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Sri Lanka is to work with India to make Trincomalee an energy hub, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. President Wickremesinghe said that the Trincomalee District Strategic Development Plan is not targeting elections, but a project that has been initiated to benefit future generations. He said that Sri Lanka values India’s assistance in implementing the Trincomalee District […]
- Trincomalee District Strategic Development Plan not targeting elections, but a project to benefi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to push ahead with plan for Trincomalee Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Infrastructure, energy and debt on agenda as Sri Lanka president arrives in India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to focus on energy, port projects with India during presidential visit (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president's office said on Tuesday, clarifying a cabinet spokesperson's earlier comments on the matter.The post Sri Lanka to keep ‘middle-income’ status but seek concessional loans appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka -...
- Sri Lanka has asked to be de-gradudated to get IDA loans from World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President proposes ADB to establish International University on Climate Change in Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President explains Government’s tax policy while revealing the cause of inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposal for Sri Lanka to downgrade itself to low-income country (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankans have lost access to most medicine and medical supplies, setting them on course for a humanitarian disaster, Direct Relief reported. Unlike Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent hurricane batterings of Puerto Rico and Florida, Sri Lanka’s crisis grew slowly and has garnered few international headlines. But Sri Lankans are suffering amid the […]
- Americares donates more than $773,000 USD worth of medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US donates medical equipment to Sri Lanka-wide hospitals (Category: Breaking News)
- US based charity sends essential medications to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks bridge financing from Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will be closed from today (October 07) due to the shortage in foreign exchange for crude oil cargo, announced Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera.The post Sri Lanka’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery to be closed due to forex shortage appeared
- Sapugaskanda oil refinery to resume operations next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery operations resumes today after two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Forex shortage for crude import forces Sri Lanka to close refinery, but fuel supply intact: mins... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda closed due to shortage in Forex (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka tourism is yet to see large foreign visitors after political crisis ended.
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Apparel producers decry 400% off-peak electricty price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 400 m India-SL energy transaction in the pipeline (Category: Business)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
The minister said enough fuel stock is available with the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC)
- ‘Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery’ to become a separate state enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery’ to become a separate state enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel quota to be increased again next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Sapugaskanda oil refinery to commence operations again (Category: Breaking News)
CPC trade unions oppose the move citing that the government is privatizing the state-run firm
- Sri Lanka to table bill that will allow competitors to import petroleum products (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans to allow more fuel distributors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka parliament nods to liberalize petroleum sector amid protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cabinet clears plan allow new foreign fuel distributors (Category: Breaking News)
By DR L M K Tillekeratne Chairman of the National Development Committee of the ACBC It is a well-known fact that one the problems faced by Sri Lanka today is caused mainly by shortage of electricity for domestic purposes and industries. Three decades ago, only 20 % of houses had electricity
- Norochcholai running out of coal: 14-hour power cuts feared (Category: Breaking News)
- Coal power plant to resume operations (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to build a 500 MW coal power plant in Sampur (Category: Breaking News)
- A nuclear power plant for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's central bank is likely to maintain interest rates on Thursday in an effort to get a grip on inflation which has remained stubbornly high despite a sharp contraction in the crisis-hit economy.The post Sri Lanka Central Bank to hold rates as inflation worries persist appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka to hold rates as inflation slows slightly, focus on IMF bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank holds policy interest rates at current levels (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to hold rates as inflation stays high (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Human Rights Compliant Recovery Measures Critical To Stop Spiraling Hunger & Poverty In Sri Lanka: Amnesty International appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Human rights compliant recovery measures critical to stop spiraling hunger, poverty in Sri Lanka... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka urged to ensure adequate nutrition for all pregnant, breastfeeding women (Category: Breaking News)
- AI: Lanka at brink of humanitarian crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid Architecture? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? (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)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is struggling to secure dollar earnings and that has threatened its fuel, gas imports.
- Pension Plan (Category: Business)
- State Control (Category: Business)
- Circular issued for state sector workers on taking no-pay leave for foreign jobs (Category: Breaking News)
- When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Repression Without Addressing Root Causes Will Add To Misery appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The economic situation in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate on multiple fronts though slowly enough for people who can afford to pay higher prices not to notice too much. For the past four months or so there has been a relatively steady supply of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. The long queues […]
- Restoration of moral legitimacy is essential (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt.’s economic narrative gains business support but Little else (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- Repression Without Addressing Root Causes Will Add To Misery (Category: Breaking News)
Exporters' main challenge is meeting orders due to fuel and power shortages and policy uncertainties.
- Steady Exports (Category: Business)
- Solutions Mechanism (Category: Business)
- Smooth Trade (Category: Business)
- Air Cargo (Category: Business)
Claiming that a recent report indicated that at least 32 Sri Lankan citizens go abroad every hour, Chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society Karu Jayasuriya said it was a sign of a country’s rapid decline.The post Recent report shows 32 Sri Lankans migrate every hour; sign of country’s rapid decline – Karu appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka ...
