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Hatch has joined forces with Draper Startup House to unveil Colombo’s first-ever co-living space. The space marks the first phase of Hatch’s strategic partnership with Draper Startup House, and was officially opened by Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper during his recent visit to Sri Lanka. Through this initiative, Hatch serves to encourage digital nomad […]
- Hatch Enters Partnership with Draper Startup House to Strengthen Sri Lanka’s Position as a Start... (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch Opens Applications for AccelerateHer 2.0: An Accelerator Program for Budding Female Entrep... (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch fund secures investment from Mountain Lion Ventures (Category: Breaking News)
- Hatch and Sarvodaya launch “GoviLab” AgriTech Accelerator as part of National Agriculture Transf... (Category: Breaking News)
As part of the ‘Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea’ (PROMISE) project, funded by the European Union (EU), through the SWITCH-Asia Programme. Government institutions, academia, NGOs, international development organizations, and tourism industry associations, gathered, in Colombo, for a policy roundtable discussion. The PROMISE project has organized a series of policy roundtable meet...
- Solutions sought to tackle marine litter near Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka launches ambitious housing project to build one million houses (Category: Breaking News)
- US Links (Category: Business)
- Lloyds Removes Sri Lanka from Marine risk (Category: Breaking News)
Solutions have been sought to tackle marine litter in the Lakshadweep Sea between Sri Lanka, Maldives and India. As part of the ‘Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea’ (PROMISE) project, funded by the European Union (EU) through the SWITCH-Asia Programme. Government institutions, academia, NGOs, international development organizations and tourism industry associations gathered in [...
- EU funded policy roundtable held in Sri Lanka to discuss a cleaner marine environment (Category: Breaking News)
- Green economic recovery top priory for EU in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Demand for private tuition and English education in Sri Lanka increases (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s proposed internet law threatens upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
A key factor that needs to be borne in mind when introducing electric vehicles (EV) to Sri Lanka is the need to allow only manufacturer authorized brand-new vehicles of this kind into the country, it was revealed at a recent forum organized by the Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) and the Association of International Marketing […]
- Sri Lanka could benefit from global trend towards EV use – IPS study (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan ambassador to Viet Nam in warm discussion with leading Southeast Asian EV manufacturer (Category: Breaking News)
- Volt Charge: A visionary JAT Holdings joint venture redefining the Global EV charger industry (Category: Breaking News)
- It is time to support EV freedom (Category: USA, Arkansas)
[…]The post Ranil’s Arrogance Will Destroy Him For Good appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Calm Before The Storm! Aragalaya -’22 Has Rested Enough!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Relief Is Momentary, Blackhole Of A Gulf Between ‘Haves’ & ‘Have-Nots’ Is Widening! (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unmasking The Likes Of Cabraals; A National Imperative! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- With Impunity Remaining Normalised, What Hope For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Continuing Corruption: Begging IMF: Increasing Taxes appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- Government-Sponsored Terrorism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Go Set A Watchman appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Qualified Candidates Essential For System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Musings On A New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is caught in a geopolitical cold war between China and India, analysts say
- Sri Lanka to reach ECTA deal with India and FTA with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to revive FTA talks with India, China and Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian push to finalise trade agreement sparks protests in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian push to finalise trade agreement sparks protests in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
India's Jay Jay Mills already has factories employing 9,500 workers
- Fabric Fate (Category: Business)
- Margin Effect (Category: Business)
- Fabric Fortunes (Category: Business)
- Fabric Fortunes (Category: Business)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today assured the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, that he will go through with the proposed electoral reforms. “We are also bringing in the new anti-terrorist legislation. I’m going to call the Parliament to say once and for all that they must agree on electoral […]
- President to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight new foreign diplomats meet President Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil says India and Sri Lanka are two sides of same coin (Category: Breaking News)
- President questions silence of students from top schools on ragging (Category: Breaking News)
UNDP Sri Lanka launches two programmes calling young innovators to act on climate change International Youth Day (IYD) advocates for the participation of young people in actioning chang around the world. To commemorate the significance this year and to provide a platform to young leaders in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka launched two new calls for young ...
- UNDP funds workshop at Water’s Edge for youth representatives of Sectoral Oversight Committees (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka hosts Global Climate Promise Exchange Workshop (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP supports ‘HackaDev Green Innovation Challenge’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to provide anti-corruption policy support for SL to promote economic governance (Category: Breaking News)
Race between Ranil and Dullas
- Sri Lanka opposition move to express parliament’s dissatisfaction with president defeated (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party MP Ranjith Bandara appointed COPE chair (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian shipment of rice, milk powder, medicines worth 2bn arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s US$74 rice grant to reach Sri Lanka by end June (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to continue to stand by the ‘one China policy’ and support to protect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Foreign Ministry said today. The Foreign Ministry said that the assurance was given when the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor G.L. Peiris met with the Ambassador of China, Qi Zhenhong, at the Ministry […]
- Sri Lanka looks to enhance ties with Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Work of domestic mechanisms on reconciliation reviewed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka concludes bilateral consultations with Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo based Diplomatic corps briefed on present situation (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)
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)
Wickremesinghe also warned against being hyper-focused on the past.
