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[…]The post Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpowers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
- A French Spring Amid IMF Mission Creep: Ranil Tangoes In Paris As Macron Pivots To BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- A führer In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
Reforms to be introduced to end ‘media abuses’ President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the government was not in a position to lower the taxes. Delivering his second government policy statement to inaugurate the Fourth session of the Ninth Parliament, the President said: “Some people say that the primary taxable income should be raised from […]
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez insists on IMF approved new tax regime, warns of dire consequences unless fully implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
by Moshahida Sultana Ritu Earlier this month, the five percent electricity price hike and 78.2 percent gas price hike by the Energy and Mineral Resource Division raised concerns about the accountability of the government, and consumer rights. The December 2022 amendment of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) Act 2003 empowered the government to set […]
- The correct method of costing electricity (Category: Breaking News)
- The Petroleum Bill – its quiet passage and disquieting politics (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB restructuring proposals to be finalised in two weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB GM Eng. Rohan Seneviratne steers electricity sector toward sustainable and renewable future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Taxing Without A Mandate appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Semiotic Aspects Of The Discourse On Ethnic Conflict In Sri Lanka; A Re-Reading Of Modern Mega-T... (Category: Breaking News)
ISLAMABAD: As the year comes to a close and 2023 begins, the nation takes a reflective pause and harks back at a long year of political events that will foreshadow the election year – a new year resolution politicos hope to keep but without an economic story worth telling. Unprecedented events lashed the political waters […]
- Pakistan: Aftermath of a destabilising verdict (Category: Breaking News)
- Vain Attempts To Bowl Imran Khan Out! (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Good King Ranil and his options: Keep running or end the Executive Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
Grand plans of making former Chief of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawa-rdena would not succeed following the Supreme Court judgment on the Fundamental Rights petition filed in relation to the Easter Sunday attack, police headquarters sources said. Sources said that SDIG Jayawardena would face a disciplinary inquiry conducted by the Police […]
- Disciplinary inquiry against SDIG Jayawardena to commence soon (Category: Breaking News)
- Police action against lawyers: IGP calls for inquiry (Category: Breaking News)
- Lawyers visiting clients: SC orders IGP to put in place regulatory framework (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal calls for foreign team to investigate Easter Sunday attacks (Category: Breaking News)
Digitally Transformed Sri Lanka – Measure Your Digital Readiness Using FITIS Digital Excellence Framework Theme for the event: Focus. Fix. Future-Proof: A Guide for CXO’s The Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) the apex body for the ICT industry in Sri Lanka – Software Chapter formally known as Sri Lanka Association for […]
- ‘DigiGo.lk’ over 1 Million SMEs to Go Digital (Category: Breaking News)
- ADSTUDIO.CLOUD bags Silver at FITIS Digital Excellence Awards Ceremony 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- FITIS announces Mini INFOTEL Matara in June (Category: Business)
- Infotel 2011 to ‘Accelerate IT’ (Category: Business)
BY GEORGE BRAINE This was early 1981, and the government was planning to start a state-run television service. Applicants were invited for an inaugural training course for producers, directors, researchers, and writers. I had applied, and was called for an interview. The interview was at the newly set up National Television Planning Centre, at Kirulapone. […]
- Shelton Wirasinha, the Bard of the Wesley Manor (Category: Breaking News)
- A fish that sparked a national obsession (Category: Breaking News)
- Leading cosmetic doctor says under-30s are overdoing Botox and fillers (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranasinghe says his life in danger (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Finally, JDCSI Has A New Bishop appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Wishing Bishop Pathmathayalan Strength Over Four Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Uduvil Girls’ College Has A New Principal (Category: Breaking News)
- NEW BISHOP CONSECRATED AS THE FIFTH BISHOP (Category: Breaking News)
- The Anglican Church Annual Diocesan Council: A Jaffna Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya A recent World Food Programme report underlines the magnitude of the food crisis in Sri Lanka. The report shows that 36% of the country’s households are effectively food insecure, while 76% are engaging in “food-coping strategies.” 35% of the country’s households are “facing insufficient food consumption”, while female-headed households (44%) are “...