- Karu Jayasuriya bestowed with the country’s highest civil honour – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya’ Award (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets Sri Lankan Diaspora in United Kingdom (Category: Breaking News)
- From Anyone But Karu To No One But Karu (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition files petition in courts against party decis... (Category: Breaking News)
A meeting was held with the minister and other stakeholders on September 06
- FAO to provide Urea, cash for crisis-hit Sri Lankan small-hold farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank to grant $110 mln loan to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for fertilizer import – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must rebuild agriculture sector immediately to prevent food shortages: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- European Union donates 3,820 tonnes of urea fertilizer to Sri Lanka’s paddy farmers (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 22nd September, 2022 The government now has another problem to contend with, an unnerving one at that; it is troubled by the prospect of having to face an election, which it is scared stiff of. The Opposition is making the most of the SLPP’s fear of elections; it has gone into overdrive to pressure […]
- LG polls to be held on 25 April (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB: Has Prez made LG polls disappear? (Category: Breaking News)
- Patali calls for LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Victory for UPFA in LG Polls (Category: Breaking News)
Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka accelerated to 70.2% in August,the statistics department said on Wednesday, as the island nation reels under its worst economic crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka inflation rate surges to 70.2% in August appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate surges to record, keeps central bank pressured (Category: Breaking News)
- NCPI based headline inflation recorded at 70.2% on year-on-year basis in August 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President’s robust economic development program leads to 62.1% drop in inflation – Min... (Category: Breaking News)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is desperately looking for tourism earning to finance its imports
- Lankan exports to Poland increase (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 150mn additional cost dampens exports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continued strong economic recovery says IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka police offered Rs. one million reward for information that could lead to an arrest of ... (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe also met King Charles III on Sunday September 18.
- Sri Lanka president meets Commonwealth secretary general in London (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president confident of strengthened ties with UK under new PM Rishi Sunak (Category: Breaking News)
- President urges SL diaspora in the UK to invest in their motherland (Category: Breaking News)
- President returns after London visit (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How We Came To This Pass: A Quest For Scapegoats (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – The Aragalaya Challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – Waiting On IMF (Category: Breaking News)
The week ended on September 15 saw 1027 suspected dengue cases reported in 23 districts
- Vaccine Hopes (Category: Business)
- Forex crunch boosts dengue spread (Category: Breaking News)
- Public Health Inspectors of Sri Lanka on strike amid a dengue outbreak (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka dengue cases double in first 19 weeks; shortage of chemicals weighs (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka still struggles to smoothen its fuel distribution due to forex shortage created by money printing
A food crisis in Sri Lanka looms as the island nation faces its worst economic disaster in decades. With food price inflation higher than 90%, even staples like rice have become almost unaffordable for many Sri Lankans. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that about 30% of the population is food insecure and that one out of […]
- Sri Lanka urges farmers to plant more rice amid crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce anti-hoarding laws for food stocks – PM (Category: Breaking News)
- FAO to provide Urea, cash for crisis-hit Sri Lankan small-hold farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines seen in a three-month period, amid fertiliser and fuel shortages during the nation's most severe financial crisis in more than seven decades.The post Sri Lanka’s economy shrinks 8.4% amid fertiliser, fuel shortages appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ...
- Worker remittance income up in August amid Government incentives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka economy shrinks 8.4-pct in 2Q amid currency crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President urges unity to safeguard economic stability amid IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- U.N. presses Sri Lanka to advance human rights amid economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Those who claimed that privatisation was the panacea for Sri Lanka’s economic ills had to present information about privatise institutions first, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday at a conference on privatisation of state assets. Dissanayake said that the SLPP had campaigned in 2019 and 2020 on a […]
- AKD: JVP-led NPP will not undermine India’s national security (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB opposes blanket privatisations (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP urges youth not to leave country, but to stay and fight (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. resorting to uncivilised measures to delay polls – JVP (Category: Breaking News)
"Sri Lanka needs to work collectively to solve the food issue in the face of the global food crisis."
- UN Food Programme, FOA warn Sri Lanka of acute food shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Food insecurity improves in Sri Lanka but prevails within specific regions- report (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Sri Lanka debates elephant capture (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Sri Lanka debates elephant capture (Category: Technology)
The multi-sector mechanism to empower rural economic revitalization centres to ensure food security and nutrition was initiated under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (September 13).The post Multi-sector combined mechanism launched to ensure food security and nutrition in Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka president calls for national food security plan as UN warns of shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- A country’s security is not only militarily but economic and food security as well – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Multi-Sector Combined Mechanism for Empowering Rural Economic Revitalization Centres to ensure f... (Category: Breaking News)
- Instructions to district and divisional secretaries to expedite the program to ensure food secur... (Category: Breaking News)
The program aims to provide fertilisers up to 1 million farmers
- Agricultural equipment at concessionary terms for Sri Lankan farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to ban tobacco cultivation (Category: Breaking News)
- Pay farmers their pension they have contributed to Anura Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Tribute to our gutsy farmers (Category: South Australia)
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