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Sri Lanka’s central bank chief said the government has shared the terms of a $4.2 billion China debt deal with other creditors a key sticking point with countries like India paving the way for more loans from the International Monetary Fund.The post Sri Lanka gives China deal details, keeping IMF aid on track appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF to visit Sri Lanka in late August for staff-level agreement – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to officially present IMF deal, debt restructuring plans to creditors tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Says Inflation Nears Peak, Easing Pressure on Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank chief says sovereign lenders yet to outline debt talks plans (Category: Breaking News)
the controversy. The Minister said that the crisis in Sri Lanka cricket […]
- President Ranil insists ‘Jay Shah doesn’t run Sri Lankan cricket’ (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil insists Jay Shah doesn t run Sri Lankan cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Minister reveals failed bid to meet BCCI Secy (Category: Breaking News)
- Where corruption is bliss … (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday (November 16) announced the implementation of the “English for All” program in all schools and universities across the country by 2030.The post Sri Lanka to implement “English for All” program in all schools by 2030 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka President says No one will be allowed to directly or indirectly disrupt education system (Category: Breaking News)
- "I dont like to use the term 'student supppression' simply because there is no such thing" (Category: Breaking News)
- I will not allow the education of children to be taken hostage, will make education an essential... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to open new universtities to improve higher education (Category: Breaking News)
The momentous event of the week-ended-today was the presentation of Budget 2024 by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance. Usually, Sri Lankan Presidents keep away from Parliament; not Ranil Wickremesinghe, and a jolly good move it is. The Island of Tuesday November 14 headlined the VI Event as: “Prez presents Budget […]
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
By Saman Indrajith TNA Jaffna District MP M.A. Sumanthiran told Parliament on Wednesday that Rajapaksa brothers had enough money to compensate 22 million people in the country. Participating in the second reading debate on Budget 2023, MP Sumanthiran said that his party welcomed the Supreme Court determination that ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with former Finance […]
- Sumanthiran launches blistering attack on Supreme Court (Category: Breaking News)
- Sumanthiran raises serious concerns over amendment to Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: Economy Collapsed Because Public Money Has Been Stolen By MR & His Brothers (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition slams govt. for move to undermine judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya Interactions are about connections. Connections are not always about commonalities. After all, it is not just commonalities that are celebrated, it is also differences. There are many ways of celebrating differences, many ways of affirming them. The Interact Movement in Sri Lanka is now almost 60 years old. The Interact Club of […]
- Covid surge in China (Category: Breaking News)
- Holcomb Announces New Limits As COVID Cases Surge (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holcomb Announces New Limits As COVID Cases Surge (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holcomb Announces New Limits As COVID Cases Surge (Category: USA, Indiana)
Friday 17th November, 2023 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has eclipsed most other crucial issues, especially relentless attacks on the people’s democratic rights and freedoms. A group of academics has, in a letter published on the opposite page, condemned one such incident. Human rights lawyer
- LTTE rump still active internationally; Gotabaya slams C4, ABC (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE rump still active internationally, Gotabaya slams C4, ABC (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Civil rights not restored for N-E people’ (Category: Breaking News)
- CR declares creation of his new party (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe says the anticipated economic growth for the year 2024 is projected at 1.8%.The post Sri Lanka expects 1.8% Economic growth in 2024 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka budget to seek recovery for crisis-hit economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka begins crucial debt restructuring talks with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet nod to provide rice to 2 million low-income families (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ranks 64 on Global Hunger Index 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court today (November 14) ruled that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and several others are responsible for the economic crisis in Sri Lanka due to mismanaging the economy between 2019
- Gotabaya, Mahinda, Basil others responsible for economic crisis - SC rules (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court extends travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court finds Rajapaksa brothers guilty over economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court grants leave to proceed with two petitions filed over economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court has found the Rajapaksa brothers guilty of causing the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court ruled that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa were among those responsible for the crisis
- SC allows proceedings against GR, MR to proceed (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil Rajapaksa likely to step down as an MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Fears over crisis mount as GR, MR stay put (Category: Breaking News)
- GR, MR busted Rs. 40 million for just 5 overseas visits (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court today (Nov.14) ruled that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and several others are responsible for the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is grappling with.
