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President Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Lanka Confectionary Manufacturers Association (LCMA) yesterday (24) at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo emphasized the potential for Sri Lanka to become a global player in the confectionery industry. He encouraged Sri Lankan confectioners to expand their horizons and tap into international markets. The President emphasi...
- President wants cocoa planted on tea estates (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe advocates expansion of Sri Lankan Confectionery Industry and Cocoa cult... (Category: Breaking News)
- President advocates expansion of Sri Lankan confectionery industry and cocoa cultivation (Category: Breaking News)
- It is imperative for all Sri Lankans to collectively advance the nation’s future without ego and... (Category: Breaking News)
A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through Parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by lengthy prison terms, Human Rights Watch’s (HRC) Meenakshi Ganguly has said in a statement. The law would seriously threaten the right to freedom of expression as […]
- Law College calls for admission applications even before release of A/L results (Category: Breaking News)
- Novel project to help second year law students (Category: Breaking News)
- Rule of Law in SL must be upheld – US Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL condemns govt. attempts to restrict freedom of expression (Category: Breaking News)
By Meenakshi Ganguly A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through Parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by lengthy prison terms. The law would seriously threaten the right to freedom of expression as Sri Lanka prepares for parliamentary and presidential elections […]
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tamils Detained For Commemorating War Dead: 9 Held Under Abusive PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Wickremesinghe Govt. Continues To Repress Freedoms Of Expression & Pursue Policies Against Minor... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: IMF / World Bank – Systemic Reforms Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Govt. Should Withdraw Draft ‘Rehabilitation’ Law: Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday, in line with market expectations, forgoing a rate cut as a new tax threatened upward pressure on expenses and fuelled concerns about inflation.The post Sri Lanka central bank keeps policy rates unchanged to tame inflation appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly cuts rates by 250 bps as inflation eases (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank further reduces policy rates (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2% year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country's financial crisis.The post Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka consumer price inflation eases to 53.2% in January but impulses still persist (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
By Prof. Amarasiri de Silva Sri Lanka, renowned for its rich cultural heritage and diverse landscapes, is grappling with an unprecedented macroeconomic crisis. This crisis has given rise to acute shortages and sharp increases in the prices of essential products, creating a complex web of challenges. At the heart of this multifaceted crisis lies a […]
- Dairy: The mirage of self-sufficiency (Category: Business)
- Egg prices expected to drop, imports unnecessary from next year – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Fix food sectors (Category: Business)
- Achieving food security:Integrated plan necessary (Category: Breaking News)
2024 presidential contest: by Shamindra Ferdinando Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella, MP, yesterday (21) said that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was having discussions with two dozen SLPP MPs who had indicated their willingness to close ranks with the main opposition party ahead of the forthcoming presidential election. The Kandy District lawmaker said that the SLPP parliamentary […...
- Prez to unveil plan on 13 A (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition made passage of 22A possible – SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB alleges Prez under SLPP pressure to give up power to dissolve Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Kiriella warns of unfortunate consequences for MPs if they vote against people’s wish (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Separation Of Powers, Rule Of Law, Corruption & SL Bankruptcy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- SL Debt Justice Collective Writes Open Letter To IMF On DDO (Category: Breaking News)
- SL not done enough says US (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
China’s consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.3 per cent year on year in December, marking a third consecutive monthly decline amid fears of deflationary risks Concerns have risen that China is facing similar issues to Japan’s so-called lost decades of stagnation China’s falling consumer prices in the fourth quarter have plunged full-year inflation to […]
- China has fallen into a psycho-political funk (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT increase could cause inflation to hit 7 percent in January – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- CCPI based headline inflation increases in November 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatar inflation hits 20-month high in Aug (Category: Business)
[…]The post Election ’24: Rajapaksa Implosion & Ranil’s Red Sea Meddling appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Election Hustling In The South & Boycott Talk In The North (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A President: Three Against One In The US & Three Against Three In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections Season & JVP/SJB Options (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Bleak Forecast For 2024 & Beyond: Politics (Security), Economics & Military appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Russian Presidential Election Results (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ugly New Face Of Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- Gathering Storms Cloud On The Horizon; Military, Political, Strategic & Economic Uncertainties A... (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Renascence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The National People’s Power (NPP) (Category: Breaking News)
- Waging Peace! (Category: Breaking News)
- Jesus, Freedom, Democracy & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Now, To Those Taxes! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Failing Banks, French Turmoil & Sri Lanka’s Contraction & Confusion (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring The Parliamentary System, The Womb Of Racism, Discrimination, Separatism & Civil Wars,... (Category: Breaking News)
- Connectivity Or Captivity? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr Amali Wedagedara In Sri Lanka, public policy lost in the neoliberal haze treats the market as a cure for all ills. Not only is the market omnipresent, but it is also omniscient and omnipotent. The charm of the ‘market’ that research and advocacy lobbyists are creating is so alluring that only a few […]
- IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Dr. Nicholas advises Lanka against swallowing IMF dope (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis seen as highlighting lessons from Greece (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar met President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum summit in Davos. A news story published by the Arab News said: Kakar arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to attend the 54th WEF summit, where he is scheduled to attend three thematic events and also […]