- Sri Lanka to reach IMF staff level agreement, debt restructuring framework by end July: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals govt s action plan for socio-economic reforms and accelerated development (Category: Breaking News)
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to seek assistance from Paris Club lenders and the G7, Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris said. Foreign Minister Peiris requested continued support from Japan, both bilaterally and through multilateral channels, to mitigate the economic challenges in Sri Lanka. Minister Peiris explained that the Government of Sri Lanka will seek assistance […]
- Central mechanism to be established to streamline requests for assistance (Category: Breaking News)
- Empathy and understanding sought by Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran assures continued assistance to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK exploring avenues of support towards Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
It is necessary that the policymakers do not make the mistake of not listening to the experts in the industry
- A new program is essential to propel the plantation industry forward, encompassing the tea secto... (Category: Breaking News)
- Industry discusses Ceylon Tea’s ‘ExclusiviTea’ (Category: Business)
- Tea traders call for a wage cut (Category: Business)
- CTTA completes Colombo Tea Auction study with MTI (Category: Business)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting the economy of Sri Lanka to grow by 2.6% this year down from 3.6% in 2021.
Lanka Exhibition and Conference Services (LECS) won the Tourism Award for the Best Professional Exhibition Organiser, for the fourth consecutive year at Tourism Awards 2011. LECS was the winner of the prestigious awards for the past three consecutive years resulting in the company being inducted into the Hall of Fame. The organisation, which has a ...
- Tourism awards for Hobart (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Boost for North via Jaffna International Trade Fair 2012 from 20 to 22 Jan (Category: Business)
- SriLankan lauded for role in Tourism Promotion (Category: Breaking News)
- 11th IIFA awards to be held in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Indo-Lanka relations Indo-Lanka relations have been cordial ever since the two countries gained independence. The most notable act of magnanimity on the part of India was to cede the Island of Katchchathivu to Sri Lanka through an agreement between the two countries. Relations have intermittently been strained due to domestic ethnic issue having had a ...
- Fair winds for Sri Lanka maritime hub (Category: Business)
- Enhancing shipping traffic to Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Export or stagnate (Category: Business)
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
The keynote address delivered by Dr. Kalpana Kochar, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for South Asia, at the recently-concluded CCC Economic Summit, highlighted three fundamental flaws in Sri Lanka’s growth model. It will not be possible to achieve sustained growth of 8% without addressing these effectively. The Pathfinder Foundation, and others, has emphasised the need ...
- IMF approves disbursement of the delayed loan to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s exports to Singapore clock highest growth in 1H (Category: Business)
- FDI from India to touch $1 b in two years, says EDB Chief (Category: Business)
- New monetary policy, IMF comments today (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Economic Association or SLEA, the long-standing professional body of economists of Sri Lanka, has published some selected papers presented at its Annual Sessions in October 2011 in a volume titled ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the Midst of Global Challenges,’ the theme of the sessions. The volume, edited by two veteran economists – ...
- SLEA to release book on ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the midst of Global challenges’ (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Challenging year for Asia Pacific: UNESCAP report (Category: Business)
Case study Middle East Sri Lanka is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia and has been an important stop on the silk route or the Silk Road. It has all requirements to be one ...
- Unified branding in the tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
President of the UNCSD, Secretary General of the UN, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great pleasure for me to be here in Rio de Janeiro and to share my thoughts at this momentous event. The presence of so many Heads of State and Governments, Senior Ministers, Officials and thousands of members of ...
- Rio+20 and the developing world (Category: Business)
- President faults developed nations for environmental crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Saving environment: not task of developing countries alone: President at Rio+20 (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders gather at RIO for Sustainable Summit (Category: Breaking News)
Standard and Poor’s yesterday fired a fresh warning on Sri Lankan banking system, relegating it to a risk prone grouping that includes Nigeria. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has assigned Sri Lanka to its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) group ‘8’. At the same time, it assigned an economic risk score of ...
- Understanding Standard & Poor’s BICRA Assessment Of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Banking Industry face ‘economic & Industry’ risk – S&P (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s banking industry reflects a “very high risk” assessment of economic resilience and credit risk in the economy, and a “high risk” assessment of economic imbalances, says the Standards and Poor’s. The Rating agency in its latest Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment, assigned Sri Lanka’s Banking sectors economic risk score of ‘8’ and an industry ...
- Understanding Standard & Poor’s BICRA Assessment Of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- S&P fires warning on Sri Lankan banking system; ranked along with Nigeria (Category: Business)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
- Standard and Poor assesses SL as ‘high risk country’ (Category: Breaking News)
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