to adequately reduce lending rates without delay (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL monitoring lowering of bank lending rates  State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- LCBs expected to reduce lending rates after Central Bank policy rate cut (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced the swift implementation of a comprehensive plan to elevate the Arugam Bay tourist zone into a highly desirable destination for both local and international tourists, with the potential to generate substantial revenue.The post Sri Lanka President reveals strategic roadmap to transform ‘Arugam Bay’ into a high-income tourist destina...
- Ella Tourism Zone will be developed under a grand plan – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President emphasizes progress in tourism sector, ready to provide required facilities (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals plans to elevate Arugam Bay into high-income tourist hub (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President visits Tangalle and Galle to assess revival of tourism in South Coast (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka stood pat on borrowing costs for the first time in three meetings, after slashing the cash ratio for banks to bolster domestic liquidity and growth.The post Sri Lanka Holds Rates After Bank Cash Ratio Cut for Growth appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka issues order slashing interest rates on lending products (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank cuts statutory reserve ratio by 200 bps (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciates further against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee depreciates against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Naked King & The Crumbling State: Seven Decades Of Fake Saviours appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- True Meritocracy Not The Sham Of All Party Mediocracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Psychopathic Tendencies: Pet Dogs, Incompetency & Beds To The Foray (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation rate more than halved to 4.6% year-on-year in July, helped by falling food prices, the statistics department said on Monday.The post Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Sri Lanka’s inflation climbed to 60.8% in July – CCPI (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s inflation increases to 66.7% in July (Category: Breaking News)
- Inflation in Sri Lanka drops to single-digit levels in July (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 4% in August (Category: Breaking News)
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- India continues to top number of visitors to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President moots ‘Greater Yala’ concept to boost tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Two million tourists and a revenue of US $ 06 billion expected in 2024 – Minister of State for T... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to target 5 million tourist arrivals a year (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Bold Buddhists & Progressive Tamils Must Interface: A Second Trump Term Poses Intrinsic Dangers Everywhere appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Trump Likely To Be The Next American President? (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post In Sri Lanka, Chaotic Social Security Reform Denies People’s Rights: “Aswesuma” Program Applies Complex & Arbitrary Targeting, Leaving Millions In Limbo appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka: IMF / World Bank – Systemic Reforms Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- Wickremesinghe Govt. Continues To Repress Freedoms Of Expression & Pursue Policies Against Minor... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Should Oppose Restrictions On Freedom of Expression & Civil Society Groups: HRW (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamils Detained For Commemorating War Dead: 9 Held Under Abusive PTA (Category: Breaking News)
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- China s Sinopec to start operations in Sri Lanka in Sept. (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Sinopec to enter Sri Lanka retail fuel market (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec issues clarification on fuel station project in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinopec officially begins operations in Sri Lanka with Rs. 3 discount offer (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Litany Of Tragedies That Is Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lasantha’s 66th Birthday: Who Was Lasantha? (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearmongering & Spreading Rumors By Indian Intelligence In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
bailout review for Sri Lanka in September appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and T...
- IMF Team to conduct second review of Sri Lanka’s EFF program in March 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF staff to visit Sri Lanka in September for first programme review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF begins second review of Sri Lanka’s bailout package today (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF team in Colombo this week for first review of Extended Fund Facility (Category: Breaking News)
The Government of Sri Lanka is going to relax import restrictions imposed for lorries, trucks and buses used for public transport.The post Sri Lanka to relax import restrictions imposed on vehicles used for public transport appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka to relax Import restrictions on 328 more items from tonight (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka decides to lift all import restrictions except vehicles from today (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government going to further relax import restrictions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government to relax import restrictions on nearly 400 items (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has cut the statutory reserve ratio for commercial banks by 200 basis points to 2%, effective Aug. 16, it said on Wednesday.The post Sri Lanka Central Bank cuts statutory reserve ratio by 200 bps appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka issues order slashing interest rates on lending products (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank maintains policy interest rates, reserve requirement (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank maintains policy interest rates, forecasts lower economic growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Commercial banks ordered to pass benefit of latest CB Statutory Reserve Ratio reduction on to cu... (Category: Breaking News)
Nine individuals who forcibly entered the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) were arrested by Police this morning (August 08).The post Nine persons arrested for forcibly entering Sri Lanka’s Central Bank premises appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Three held illegally entering Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Three more arrested for forcibly entering Temple Trees in July (Category: Breaking News)
