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in ‘victory cry of a new India’ appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News...
- India becomes fourth country to land on the moon (Category: Breaking News)
- Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft sends back its first photo (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil writes to Modi congratulating him on moon landing (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan makes history, becoming fifth country to land spacecraft on moon (Category: Breaking News)
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- Direct job opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan garment workers take up jobs in Russian Federation (Category: Breaking News)
- NEOM offers Sri Lankan workers ‘lifetime opportunity,’ minister says (Category: Breaking News)
- New employment scheme with Saudi Arabia sparks hope among Sri Lankan workers (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The New Kurukshetra: BJP & Opposition Alliances For The 2024 Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran-Israeli Tit For Tat, India’s Vote Marathon & Lanka’s Long Election Eve (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Politics: Modi Set For Hat Trick At Home; Caught In Dirty Tricks Abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was "eager" to work with China on areas of mutual interest, including debt restructurings for poorer countries, and that multilateral development banks needed reforms before capital increases could be considered.The post Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest...
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- India a trusted trading partner in ‘friendshoring’ strategy: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by 1 June (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a video surfaced of Mr Kaluthantri lounging on a bed draped with the presidential flag. Pictures of young men jumping […]
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass arrests in Brazil as President condemns ‘terrorist’ riots (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan arrest was illegal (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A French Spring Amid IMF Mission Creep: Ranil Tangoes In Paris As Macron Pivots To BRICS appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan tea prices that had been piping hot have cooled off as production in the world’s fourth-largest tea grower begins to recover.The post Sri Lanka tea prices dip 40% from record high on production rebound appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Prices of cup of plain tea and milk tea reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Leaf Trend (Category: Business)
- Crop Condition (Category: Business)
From the viewpoint of the South, the recent visit by a delegation of African political leaders to Russia for the primary purpose of impressing on President Vladimir Putin the need to end the conflict in Ukraine is welcome news. The visit is doubly important for at least two main reasons
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s participation in Constitution-making: the South African experience (Category: Breaking News)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Pragmatism likely to be accented in foreign policy of Southern powers (Category: Breaking News)
India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar stressed on Saturday.The post India did more for Sri Lanka than IMF – Jaishankar appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Live Updates
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- India exceptional in helping neighbourhood including Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s creditors must take proactive steps to facilitate its recovery: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Liberal Or Edible Economics: Global Disorder Worst In A Century appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Liberalism, capitalism & The Hungry Masses: “Edible Economics” Will Need To Restrain Choices (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
India regained the top inbound market for Sri Lanka’s tourism market after six months as about 20,000 Indian tourists arrived in the island nation in April 2023.The post India back as top Sri Lanka inbound tourism market appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
- India back as top Sri Lanka inbound tourism market (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to adventure travel to attract ‘quality’ tourists and help rebuild economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka drops to 76th in 2024 Tourism Development Index (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves visa-free entry for tourists from 07 countries (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka recorded 143, 039 tourist arrivals in July, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 80% of August tourist arrival target reached – SLTDA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka recognized as one of top affordable vacation destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why Sri Lanka Needs A Fusion Center For Information Sharing appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indo-Lanka Fishing Crisis: Sharing Territories For A Better Catch! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Needs A Presidential Secretariat On Blue Economy Or National Center For Ocean Reso... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
While the days of good news are going on for India, the latest good news is that our country’s currency, the rupee, is gradually making its place and influence among countries of the world. Seeing the increasing role of India in international trade, the countries of the world are coming forward
- Expect India-Russia bilateral trade to reach $50 billion, says Russian Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka wants to start rupee trade with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambitious Digital Rupee (Category: Breaking News)
By Neville Ladduwahetty During his address to the “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond”, the President “declared that Sri Lanka is at a crossroad and it was the nation’s last chance to forge ahead or fail (Daily FT, 31, 2023). Now that Sri Lanka has committed itself to the terms and conditions stipulated by the […]
- Govt. decision to give two million farming families freehold land deeds will lead to shanty town... (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Bailout: Why This Concern About Good Governance, Anti-Corruption Laws & An Independent Central Bank? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Bailout Conditions Plus New Central Bank Act Will Close Doors To Modern Monetary Theory (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan government is seeking Russian cooperation in multiple sectors, namely, tourism, air traffic, and locomotive construction, besides eyeing crude from Moscow.The post Sri Lanka mulls buying Russian oil & fertilizers appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri
- Sri Lanka secures a long-term Credit Line from Russia to procure fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Russia continue talks on loan for Russian oil products (Category: Breaking News)
- Direct employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Direct Flights to Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to establish International Trade Office to deal with International Trade Negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says ‘this is our last chance to forge ahead’ (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Like it or not, in the next big election in the country, or more of them, the IMF would be the key issue. The way the government has been dragging its feet on the relatively less important local government elections (LGE), and not all its arguments are wrong, the presidential elections […]
- India continues to support debt-ridden Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Worse than Shylock, did you say? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board approves bailout package for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US Treasury Secretary speaks to Ranil on IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post To Be Or Not To Be (A US Military Base) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sinhala-Buddhism & The Nation State Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Relevance Of A “Strategic Culture” To Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
It is welcome news for progressive opinion in the global South that some seven countries, thus far seen as having been among the poorest countries of the world, would be ‘graduating’ out of the Least Developing Country (LDC) category. Among them are; Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal and Angola
- Pitfalls of export-led growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan professionals discuss global urbanization challenges in low & middle income countries (Category: Breaking News)
- South Asia’s economic landscape: Hope and hurdles on path to prosperity (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s economy shows signs of stabilization, but poverty to remain elevated (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The recent statements by Cabinet spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardena and Prof S.R.D. Rosa, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (SLAEB) that the nation intends going nuclear not very long from now should trigger a series of far-and-against debates in the public space, starting possibly with the social media. […]
- Policy decision taken to switch to nuclear energy (Category: Breaking News)
- IAEA studying plans to build nuclear power plant in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks investors for nuclear power plants (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet discusses India’s concerns on Chinese “spy ship” (Category: Breaking News)
, says banning crypto should be an option appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - O...
- IMF chief Kristalina and Sri Lanka President Ranil discuss ongoing reforms and debt restructurin... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF chief Georgieva cites ‘fruitful exchange’ with China on debt issues (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF chief and Ranil discuss restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF flags debt restructuring hurdles for distressed economies (Category: Breaking News)
of new debt roundtable on February 17 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri La...
- China agrees to formation of global sovereign debt ’roundtable’ – IMF chief (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Georgieva to travel to China at end of March – IMF sources (Category: Breaking News)
- China, US to participate in first meeting of new debt roundtable on Feb. 17 (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt restructuring making progress in countries such as Sri Lanka – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
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)
Cassandra has groused, groaned and suffered, yes suffered both emotionally and in mere existence by the stubbornness with which the National Day parade and all that will take place tomorrow. She is joined by almost the entire population of Sri Lanka. We are greatly angered by the expense of 200 million rupees on a pointless, […]
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
[…]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)
China will resume outbound group travel to a selected group of countries, including Sri Lanka, early next month, the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. The Ministry said in a notice on its website on Friday that a pilot program will take effect on Feb 6 to allow travel agencies to open outbound group […]
- IMF in talks with China to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- First group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF wants to resolve debt crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China offers Sri Lanka debt moratorium (Category: Breaking News)
47,353 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this year, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said.The post Sri Lanka recorded over 47,000 tourist arrivals so far in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka for the first time since COVID-19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 101,362 tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
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