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By N Sathiya Moorthy It is inevitable that in the heat of an electoral battle, neighbours get mentioned, if not hurt. It is election time in India, to be followed by one or two in Sri Lanka – for the presidency and Parliament, though which would come first is known only to Mr God and President […]
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Humans, for generations, would have been envious of birds as the freedom of the skies was entirely theirs. Born with abilities of terrestrial pursuits, humans soon took to water and mastered the art of transport in water too but attempts at flying like birds were in vain, most ending in disaster! […]
… USD 5 mn paid to Iran a month By Shamindra Ferdinando Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has confirmed that consumers of petrol and diesel have been made to pay Rs. 50 to Rs. 55 per litre since the middle of last year to settle what the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owed its creditors. […]
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ECONOMYNEXT –Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe urged the public to become informants to broaden the tax net and thus reduce both overall direct and indirect taxes. The government has raised Value Added Tax (VAT), an indirect tax to 18 percent from 15 percent with effect from January 1. The move also will see some VAT […]
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Monday 27th November, 2023 The SJB has commenced collecting signatures for a public petition as part of a campaign to have those who are responsible for the current economic crisis stripped of their civic rights. Given public resentment, which is palpable, the SJB may be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of signatures for its […]
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A top Sri Lankan athlete who set national records in the pole vault has been working as a housemaid in Dubai to help support her family at home. For the last year Sachini Perera, 24, has put her athletics dreams on hold when Sri Lanka’s currency crisis and soaring medical bills made it difficult for […]
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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
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[…]The post BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Newspapers, TV programmes and video presentations have been dealing with the terrible incident that occurred in the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and on the steps leading to it, at predawn on Friday 23 July. Cassandra feels compelled to present her opinion though it is one week from that day. Experts have dissected it and […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]
by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekara Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka’s (SDJ) article, ‘Why Ranil Wickremasinghe cannot be my President in The Island 18.07.2022, discusses elegantly the constitutional issues and the fact that ‘sovereignty is in the people and is unalienable’. SDJ goes on to exemplify why RW cannot be PM as well. The editorial of the […]
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Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds) A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...
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