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The Government Health Service Ambulance Drivers Association has drawn attention to a shortage of ambulance drivers within the government hospital system in Sri Lanka.The post Sri Lanka’s government hospitals grapple with ambulance driver shortage appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking
- Private sector commits Rs. 525 Million to maintain operations of 1990 ‘Suwa Seriya’ Ambulance Se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan soldiers sent to key hospitals as health workers strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Airman killed, another injured in explosion at Kandakuliya Air Force Training Camp (Category: Breaking News)
- Demerit points system to be introduced for motorists (Category: Breaking News)
and facilities in Colombo appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- President briefed on challenges faced by Muslim schools in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka govt schools to start from July 25 (Category: Breaking News)
- Appoint a Colombo District Muslim to the UNP National list Â?Muslim Organizations compel Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- President to make critical statement on reconciliation by March (Category: Breaking News)
Global investors and Sri Lankan officials expect to start negotiations aimed at restructuring $12 billion in defaulted global bonds next week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to start restructuring talks with investors next week, Bloomberg News reports appeared
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Sri Lanka creditors seeking debt restructuring deal without China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka calls for debt-restructuring proposals from dealer managers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Expects Major Debt Restructuring Deals as IMF to Review Bailout (Category: Breaking News)
Global investors and Sri Lankan officials expect to start negotiations aimed at restructuring $12 billion in defaulted global bonds next week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. A steering committee, comprising of bondholders, will begin talks as they weigh a proposal from the government
- Mathews overlooked Chamari picked in The Hundred draft (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka to sign FTA in February (Category: Breaking News)
While presiding over a meeting of National People’s Congress Standing Committee on March 8, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on enhancing capacity for national security to safeguard sovereign interests, hinting categorically about his unhappiness over the country’s preparedness to fight internal and external threats in the face of intensifying geopolitical competition. At the 170-member Natio...
- J&K’s Fake combat capability charge points to deeper malady in the Chinese army (Category: Breaking News)
- J&K’s Fake combat capability charge points to deeper malady in the Chinese army (Category: Breaking News)
- Purges Don’t Move Policy in China (Category: Breaking News)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka to open 77 closed hospitals next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed President of SLMA (Category: Breaking News)
- Health sector needs an urgent policy change – President (Category: Breaking News)
- 50 more types of drugs to be imported to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks (Category: Breaking News)
;s IMF program in Colombo appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Senior US official discusses Sri Lanka s IMF program in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State commends Sri Lanka’s economic efforts (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Deputy Secretary Verma commends Sri Lanka s economic recovery efforts (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State calls on President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha announced the initiation of a pilot project for digitizing education, scheduled to commence in March.The post Sri Lanka to launch pilot project for digitization of education in March appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Pilot project to digitize education will be launched in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Education Digitization Pilot Project to launch in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Pilot project to digitize education to be launched in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Edu. Minister says no school holidays this August (Category: Breaking News)
statement in Parliament appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- “We may contest elections separately but let us collaborate in nation-building endeavors” – Pres... (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy improving, VAT can be reduced – RW (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka set to begin talks to restructure debt of $30 Billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to start restructuring talks with investors next week, Bloomberg News reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka announces $10 billion local bond swap deal ahead of IMF visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks at debt relief through nature conservation – report (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Chips Are Everywhere: But Can Sri Lanka Ride The Wave? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Biden’s order to restrict US investments in China’s tech sector opens new opportunities for India (Category: Breaking News)
- US Chips Act restricts companies from expanding production in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Adrift In Tempestuous Seas (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
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- New CEO appointed to NMRA (Category: Breaking News)
- Manoj Gamage resigns as NMRA director (Category: Breaking News)
- NMRA approval to use Oxford /AstraZeneca vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- NMRA approval to use Oxford /AstraZeneca vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the new President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA).The post Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed President of SLMA appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed President of SLMA (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed new chairman of NMRA (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed new chairman of NMRA (Category: Breaking News)
- Challenge before Sri Lanka Medical Association (Category: Breaking News)
business community in Northern Province appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and To...