- President Ranil leaves for Cuba to attend G77+China summit (Category: Breaking News)
- World Green Summit Rio+20 begins today (Category: Breaking News)
- 55th Summit of ADB to be held in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- G-20 summit opens with calls for united response to pandemic (Category: Breaking News)
, but nothing will help revive the ailing economy and prevent […]
- Laws made to be broken (Category: Breaking News)
- A cosmetic reshuffle (Category: Breaking News)
- If wishes were horses … (Category: Breaking News)
- Field Marshal warns of another major revolt on 09 August (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Minorities & System Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Monk’s Imprisonment: Aragalaya Victory No. 2 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya, Political Buddhism & Ranilocracy (Category: Breaking News)
Sajith says govt.’s impending electoral defeat cannot be reversed through constitutional means By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has urged the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government to put off the two-day debate on the proposed Online Safety Bill scheduled for January 23 and 24th. The NMSJ, led by former Yahapalana speaker Karu Jayasuriya, has […]
- Tech giants concerned over Sri Lanka s Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB and SLPP move SC against Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Another petition filed challenging Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament to debate the Online Safety Bill today (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pragmatism Needs Fairness To Be Statesmanlike appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Protection Requires More Inclusive Approach (Category: Breaking News)
- The Choice Of Consensus Or Confrontation (Category: Breaking News)
- Need To Address Root Causes To Get Out Of Geneva Spotlight (Category: Breaking News)
National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced today that if the NPP government comes into power in the future, they intend to prevent politicians from misusing public funds.The post NPP will not misuse or loot a cent of public money – Anura appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Anura Kumara and Duminda Dissanayake also quit COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP wants GR to resign and Speaker to be acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- A citizen’s rule should be established in the country – NPP (Category: Breaking News)
By M. Rodwan Abouharb Associate Professor in International Relations, UCL and Bernhard Reinsberg Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow Sri Lanka received a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March amid soaring inflation, debt and a sovereign default. In exchange for US$3 billion (£2.4 billion), the government committed to spending cuts and tax […]
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Where have millions of USD invested in good governance and accountability projects et al gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- Costly UNDP ‘lessons’ for Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- SOE 2023: IPS Offers Some Inputs To Proposed Growth Lab (Category: Breaking News)
by Susantha Hewa A Shramadana (collaborative work) in a village is a good example of participatory democracy in action, where it is “of the villagers, by the villagers, for the villagers”. Of course, a few would organize and lead but they don’t stand to benefit more than the others. The coordinators would get their due praise for […]
- Welgama warns Gota against returning to active politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Better thinking on legitimacy of Aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena Cooray: An Epilogue to a Life in Deeds (Category: Breaking News)
- Are we so bad? (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Forty-eight-year-old Batticaloa District MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, popularly known as Pillayan, has been shaping the Eastern Province’s political narrative since he was a teenager. He was just 16-years old when he joined the LTTE in 1990 as a child soldier. Since then, he continued to rise in the ranks of the LTTE until […]
- Lanka needs a national liberation movement, not mere regime change:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- R. Sampanthan: ‘We cannot go on like this’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister warns of emerging racism ahead of elections (Category: Breaking News)
During a meeting between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday (11), the IMF congratulated the country on completing the first review under its program. The IMF highlighted the positive start of the program, recognizing the challenging reforms undertaken by Sri Lanka and their significant impact on the […]
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Report Card (Category: Business)
- On Track (Category: Business)
- IMF applauds Sri Lanka’s significant progress in economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) applauds Sri Lanka on significant progress in implementing economic reforms.The post IMF applauds Sri Lanka’s significant progress in economic reforms appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF applauds the country’s significant progress in implementing economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says talks with Sri Lanka make significant policy progress (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF program is exhibiting promising signs of efficacy – IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi, called on Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday evening (January 11).The post Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi commends Sri Lanka’s economic advancements appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka in January (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan s Finance Minister commends Sri Lanka s economic advancements, commitment to reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Finance Minister calls for talks on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By saman indrajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and Chief Government Whip Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had a heated argument yesterday with the former revealing that 50 government MPs had had a cruise party while children were fainting in schools due to hunger. Premadasa said that while people were starving and undergoing tremendous hardships, […]
- Sajith slams critical social media at Matale (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith promises to establish independent body to retrieve stolen public funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith claims MS offered him premiership on 71 occasions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith s appeal to international community and Sri Lankan diaspora (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 12th January, 2024 Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice and former Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya, has called for reopening the Lasantha Wickrematunge murder probe. Lasantha was the editor of The Sunday Leader, when he was assassinated on 08 January 2009. Jayasuriya has flayed successive governments for doing precious little to bring the killers […]
- KJ asks govt. to reopen Lasantha murder probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections for UNP Leadership tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Election for UNP leadership postponed tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Rukman wants Ranil removed (Category: Breaking News)
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