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Wickremesinghe says Sri Lanka is taking some painful reforms to come out of economic crisis
- Economic levers alone not sufficient to stimulate global economic recovery – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Non-aligned nations, once perceived as weak states, have evolved beyond that characterization -P... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka appeals to creditors for help (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank’s Check List for 2012 and beyond (Category: Business)
Series of crises SL has faced have dealt a heavy blow Reviving presents SL with an opportunity to address its long-running challenges by Sanath Nanayakkare Young people are not only the present but also the future; developing plans and policies without them is a futile exercise, they need to be the front and centre of […]
- Browns Hotels & Resorts celebrates World Tourism Day with an insightful forum (Category: Breaking News)
- Government and UNDP map out SDG investment for private sector to support recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP, EU assistance to equip tourism industry for sustainable future (Category: Breaking News)
- EU hosts the first ever “Team Europe BIOthlon” in Kalpitiya (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post HSZ Symbolizes Increasing Economic Insecurity appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, Debt Restructuring & DFNS (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya’s Unfinished Business (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Budget Crisis & Ibn Khaldun (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy (Category: Breaking News)
The British pound has fallen to a record low on Monday against the dollar and other currencies as markets react to the UK government’s biggest tax cuts in 50 years.The post British Pound hits record low against the dollar after tax cut plans appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- UK PM Liz Truss makes surprise U-turn on widely panned tax cut (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea export earnings down 5% in dollar terms, but hit record-high in rupee terms amid sharp depre... (Category: Breaking News)
- UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee further depreciates against U.S. Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Demand Of 182 Academics For Cancelling Sri Lanka’s Foreign Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine said that they were beaten and abused for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region this month.
While claiming that the international community must rise above the narrow national agenda, India said that, for its part, is taking exceptional measures at exceptional times to help its neighbours including Sri Lanka.The post India exceptional in helping neighbourhood including Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- India commits to help Sri Lanka on debt in prospective IMF program (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Sri Lanka creditors seeking debt restructuring deal without China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka appoints committee for repatriation of refugees from India – statement (Category: Breaking News)
- India plans no more funding for Sri Lanka as IMF talks progress (Category: Breaking News)
Group was captured at a checkpoint near Ukraine’s Kupiansk city and Russian troops shot one in the foot and beat them with rifle butts (Al Jazeera) A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine has alleged torture for months before escaping on foot as the Russians […]
- Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukrainian President announces rescue of seven SL students from Russian-held territory (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven Sri Lankans rescued in Ukraine reveal torture by Russian troops (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven Lankans rescued from Russian captivity not medical students- State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
India made note of the support it has given to Sri Lanka, while addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA). External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar told the UNGA at its 77th Session that India has extended credits of 3.8 billion dollars to Sri Lanka for fuel, essential commodities and trade settlement. While the global attention […]
- India ready to assist Sri Lanka secure IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- India says it has supported the entirety of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar says India helping Sri Lanka cope with crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- India extended concessional loans of over 12.3 billion dollars to Africa: Jaishankar at CII EXIM... (Category: Breaking News)
By S. V. Kirubaharan in France The United Nations definition of ‘victims’ is as follows: “Victims” means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, [̷...
- Sri Lanka rejects OHCHR evidence gathering mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Empathy and understanding sought by Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Türkiye insists will not sign resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights chief told invitation to visit Sri Lanka still stands (Category: Breaking News)
USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman had talks with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on enhanced assistance to Sri Lanka. Coleman called on Foreign Minister Sabry who is currently in the US to address the UN General Assembly. Both sides discussed enhanced assistance to Sri Lanka through collaborative projects in a follow-up to the visit by Administrator […]
- India surpasses China as largest lender for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US assures Sri Lanka continued support (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka discuss early repatriation of trafficked Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- Wiley Sri Lanka employees indulge in beach cleanup activity (Category: Breaking News)
The seven Sri Lankans in Ukraine who were allegedly captured and tortured by Russian soldiers in the Kharkiv region are not medical students, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya confirmed.
A Ukrainian journalist and the Kharkiv region’s police have disclosed horrific details about the seven Sri Lankans who were allegedly captured and tortured by Russian soldiers in the Kharkiv region near the Russian border where there has been intense fighting for months.The post Horrific details about 07 Sri Lankans captured by Russian soldiers revealed appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Br...
- Sri Lanka urged to do more for citizens freed after Russian ‘torture’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces in Kharkiv region rescued – Ukrainian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about captivity of 7 Sri Lankans by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has sought more information from the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian embassy in New Delhi on the news of the rescue of seven Sri Lankan students from Kupyansk Medical College in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine.The post Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka -...
- Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces in Kharkiv region rescued – Ukrainian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about 07 Sri Lankans captured by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka urged to do more for citizens freed after Russian ‘torture’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukrainian President announces rescue of seven SL students from Russian-held territory (Category: Breaking News)
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- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
By Easwaran Rutnam Seven Sri Lankans rescued in Ukraine have revealed how they were tortured by Russian troops. Serhii Bolvinov, head of the Investigative Department of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast said that the seven Sri Lankans, which included a woman and 6 men, were in Kupyansk at the start of a full-scale invasion. […]
- Sri Lanka top order punishes Essex (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka top order punishes Essex (Category: Sports)
- Choices (Category: Business)
- Centrally Planned (Category: Business)
By N Sathiya Moorthy President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s address at the first-ever graduation ceremony of the National Defence College (NDC) in capital Colombo reiterated four points. The first three have been repeated by successive governments and their leaders over the past three decades in particular. Initiated under the predecessor government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the […]
- Can ‘National Security’ priorities wait for economic recovery? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe calls for unified action to safeguard the Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
Seven Sri Lankans, held by the invading Russian forces since March in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, had been rescued, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the media.President Zelenskyy, in a video address, on Friday said that the civilians held captive by the Russian forces had been found in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv […]
- Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- 7 Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces since March in Kharkiv region rescued - Ukrainian p... (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven Lankans rescued from Russian captivity not medical students- State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about captivity of 7 Sri Lankans by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has sought more information from the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian embassy in New Delhi on the news of the rescue of seven Sri Lankan students from Kupyansk Medical College in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Seven Sri Lankan citizens who had been held by Russian forces since March were rescued in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said Friday.The post Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces in Kharkiv region rescued – Ukrainian President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Ukrainian President announces rescue of seven SL students from Russian-held territory (Category: Breaking News)
- 7 Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces since March in Kharkiv region rescued - Ukrainian p... (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven SL students held by invaders in Ukraine since March rescued in Kharkiv region â Zelenskyy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
Westminster Abbey has space for around 2,000 people, so only heads of state and one or two guests have reportedly been invited to Britain’s first state funeral for six decades. London: Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday in one of […]
- Lankan president met British PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets British Premier (Category: Breaking News)
- King Charles’s Coronation guest list: who’s who of everyone expected to attend (Category: Breaking News)
- President engages in cordial conversation with King Charles III (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- The JVP & The Tamil People: Change The Party Line Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
Seven Sri Lankan citizens, students of Kupyansk Medical College in Ukraine, who had been held by the Russian soldiers since March were rescued In the Kharkiv region, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Seven Sri Lankans detained by Russian troops in Ukraine have been rescued. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Sri Lankans were rescued after the Kharkiv region was recaptured from Russia. Russian troops had detained the Sri Lankan students in March. “Torture chambers where civilians of occupied cities and towns were bullied and premises where people, […]
- Horrific details about captivity of 7 Sri Lankans by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Body of Sri Lankan, killed in Russian attack while serving in Ukraine military, recovered (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankans warned against St. Petersburg University (Category: Breaking News)
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)
As calls are growing for the independence of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, which was also clearly laid out in the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there are growing concerns among certain sections whether total independence would mean lack of accountability for the actions the monetary authority takes to maintain price stability.The post Central Bank’s independen...
- Public Finance committee wants CBSL to defer pay hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha s request to the Central Bank governor (Category: Breaking News)
- President calls Opposition Party Leaders for crucial meeting on IMF proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
USAID Administrator Samantha Power today announced an additional $40 million in development assistance to Sri Lanka to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs. Power, who is currently in Sri Lanka, made the announcement after meeting farmers and discussing their issues. This assistance will support Sri Lankans as they come out of a […]
- Samantha Power to visit Sri Lanka to discuss crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power notes unrest forced GR to flee Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power assures Ranil USAID support (Category: Breaking News)
- Power to raise human rights issue during Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
The Government of Norway has decided to make structural changes in its network of diplomatic missions abroad and five overseas missions will be permanently closed, including the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo by the end of July 2023.The post Norway to close Embassy in Sri Lanka in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Norway to shut Sri Lanka embassy from 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway decides to close Embassy in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Norwegian Embassy in Colombo to close Permanently on July 31 (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway to close Embassy in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
USAID Administrator Samantha Power will raise the human rights issue during her visit to Sri Lanka. The Administrator will reinforce USAID’s support for inclusive development that promotes human rights, democracy, and good governance, USAID said today. She will also reiterate the United States’ steadfast support for a free and open Indo-Pacific region that is connected, […]
- Samantha Power urges Sri Lanka to take corrective measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power assures Ranil USAID support (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power to visit Sri Lanka to discuss crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power notes unrest forced GR to flee Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- Privatisation Of Public Assets Under Neoliberal Corporate Capitalism: Modern Evil (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
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