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[…]The post Debate Between Presidential Candidates First: A Point Of View appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reform Prospects: Missing Middle, Last Chance, Aragalaya-2? (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Year Road Map For Constitutional Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
By Jayantha Somasundaram (This articlecontinued from yesterday (25) is based on reporting by the international media on the events in Sri Lanka forty years ago.) “For day after day Tamils were beaten, hacked or burned to death in the streets, on buses, on trains – sometimes in the sight of horrified foreign tourists. Their homes […]
- JULY 1983: AS THE WORLD SAW SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Horror Of A Pogrom: Remembering “Black July” 1983 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves (Category: Breaking News)
- Niemöller’s Quote Resonating With Aragalaya’s Aim For Racial Unity! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Think 2048, Act Now appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
- If The Speaker Had Become The President, The Economic Crisis Might Have Been Eased By Now (Category: Breaking News)
- My View Completes 13 Years: Still Batting & Not-Out Yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
A highly appreciative skill of the Pakistani administration is their extensive theatricals which can deceive the most intelligent of men. Lengthy speeches in the parliament are converted into minutes packed with wise counsel. After collecting enough praises and spewing venom on the opposition, they end up ultimately doing what they would do anyway — putting […]
- Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan, IMF reach staff-level deal to release $1.1bn from bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
- Target Tool (Category: Business)
- Pakistan’s rupee plunges as IMF says mission to visit next week (Category: Breaking News)
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 6 (ANI): Former Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that things on the economic front will “remain tight” as the economy faces a severe liquidity crunch, Geo News reported. Pakistan is seeking an installment of USD 1.1 billion from the International
- Pak Rupee loses ground against dollar in interbank market (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan accepts one more IMF condition, agrees to increase interest rate by 200 basis points (Category: Breaking News)
- Tranche (Category: Business)
- Political party conspiring against IMF deal: Pakistan PM Sharif (Category: Breaking News)
In an unprecedented turn of events, Pakistan’s close allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE have asked Islamabad to forget the Kashmir issue as the country is embroiled in other complex issues that need to be resolved. “Don’t cry for Kashmir” were the innuendos used by the Middle Eastern leaders when Pakistan Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif […]
- Pakistan’s false, misleading narrative on Kashmir dispute exacerbates tensions with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Political party conspiring against IMF deal: Pakistan PM Sharif (Category: Breaking News)
- India says it has done more for Sri Lanka than IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
The local media industry has been hit hard by the prevailing economic crisis as money spent on advertising decreased by around 70 percent while production costs were on an incessant rise, journalists and media organization representatives informed the National Council Sub Committee on Economic Stabilization of Parliament. This sub-committee met on Thursday at the Committee […]
- Opposition to appoint alternative committee (Category: Breaking News)
- Loans for media personnel (Category: Breaking News)
- PB to be blamed for economic downfall (Category: Breaking News)
- SC ruling: SLPP always respects judiciary – NR (Category: Breaking News)
Australian Government-funded Skills for Inclusive Growth Program (S4IG), managed by Palladium International Group entered into an MoU with Cinnamon Hotel Management Ltd (CHML) to achieve several strategic results in Colombo recently. S4IG is a programme by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in accordance with the terms of a subsidiary agreement signed on […]
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
- I took an online ninja class and now I'm ready for the apocalypse - CNET (Category: Technology)
[…]The post National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Domestic Debt Restructuring: Another Time Bomb Clicking Down? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Apologetic Custodian Of The EPF Is Also A Victim (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Biggest Woe: What To Do When Fiscal & Monetary Policies Have Failed & Are Still Falling? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Did Bankruptcy Of Sinhala Language Help Push The Country Off The Cliff appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Clifford ‘Cliff’ Lee Gagnon (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Clifford ‘Cliff’ Lee Gagnon (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Assassination: Empty Promises Of Accountability (Category: Breaking News)
- Manslaughter By Proxy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
Passenger transport, goods transport hit
- Sri Lanka bunker firms cleared to import industrial fuel: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to operate one-third of private buses from June 06 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bus operators want tariff hike to account for central bank actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees backlash against market pricing of expensive, polluting diesel (Category: Breaking News)
New Prime Minister reveals the grim reality of the economy
- Gas Strike (Category: Business)
- Gas Demand (Category: Business)
- Fuel Switch (Category: Business)
- Litro decides not to increase domestic LP gas prices (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)
[…] The post 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
Politically-motivated violence or a riot is a form of civil disorder characterised often by what is thought of as disorganised groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against authority, property or people. A riot could also be due to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Political violence was seen in ...
- Heed people’s call for new political model (Category: Breaking News)
- Sovereign People, Legal Despotism & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- A sad state of affairs (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan elections: A new dimension (Category: Business)
With the recent relaxing of the rupee exchange rate and subsequent increase in fuel prices, trade unions and the opposition parties are conducting protest campaigns against the Government, demanding a reduction in oil prices and the cost of living. This article investigates the living conditions of citizens in the recent past and present, quality and ...
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
- The Economic Impact of Exchange Controls (Category: Business)
- Living with debts (Category: Business)
- Strategies on reducing or getting out of foreign debt (Category: Business)
The Visible Hand of the government ‘The Visible Hand’ was the title which the famed London-based economics weekly, The Economist, used when it published a special report in its issue on 21 January 2012 on the rise of state capitalism in the modern era. The title has a pun: The governments do not care to ...
- Target 2048 – Economic Democracy Principles Should Be Followed To The Letter (Category: Breaking News)
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- A monetary constitution to add on to the legal constitution? (Category: Business)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...
- Political will to settle national issue still not forthcoming despite awareness for permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
by Ravi Gee I was in Srilanka a fortnight ago for the first time. I travelled to Southern towns Kandy, Bentota and Colombo by road. I would like to share my observations, a mix of positives and negatives as below....
- Talk Economics SL: "10 yrs since the Indo-SL Free Trade Agreement" (Category: Breaking News)
- India v SL Board President’s XI (Category: Sports)
- Micromax Asia Cup – SL v IND (Category: Sports)
- IND v SL – 2nd Test – Day 1 (Category: Sports)
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