- The TNA’s position on Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP Leader punches plenty of holes in govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- President to intensify focus on national unity, youth aspirations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Billions Of Dollars Of Tsunami Aid Disappeared appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President’s Peace Overture Ignores Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Ram Mandir At Babri Masjid Site: Death Of Secular Democracy & Rise Of Hindutva Fascism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The TGTE; Past, Present & Future appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sinhala Colonisation Of Ancient Tamil Hindu Sites & The Importance Of Muslim, Christian, Hindu U... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera took over as the new Navy Commander today. President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, promoted Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed him as the 25th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy effective from 18th December 2022. Former Commander of […]
- Priyantha Perera appointed 25th Commander of Sri Lanka Navy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Navy promotes 1,877 personnel on its 73rd anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy Commander promoted to the rank of Admiral (Category: Breaking News)
- Rear Admiral Pujitha Vithana appointed Sri Lanka Coast Guard Director General (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Missing The Missing For 33 Years Pro-Missing With Many Missings (Category: Breaking News)
- Ethnic Conflict: From Reconciliation To Reescalation (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidents Pledge On Grazing Land Is In Question? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Political Solution Before Next Independence Day appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Enlightened Leadership To Overcome Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- A Coalition Of Power To Stay In Power Is Not What Country Needs (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconciliation Also Needs Accountability To Be Viable (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The passage of the budget by a comfortable majority confirms that the government’s parliamentary majority is holding in the face of adverse circumstances. The ruling party has lost over twenty of its members who no longer follow the party line. But the rest of them appear to be staying together despite the […]
- Missing factor in roadmap to recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- 13 A: Political parties miss Ranil’s Feb. 04 deadline for submitting their proposals (Category: Breaking News)
- Never-ending APCs (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil and SLPP hold talks on presidential candidacy in upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
Union Assurance, Sri Lankas trailblazing Life Insurer clinched multiple awards at the CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2022, held recently at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo. The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka conferred the honours in recognition of the Company’s steadfast commitment to upholding the highest standards of financial transparency, [R...
- CMA felicitates CPA Australia (Category: Business)
- CMA Sri Lanka presented Awards of Excellence in Business Management (Category: Business)
- CMA-SAFA focuses on sustainability and corporate responsibility (Category: Business)
- CMA Sri Lanka hosts SAFA Board meeting in Colombo (Category: Business)
(Al Jazeera) A plane believed to be carrying Brittney Griner landed in the United States early on December 9, 2022, nearly 10 months after the basketball star was detained in Russia and became the most high-profile American jailed abroad. Griner was exchanged for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.Biden’s authorisation to release Bout, the Russian felon […]
- How the Brittney Griner prisoner swap with Russia was done (Category: Breaking News)
- Brittney Griner, Baylor dispose of Stanford, now just one win from 40-0 (Category: USA, Texas)
- 40 and oh! Brittney Griner, Baylor fight off Irish to cap historic NCAA title run (Category: USA, Texas)
[…]The post The JVP & The Tamil People: Change The Party Line Now! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- Follow-Up On The Buddhist-Tamil Dialogue In Europe & USA (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For NPP/JVP At The Next Election (Category: Breaking News)
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Food Security Challenges Aligning With The Current Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- The Current System & Unlawful Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Narendra Fernando, Sergeant-at-Arms of the crisis-ridden Parliament, has declared that the largest number of students, in the post-independence era, visited the House on Thursday (Dec. 01). Director, Legislative Services, Janakantha Silva, who is also the Acting Director of Communication, quoted Fernando as having said that approximately 5,000 students, from 32 schools, rec...
- MPs demand stern legal action against ex-Chairman, DG on compulsory leave (Category: Breaking News)
- DG Archaeology resigns over discord with govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- Wildlife DG Advocates Bio-Piracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka appoints new DG to head the country’s Petroleum Exploration Secretariat (Category: Breaking News)
The Stax Academy, an initiative by Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm that specializes in delivering actionable, data-driven insights, recently conducted its graduation ceremony for the students of its first course in Colombo. The Academy was established as a platform to upskill future business leaders to take on the challenges of the global economy. […]
- Stax Academy celebrates second class of graduands (Category: Breaking News)
- Stax Invests in the Next Generation of Business Leaders with Launch of ‘Stax Academy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Stax acquires boutique consulting firm in London to expand its global footprint (Category: Breaking News)
- Sir Vivian Richards joins Lanka Premier League as brand ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s One Policy Framework, Debt & The System (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Has Printed The Biggest Quantity Of Money? Lakshman, Cabraal Or Nandalal? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Popular Fallacies Relating To Central Banking (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan says he could have created a situation like Sri Lanka, but he didn’t, says a news report published by the Indian Express.The IE report filed from Islamabad, said that Khan stated on Saturday his party was quitting the country’s regional and national assemblies, as he made his first public […]
- Pakistan’s Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Imran Khan injured in shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan s Imran Khan to resume protest after recovering from shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Islamabad police attempts to arrest ex-PM Khan in Lahore (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan says he could have created a situation like Sri Lanka, but he didn’t. Khan said Saturday his party was quitting the country’s regional and national assemblies, as he made his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month. Khan, a former cricket star turned politician, […]
- “Go Gota Go” = Abolish EP (Category: Breaking News)
- EP Governor refuses to budge despite threat from monks (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: MANGALAM EP 111 (Category: Video)
- Video: SNEHA EP 121 (Category: Video)
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