- Vaiko and 1000 tiger loyalists arrested for protesting against President’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- US voices concerns over media harassment (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka signals pause after four rate cuts as IMF loan awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Chief says Money printing has drastically reduced in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets up by 23.2% in December 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets fell by 4.4% in August 2023 after paying Bangladesh USD 150 ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets up by 9.6% in April 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets increase in April 2023 – CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
Iran has voiced readiness to share its scientific and technological knowledge and expertise with “friendly” countries, including the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made these remarks on Sunday in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry in Tehran. According to a communique issued by his office, Iran’s […]
- Extending the Order issued on Possession of Foreign Currency (Category: Breaking News)
- India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise Mitra Shakti 2023 culminates in Pune (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran and Sri Lanka to strengthen cooperation in multiple areas (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index - June 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Iran has voiced readiness to share its scientific and technological knowledge and expertise with “friendly” countries, including the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka.The post Iran ready to share scientific knowledge with Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News
- Iran ready to share scientific, technological knowledge with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Teheran expects enhancement of bilateral ties in all fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran and Sri Lanka to strengthen cooperation in multiple areas (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran, Sri Lanka stress enhancing banking, trade ties (Category: Breaking News)
By Eng. Thushara Dissanayake Water is often undervalued and insufficient attention is paid to its pollution. The water quality degradation is a blooming environmental issue in Sri Lanka. According to World Bank findings, the invisible crisis of water quality degradation is reducing potential economic growth in heavily polluted areas of the world by one-third. It […]
- Dire weather forecast for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- People in five districts advised to wear masks due to toxic air blowing from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Country smothered by air pollution from subcontinent (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Excellent water' at more beaches (Category: Technology)
by Rex Clementine Has there ever been a more memorable debut in cricket than that of Mohammad Azharuddin’s? Debuting against England in 1984 as a 21-year-old youngster Azhar completed three Test hundreds in his first three Test matches. They were not just hundreds but elegance all over. As Matthew Engel, the Editor of Wisden wondered, […]
- Calcutta; the city of joy (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan Extends Lead Against SL in cricket Test (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan win SL series after third Test drawn (Category: Sports)
- RPS, CCC, SSC, NCC and Sara to host Under-19 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project four years ago was a “hasty and disastrous” decision. This statement is from the Minister of Defense of Italy. An interview with Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto was published on Sunday, in which he said China’s involvement in the project was a “disastrous decision.” He also explained […]
- China warns against ‘undermining’ Belt and Road plan after Italy withdraws (Category: Breaking News)
- China-Sri Lanka trade agreements ‘speed up’ amidst debt restructuring negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s BRI leads to debt sustainability problems, excludes locals from decision making in Nigeria (Category: Breaking News)
- Europe’s Growing Skepticism towards China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Deepening Rift in Global... (Category: Breaking News)
Cassandra in her Friday Cry-s has often noted with deep gratitude that nature has been benevolent to suffering, down and almost out Sri Lanka. Forest fires due to intemperate temperature in usually cool climes; sudden floods due to torrential rains; erupting volcanoes and earthquakes have all assiduously avoided troubling poor little Sri Lanka struggling against […]
- ADB to provide Rs 10 billion for local paddy cultivators to buy MoP this Maha (Category: Breaking News)
- Arrogance of power (Category: Breaking News)
- The drought, Mahaveli waters and the farmer (Category: Business)
- Reservoirs run dry with no rains, country heading for electricity crisis (Category: Breaking News)
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- Govt. pays special attention to revive construction sector  Sagala Ratnayaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Government pays special attention to revive the construction sector – Sagala Ratnayaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Report on Indo-Lanka bridge project to be submitted to President RW (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to establish Anti-Narcotic Command to curb drug influx (Category: Breaking News)
The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger following last week’s coup. Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country, and on Sunday the French embassy was attacked by protesters. Coup leader Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has warned against “any interference in the internal affairs” of the country. […]
- Pakistan ex-PM given three-year jail sentence (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahul Gandhi returns to India’s parliament as MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan passenger train derails killing 30 (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (August 02), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).The post Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated against U.S. Dollar on August 02, 2023 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated against U.S. Dollar on February 02, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciates against U.S. Dollar on July 06, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee appreciates against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee further appreciates against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Target 2048 – Go For Creative Capital And Not For Mere Human Capital appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Reforming Education: Target For Creative Capital & Not For Mere Human Capital (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Develop A Knowledge-Based Innovative Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 Requires Sri Lanka To Develop A Viable Creative Capital Base (Category: Breaking News)
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- Along with Japan and India, China can join debt relief effort for Sri Lanka- Nirmala Sitharaman (Category: Breaking News)
- India says China can join debt relief effort for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sitharaman asks China to join Japan, India and France in their effort to help Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan, India and France launch creditors meeting on Sri Lanka debt (Category: Breaking News)
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