- Playing with fire (Category: Breaking News)
- A fools` paradise (Category: Breaking News)
- Leaders and legacies (Category: Breaking News)
- Sympathy, apathy and SF`s options (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Prioritising National Interest In Navigating Geopolitical Waters appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Potentiality Of More Decisions To Come In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
- The Potentiality Of More Decisions To Come In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
- The Potentiality Of More Decisions To Come In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
- The Potentiality Of More Decisions To Come In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Reflecting On 34 Years: The JVP & The Legacy Of Comrade Rohana Wijeweera appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reflecting Back On The Politics Of My Lifetime (Category: Breaking News)
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Reflections On The April 1971 Uprising & Current Political Realities (Category: Breaking News)
A bull run in Sri Lanka’s defaulted bonds may be nearing its end as investors turn skeptical over more gains with a successful debt revamp already priced in.The post Sri Lanka’s Asia-Beating Dollar Bond Rally May Be Approaching End appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Expects Major Debt Restructuring Deals as IMF to Review Bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Sale (Category: Business)
- Bond Sale (Category: Business)
Budget highlights Following are the highlights of Budget proposals made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament yesterday: New economic and political system The President said in order not to fall back into a crisis, the economic and political system of Sri Lanka must be created anew
- Prez presents Budget to ‘build foundation of Sri Lanka’s recovery’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- President presents budget replete with reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Eran proposes raising PAYE threshold to Rs 200,000 a month (Category: Breaking News)
* Tax revenue to be raised by 47.1% in 2024 * Rs 10,000 increase for public sector workers * Pensioners to get Rs 2,500 allowance * Rs. 450 bn reserved for bank recapitalization * Four new universities to be established * 20% of state banks to be given off by Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe, […]
- Budget 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- A high-wire act (Category: Breaking News)
- President presents budget replete with reforms (Category: Breaking News)
As cricket in Sri Lanka is currently facing an institutional crisis and a shortage of talent Rs. 1.5 billion is to be allocated from the 2024 budget for the development of school cricket and for providing necessary facilities to cricket players at the provincial level. Schools and provinces
- Opening Play (Category: Business)
- UPDATE-1-Cricket-Sri Lanka's Jayasuriya to retire this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Hit Wicket (Category: Business)
- Test cap in sight (Category: Australia, Queensland)
Sri Lanka's government projected a lower-than-anticipated budget deficit for 2024 on Monday on the back of a significant jump in revenues which are crucial to keep its bailout programme from the International Monetary Fund afloat.The post Sri Lanka’s 2024 budget sets ambitious revenue, deficit targets appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka balances polls and crisis recovery in 2024 budget deliberations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans new budget 2022, original targets cannot be achieved: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s president to cut spending in interim budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s 2023 budget aims to put crisis-hit economy back on track (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan Head of the State, delivering the 2024 budget proposal to the Parliament, stated that an additional allocation of Rs. 55 billion will be directed towards completing projects that were temporarily halted due to the economic crisis and to provide necessary provisions for other capital
By N Sathiya Moorthy Guess what is unique about the unanimous parliamentary approval for disbanding the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the apex body for the sports in the country? Its possibly the first time that Parliament was unanimous on any issue in the post-Aragalaya phase after voting in Ranil Wickremesingehe as President last year. What is […]
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Sangakkara leads Lanka fightback (Category: Business)
- Zadran century leads Afghanistan to ODI win over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is likely to raise taxes and curb spending in its annual budget to meet the International Monetary Fund’s conditions and maintain a $3 billion bailout, but elections next year might see the government delay some reforms.The post Sri Lanka to use budget to meet some IMF pledges as polls near appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring: China expected to inform its support to IMF today (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board considers Sri Lanka’s loan facility for approval today (March 20) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thanks India for giving assurances to IMF for USD 2.9 Billion bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Diwali message said that the nation is gradually embarking on a path of illuminated development and called upon everyone to unite and steer Sri Lanka towards being a developed country by 2048. The full text of the Presidents message: Greetings to all Hindu devotees of Sri Lanka on this auspicious occasion […]
- A total Lunar Eclipse tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- APTOPIX Sri Lanka Hindu festival (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- APTOPIX Sri Lanka Hindu festival (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- APTOPIX Sri Lanka Hindu festival (Category: USA, South Dakota)
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday approved $150 million in financing for Sri Lanka to strengthen the resilience of the financial sector. “Sri Lanka’s economic crisis highlights the need for strong safety nets to support the financial sector. Stable and reliable banking
- Lanka signs World Bank $150 Mn deposit insurance loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Non Bank sector deposits increase, as public confidence improves – Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- CB eases lending and deposit interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan economy seen as showing consolidation over past several months (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Amid speculation of a widening rift within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) over its political future, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has called the SLPP’s bluff, challenging it to defeat the upcoming budget if they want an election. Former SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman said the SLPP can defeat the upcoming […]
- ‘Withdrawal syndrome’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Warning signal for SLPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Souls for sale! (Category: Breaking News)
- Dayasiri denies reports of his crossover to SJB (Category: Breaking News)
There was an international conspiracy to ban cricket in Sri Lanka, Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament on Friday. “All MPs agreed that high officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) must go home. This is a symbolic gesture. We must take concrete steps to send this group of crooks home. What is the process of […]
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC appoints 3-member Election Committee to elect new office bearers (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC rejects Sajith s claims of Shammi Silva s letter to ICC on political interference (Category: Breaking News)
- New constitution to be drafted for SLC Â Sports Minister informs court (Category: Breaking News)
Saturday 11th November, 2023 The incumbent office-bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are facing a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in their path in the form of a resolution Parliament unanimously passed on Thursday, calling for their ouster. This is something unprecedented, and different interpretations of the resolution have been made. The SLC administrators have chosen to […]
- Hundred and twenty two employees sacked from SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricketers not paid their salaries (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bans “Portable Horns and Hooters’ from cricket grounds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka national cricketers not paid since World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $150 million in financing for Sri Lanka to strengthen the resilience of the financial sector.The post World Bank approves $150 million to strengthen financial sector in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- $150 million from World Bank to strengthen Sri Lanka s financial sector (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank approves $150 Mn to strengthen Lanka’s financial sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka signs World Bank $150 Mn deposit insurance loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to borrow USD 150mn from World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Colombo Declaration On Elimination Of All Wars appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Towards A World Without Armies & Wars (Category: Breaking News)
- Conflict Resolution Might Be The Way Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- On Whose Side Is God? (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday said he did not support any faction vying for power of Sri Lanka Cricket. During a meeting with government MPs at parliament, the President added that his intention was to protect cricket in Sri Lanka. Laws governing the sport had to be overhauled he said, noting that the Chitrasiri Report […]
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