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Veteran banker, Faizal Salieh, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC). He has been appointed to the post with effect from 20 February 2023. Salieh served as the Chief of Corporate and Merchant Banking at ANZGrindlays Bank; COO of NDB; Executive Director/CEO of NDB Housing […]
- World Bank calls for quick restructuring of Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks support to expedite response from IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP suspends 1,137 local council members (Category: Breaking News)
- G20 backs swift resolution to Sri Lanka’s debt situation (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Bitcoinisation Of Sri Lanka Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Central Bank Rejected U.S. Billionaire’s Bitcoin Pitch (Category: Breaking News)
- Embracing the Cryptocurrency Wave, Sri Lanka Ventures into Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
By Maleeha Lodhi PAKISTAN’S bane has long been a narrow, oligarchic power elite that has dominated its politics and controlled its economy at the cost of people’s welfare and the country’s progress and development. Its entrenched position over decades meant that governance challenges multiplied with force and intensity, leaving the country with daunting problems of […]
- Economy tanks amid deafening political din (Category: Breaking News)
- Trust between two elites when financial discipline is lax (Category: Breaking News)
- COUNTERPOINT: Canceling student debt would narrow the racial wealth gap and stimulate our economy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- COUNTERPOINT: Canceling student debt would narrow the racial wealth gap and stimulate our economy (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…]The post A Painted Ship In A Painted Ocean appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Qualified Candidates Essential For System Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The National People’s Power (NPP) (Category: Breaking News)
- The Three Crossroads – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Should A Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
- Exploring Interfaith Dialogue & Cooperation: Sri Lanka’s Religious Landscape (Category: Breaking News)
- Should The Country Be Governed By As Sangha Says?: A Rejoinder (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Indian Expansionism’, JVP & AKD’s Indian Tour (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lalith Hettiarachchi: A Strong Institution Onto Himself appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Gamini Wickramasinghe: The Maverick Is Not Quiet At All As The Title Proclaims (Category: Breaking News)
- Story Of A Social Outcast: Is Salvation Only Through Education? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Failed Trump Coup: Strong Institutional Setup Saved USA (And Democracy Too) (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Failed Trump Coup: Strong Institutional Setup Saved USA (And Democracy Too) (Category: Breaking News)
India is offering 200 fully-funded scholarships for Sri Lankans, across various levels. The High Commission of India in Colombo said the scholarships are being offered for studies in prestigious Indian Institutes and Universities across subject domains but not including Medical/Paramedical, Fashion Design and Law courses. The scholarships offered exclusively for Sri Lankan nationals are for 2023-2...
- India offers around 200 fully-funded scholarships for Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- India offers scholarships for Sri Lankans in Yoga and other subjects (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka to increase cooperation in education (Category: Breaking News)
- 10 Sri Lankan youth to go to India under cultural schols (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan is gripped by a major economic crisis, with the rupee plummeting, inflation soaring and energy in short supply as IMF officials visit to discuss a vital cash injection.The post ‘We’ll end up like Sri Lanka’: Pakistan stares at economic collapse as IMF visits appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka needs laser-like focus on IMF programme implementation: Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Russia continue talks on loan for Russian oil products (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy, 13th Amendment & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hasalaka Thushara, Ayn Rand & An Instance Of Atlas Choosing To Shrug Himself appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Smoking is a drag on world economy: Tobacco Atlas (Category: Business)
- The Zoning Atlas — an important resource as Connecticut rethinks housing policies (Category: USA, Arkansas)
- Without A Code Of Ethics & Principles Of morality, No Meaning In Social Market Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Bastiat Reborn In Sri Lanka: Will His Philosophy Be Accepted By Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]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)
Sri Lanka is confident of reaching a deal with all its international creditors and securing financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said that the public have placed their trust on support from the IMF as it would create a foundation in finding solutions for the economic crisis […]
- Japan looks at investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Royal – Thomian, Sydney 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Young woman fond dead near Race Course Ground (Category: Breaking News)
- Duty-free shops at BIA relocated (Category: Breaking News)
Economics primarily drive politics and this principle applies to Sri Lanka’s relations with almost the entirety of the world’s regions. The fact that economic interdependence is compelling this country to break new ground in its ties with the Middle East bears this out fully. Over the decades, Sri