- Govt to expeditiously address challenges facing business community in Northern Province (Category: Breaking News)
- Actively Participate in the Nation-Building Development Program – President extends invitation t... (Category: Breaking News)
- Utilize the authority granted by the 13th Amendment for the development of your province – Presi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna Cultural Centre opened (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Reports of consensual sex involving over 5,000 girls under 16 (hence ‘legal rape) in just one police division, Kandy, should be a cause for serious national concern. The fact that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought further information in the matter, obviously for possible corrective measures that the government could initiate could only […]
- Bill to reduce consent age for sex to 14 years withdrawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Tuition class teacher arrested for raping 15-year-old girl (Category: Breaking News)
- Riot Police deployed as staff take hospital official hostage (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil takes oaths as Finance Minister (Category: Breaking News)
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- India imposes 40% export duty on onions to calm rising prices (Category: Breaking News)
- India extends ban on onion exports indefinitely ahead of general election (Category: Breaking News)
- India extends ban on onion exports indefinitely ahead of general election (Category: Breaking News)
- India lifts ban on onion exports to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is facing a major crisis with its healthcare system as more than 1,500 doctors and specialists have left the country for overseas jobs in the last year.The post Sri Lanka’s healthcare system faces a major crisis appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top
- Sri Lankan soldiers sent to key hospitals as health workers strike (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank provides loan to strengthen healthcare in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Human rights compliant recovery measures critical to stop spiraling hunger, poverty in Sri Lanka... (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 5,000 Sri Lankan doctors to leave the country? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's Cabinet has granted approval to import 50,000 metric tons of GR11 rice (similar to Keeri Samba) and eggs to meet the shortage in the domestic market.The post Sri Lanka imports Keeri Samba, eggs and maize appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Minister explores opportunities to export eggs and chicken (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to import 42 million more eggs from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Government does not posses a buffer stock of rice or paddy at the moment – Minister of Agriculture (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government to import over 92 million eggs from India (Category: Breaking News)
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- The President desires to make the most of the development opportunities in the Indian Ocean regi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupees 1,500 million allocated for ‘Greater Kandy Urban Development Program’ – State Minister fo... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Having Proper plan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s economy is important – President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Last Hurrah For A New Parliament In March appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP’s Popularity & Ranil’s IMF Prop (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections Season & JVP/SJB Options (Category: Breaking News)
by 2040, president says appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become net zero emitter by 2040, president says (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. allocates 600 acres for proposed International Climate Change University (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe warns of climate crisis and unveils ambitious plans (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to transition to green economy at a cost (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Bailout Conditions Plus New Central Bank Act Will Close Doors To Modern Monetary Theory (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
shortage after control price appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Wholesale price of sugar reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Prices of wheat flour and sugar increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Sugar prices cannot be increased, as Rupee has appreciated – State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Sathosa revises prices of five essential items (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security Nalin Fernando at a news conference held at the Presidential Media Center on Thursday (09) said that the government will continue to import eggs at least till 31 December 2023 to ensure that there is no shortage of eggs during the festive season
- Why are eggs now better for us? (Category: Technology)
- Egg Recall Tied to Salmonella Expands (Category: USA, Georgia)
- VIDEO: Bird-like dinosaur found with eggs (Category: Technology)
- Imported great bustard eggs hatch (Category: Technology)
-study appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- India has been greatly sensitive to the needs of Sri Lanka – Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Argentina top list of most vulnerable economies  study (Category: Breaking News)
- Nomura warns seven emerging economies including Sri Lanka face currency crisis danger (Category: Breaking News)
- A citizen’s rule should be established in the country – NPP (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Doctors’ Brain Drain: Health Security Concern In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Flight Of Human Capital – A Catastrophic Fait Accompli (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
- Using Vaccines Against Covid Is Far Cheaper & Safer Than Using Local Brews! (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's private creditors have sent a proposal on how to restructure $12 billion of overseas debt, including a new type of bond designed to ease repayments in case of future economic pressure, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.The post Sri Lanka bondholders sent $12 billion debt rework proposal to government, sources say appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking ...
- Sri Lanka’s bondholders send debt rework proposal to government (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s bondholders send debt rework proposal to government (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka debt restructuring stumbles as government rejects bondholders’ proposal (Category: Breaking News)
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) handed over a consignment of fifteen thousand (15,000) bottles of drinking water to State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon on Tuesday (October 10) at the Ministry of Disaster Management intended to be distributed among flood affected communities in the Galle and Matara districts.The post Sri Lanka Red Cross Society donates drinking water to flo...
- SL Red Cross Society donates drinking water to flood-affected communities (Category: Breaking News)
- FBL donates Milk Powder to flood victims (Category: Breaking News)
- ICRC donates equipment to Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka donates tea to flood-hit Australia (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka given more time to repay Bangladesh s $200m loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka pays back $50 million to Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka repays entire $200mn loan from Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka returns another $100 million to Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
The Chinese spy ship ‘Shi Yan 6’ has entered the Malacca strait, bound for Colombo, amid confusion over whether Sri Lanka has granted access for the spy vessel to dock at Colombo. According to reports last month, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has granted Shi Yan 6 access to dock at Colombo port. However, the Sri Lankan […]
- Sri Lanka approves request to dock Chinese Research / Survey Vessel Shi Yan 6 (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel ‘Shi Yan 6’ to dock in Colombo today (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel permitted to make port call in Sri Lanka in Nov. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka grants Chinese vessel 48 hours to conduct marine research (Category: Breaking News)
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