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Sri Lankans are hopeful that a new employment scheme with Saudi Arabia will help ease their country’s economic crisis, professionals and labour officials told Arab News, as they expect it to boost the nation’s manpower exports to the Kingdom.The post New employment scheme with Saudi Arabia sparks hope among Sri Lankan workers appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - O...
There are three most important priorities for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF Programme; implementation, implementation and implementation of the agreed upon benchmarks of the programme. Last thing we need to suddenly find is that we have gone off the track of the programme and it is suspended, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Former Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka said on Friday.The post Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka will kick off the next round of talks with creditors in the third week of April, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday, adding that the debt-stricken nation has started to receive funds from the International Monetary Fund.The post Sri Lanka to start next round of talks with creditors in April appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Japanese embassy and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund, previously known as United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund), on 16 March, 2023, issued a joint statement that dealt with the impact the developing political-economic-social crisis is having on the poor in Sri Lanka. The statement focused on the suffering of the children […]
Ambassador Palitha Kohona was invited as the guest speaker at the China International Gem and Jewelry Exhibition in Beijing on March 16 attended by many Chinese dignitaries and specialists in the gem and jewelry field. Those present included former Minister of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources and President of Gems & Jewelry Trade […]
[…]The post Failing Banks, French Turmoil & Sri Lanka’s Contraction & Confusion appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
India says under its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy it has always come forward to help debt-ridden Sri Lanka, and in the latest instance New Delhi has distributed rations in Kalmunai. Taking to Twitter, the High Commission of India in Colombo said, “Support by @IndiainSL to needy sections continues!! Glimpses of ration distribution in Kalmunai.” The cash-strapped […]
Sri Lanka will introduce new central bank legislation aimed at bolstering the bank's independence, accountability and also price stability in the country via a new inflation target, its governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 7.8% in 2022 from the previous year, government data showed on Wednesday, as the country struggled with its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.The post Sri Lanka’s Economy suffers worst contraction in 2022 appeared first on Sri Lanka News
Sri Lanka s economy shrank 7.8% in 2022 from the previous year, government data showed on Wednesday, as the country struggled with its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.
Public employees at Sri Lanka's ports, hospitals, schools, and railways went on strike on Wednesday to protest against high costs of living as the country struggles to recover from a severe financial crisis.The post Sri Lanka’s public workers strike to press for lower taxes, power bills appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance Minister, recently named three persons – all women -whose intervention supposedly brought relief to bankrupt Sri Lanka. UNP leader Wickremesinghe paid glowing tributes to Indian Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Secretary of State Janet Yellen, and IMF Managing Director and Chairman [&...
India extend its assistance to Sri Lanka without waiting on others During a recent visit by the Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Jai Shankar to Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Ali Sabri expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude to India on behalf of President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the government and people of Sri Lanka, for assisting […]
Sri Lanka needs institutional reforms in order to achieve long-term debt sustainability, said Steve Hanke, who played a key role in establishing new currency regimes in emerging markets like Argentina and Montenegro.The post Sri Lanka needs institutional changes for long-term debt sustainability, expert says appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
India had helped Sri Lanka more than any other country, especially, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said during Raisina Dialogue ‘Ideas Pod.’ While the Indian government took some bold decisions to help Sri Lanka face its economic crisis, even the Indian public came forward to support Sri Lanka, the country’s foreign minister said in […]
which coordinate the preparation and management of the financial crisis between the Central […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said Sri Lanka had secured financing assurances from all its major bilateral creditors, paving the way for the IMF board to consider approval of a long-awaited $2.9 billion four-year bailout.The post IMF board poised to approve $2.9 billion Sri Lanka bailout appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Sri Lanka's central bank raised interest rates in an unexpected move on Friday in a bid to help the country secure a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilise its crisis-hit economy.The post Sri Lanka unexpectedly raises rates to fulfil IMF bailout requirements appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eased to 50.6% in February from 51.7% in January, the statistics department said on Tuesday, as food prices eased.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
[…]The post Why Should We Beg IMF? – When More Than $36 Billion To Be Recovered appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s investment arm, said it will provide Sri Lanka with a $400 million cross-currency swap facility to help fund essential imports.The post World Bank’s IFC to provide Sri Lanka with $400 million financing appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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Sri Lanka is tangled in the worst financial crisis in over seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign exchange that forced the country to annouce a suspension of foreign debt repayments in April 2022.
Sri Lanka is tangled in the worst financial crisis in over seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign exchange that forced the country to annouce a suspension of foreign debt repayments in April 2022.The post Sri Lanka to make $2.6 billion in loan repayments in first half
Excerpted from volume ii of Sarath Amunugama autobiography I was lucky both as Permanent Secretary and a researcher in the field of family planning to spend time in the east coast which is one of the loveliest parts of Sri Lanka, with its pristine beaches and a large swath of blue sea. The Information department […]
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 2 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Sri Lanka is being seen as a harbinger of positive developments and an improved economic and financial situation for the island nation. Jaishankar during his visit to Sri Lanka reasserted India’s pursuit of the ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and the belief in not […]
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne has stated that Sri Lanka s financial crisis cannot be addressed merely by revenue raising measures, without the implementation of cost cutting and efficiency increasing measures.
[…]The post Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ministers, Tri-Services/Police, Corporates Owe Massive Amount In Electricity Bill Payments, RTI Disclosures Show appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.