- Teheran expects enhancement of bilateral ties in all fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Oman-Sri Lanka Relations As Seen By Diplomat O.L. Ameer Ajwad (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran, Sri Lanka stress enhancing banking, trade ties (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post If No Elections, There Can Be A Democratic Uprising! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
- Challenges In The Forthcoming Presidential Elections (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)
By Rathindra Kuruwita There would be social and economic consequences of the decision to downsize the military as the rural economy in Sri Lanka had been in a state of crisis and stagnation long before the present economic crisis, Associate Professor of the London School of Economics and Political
- Multi-sector combined mechanism launched to ensure food security and nutrition (Category: Breaking News)
- We should go beyond the traditional systems to earn more foreign income  PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Army to be trimmed to 135,000 personnel by 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Abdul Kalam proposes PURA concept for Lanka's rural development (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Child’s Guide To Demand Of 182 Academics For Cancelling Sri Lanka’s Foreign Debt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
Prof. N. D. Samarawickreme (1943-2022) We owe our existence to a string of unforeseeable events, repeated arbitrary fortune. My father was born in a rural part of the country. He was the eldest of ten siblings, who survived the circumstances and transitioned out of the village. The privileged upbringing and opportunities I had stand in […]
- Prof. GH Peiris appointed Chancellor of Peradeniya University (Category: Breaking News)
- Two student leaders suspended over assault on former VC of Peradeniya Uni. (Category: Breaking News)
- Two undergrads found hanging in their hostels at Peradeniya and SJU (Category: Breaking News)
- Four students injured in ragging incident at Peradeniya University (Category: Breaking News)
The Government is to announce a new reformist program for the next 25 years, during the 75th National Independence Day on 4th February. During this celebrations to be held under the theme “Namo Namo Matha – A Step towards a Century”, the Government will announce its new reformist course for the next 25 years for […]
- Sri Lanka President gives instruction to celebrate 75th Independence day with pride, at minimal ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive development project begin in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal’s FM to attend Sri Lanka’s Independence Day celebrations (Category: Breaking News)
- Four paratroopers injured during Independence Day rehearsals (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post සේපාල්: නැගී එන බෞද්ධ පුනර්ජීවනයේ පියා ලෙස! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- සේපාල් අමරසිංහ යළි රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරයට (Category: Sinhala)
- සේපාල් අමරසිංහ යළි රිමාන්ඩ් (Category: Sinhala)
- සේපාල් ලිඛිතව සමාව ඉල්ලයි (Category: Sinhala)
[…]The post Sirimavo B’s Statesmanship Through Eric J. De Silva’s Eyes appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Stories & True Buddha Dhamma: What Do Scholars Advise? (Category: Breaking News)
- Story Of A Social Outcast: Is Salvation Only Through Education? (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To How Ranilnomics Should Be Designed & Implemented (Category: Breaking News)
- Bastiat Reborn In Sri Lanka: Will His Philosophy Be Accepted By Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economics Of Poverty & Poverty Of Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca The terrorism of the LTTE ended in May 2009, and most Sri Lankans looked forward to a dawn of peace, reconciliation and progress. Even Poongkothai Chandrahasan, the granddaughter of SJV Chelvanayagam could state that ‘what touched me the most that day was that these were poor people with no agenda ~ wearing their feelings on […]
- AKD: JVP-led NPP will not undermine India’s national security (Category: Breaking News)
- CMLS calls for talks with trade unions (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD urges northerners to help relegate political dregs into dustbin of history (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF working with a government without a mandate – Handunnetti (Category: Breaking News)
. Wasantha Athukorala of Department of Economics of the Peradeniya […]
- Woman arrested over murder of father-son duo, 31 years later (Category: Breaking News)
- Two persons arrested in connection with host of crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested for defrauding businessman of Rs. 16mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Cache of weapons found in Thihagoda (Category: Breaking News)
India’s much-awaited Digital Rupee currency (e-Rupee) was launched in the country a few days back. Its wholesale segment commenced from November 1, 2022, and Retail on December 1, 2022. In one way it is a very important historical event and in another, it is a minor one. Minor thing is that the digital transaction of […]
- Sri Lanka arrest 3 more locals over cryptocurrency fraud – police (Category: Breaking News)
- Public awareness needs to be raised of virtual currencies in Sri Lanka – CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL reminds public of significant risks in using and investing in cryptocurrencies (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL warns public with regard to risks associated with cryptocurrencies (Category: Breaking News)
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