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[…]The post Is Sri Lanka On The Brink Of Another Covid Wave? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali the Enigma (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali to retire (Category: Sports)
- Murali – Symbol Of A Resurgent Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & Morality (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Unarmed but not peaceful (Category: Breaking News)
"There is a war in Ukraine today after the IMF intervened there."
- Sri Lanka must not overlook Russia in favour of IMF, says MP Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
- US pursuing ‘plan B’ with Prez, after Speaker turned down its offer (Category: Breaking News)
- Cannot support Sri Lanka’s IMF-bound “caretaker” president: MP Vasudeva N (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s “independent” parties to launch grand coalition on September 04 (Category: Breaking News)
"Are we trying to get out of this crisis by being caught in a western trap?" he demanded.
- Russia-Lanka �Images of Friendship� (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia to supply oil to Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- UK and Russia 'commend' investigations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Economy Heading Towards A Dangerous Phase appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka-Arab Relations (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lanka’s Quest For Stability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka: No Light Yet At The End Of The Tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- President RW’s Priority In 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time Prime Minister voted President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why Should The United States Care About Sri Lanka’s Predicament? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage (Category: Breaking News)
- Madame Ambassador Chung, Your Message Will Live On Forever! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
The United Nations (UN) has urged Sri Lanka to advance reconciliation and justice for all communities. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council at its 50th Session today that the Sri Lanka Government must ensure immediate relief for the most marginalized and vulnerable groups and prioritise social […]
- Human rights chief calls for restraint in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN human rights chief to return home as term ends (Category: Breaking News)
- UN report draws attention to economic crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights chief’s first visit to China seems to be ‘wasted historic opportunity’ (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the island nation hunts desperately for fuel amid an unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would first look to other sources, but would be open to buying more crude from Moscow. Western nations largely […]
- Finland Prime Minister ousted, conservatives win tight vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crisis raises alarm about further unrest in APAC region (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting over debt crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
China on Wednesday praised India for making “great efforts” to help Colombo to tide over its worst financial crisis even as it refuted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s remarks that Beijing has shifted its strategic focus from South Asia including Pakistan to South East Asia, saying the region still remained its priority. Sri Lanka has […]
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka virtually let down by China in securing a $2.9 billion IMF loan in December (Category: Breaking News)
- As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence (Category: Breaking News)
- The IMF standoff and the China factor (Category: Breaking News)
The South Asian region is deeply divided in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Travel website ranks Sri Lanka as the best country in South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka abstains from voting on Ukraine resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- India bolsters military and economic ties with the US and Europe amidst China’s aggression in In... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India abstain on UN resolution calling on Russia to make reparations to Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that the next three weeks will be tough for Sri Lanka. Speaking in Parliament today, the Prime Minister said that the public must use fuel and gas as carefully as possible. He also said that unessential travel should be limited as much as possible. “Therefore, I urge all citizens […]
- PM warns Sri Lanka facing threat of hitting rock bottom (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- Special Statement Delivered By President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Economic, Political & Human Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Bleak Future For Sri Lanka : 75 Years After Independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Typical Propaganda By A Corrupt Nefarious Regime! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- High Time To Repeal The PTA & Release All Prisoners Held Under It (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Elon Musk To Rescue Sri Lanka From IMF Debt Bondage? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
The president has requested in writing from several countries including Russia to buy oil.
- Oil Gush (Category: Business)
- Why is there more oil seed rape being grown? (Category: Technology)
- Shortages: Is 'peak oil' idea dead? (Category: Technology)
- New Mexico increases enforcement of clean-up at oil sites (Category: USA, New Mexico)
[…]The post What Can Ranil Get Done? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Vs. GR: Who Will Outwit Whom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A SWOT Appraisal (Category: Breaking News)
- Hold Elections & Avert A Dual-Power Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-SWOT: A Reappraisal (Category: Breaking News)
Russian oil is being supplied to Sri Lanka to produce fuel at its sole refinery as the bankrupt nation faces crippling shortages of everything from gasoline to diesel. The Russian grade of Siberian Light will be processed at Ceylon Petroleum Corp.’s refinery in Sapugaskanda,chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said in a phone interview. The country’s only refinery […]
- Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery operations resumes today after two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery to be closed due to forex shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery resumes operations (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister says have petrol but diesel prioritised for electricity (Category: Breaking News)
Lack of jet fuel in Colombo forces SriLankan, other airlines to refuel in other airports
- Price Hike (Category: Business)
- Engine Efficiency (Category: Business)
- Soft Asset (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka faces risk of international airlines pullout after fuel notice (Category: Breaking News)
Regional plantation companies and smallholders are harvesting green leaf and arranging deliveries
- Market Share (Category: Business)
- Leaf Factor (Category: Business)
- Value Trend (Category: Business)
- Leaf Trend (Category: Business)
USAID Administrator Samantha Power has assured Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe USAID support. USAID Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif said that Power held a call with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss how USAID is responding to the country’s political and economic crises. Administrator Power expressed her sympathy for those Sri Lankans who were killed or injured in the […]
- Samantha Power to visit Sri Lanka to discuss crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power notes unrest forced GR to flee Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power announces $40 million in development assistance to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Power to raise human rights issue during Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – IV: Rules-Based International Order: Normalising Global State Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in 1947, the region has made extraordinary progress, emerging as a pacesetter of global economic growth that has […]
- Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusiv... (Category: Breaking News)
- The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific (Category: Breaking News)
- EGUARDIAN and UiPath: Giving customers a competitive edge through world-class enterprise automat... (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister Peiris to visit Singapore for bilateral talks (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hold Elections & Avert A Dual-Power Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Vs. GR: Who Will Outwit Whom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A SWOT Appraisal (Category: Breaking News)
- We Are On Course To A Dual Currency Regimen (Category: Breaking News)
- Oh Frabjous Day! Calloo Callay! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Inflation – Public Enemy Number One (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- The Contribution Of The Monetary Policy For Overcoming The Current Economic Crisis Faced In Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over holding a wider election, and […]
- Somali forces claim end to deadly 30-hour hotel siege (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting in US (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
By Steve Grant In 1993 then premier of China, Zhu Rongji, stood in front of a large map on his office wall, pointed to it and saw China’s destiny. China was largely landlocked, he said, open to the sea only on one side. It was different to other great powers who looked out onto a […]
- Chinese military raises tensions everywhere it goes (Category: Breaking News)
- Obama tells Asia, U.S. ‘here to stay’ (Category: Business)
- 2023 outlook: India will mark its rise by showing leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
[…] The post Eat Lotus No More appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Parliament Of Monkeys (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- International Day To Combat Racism On Ides Of March (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Must Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
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