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By R. R. M. Lilani After pledging to renegotiate its debt to Sri Lanka, China is back on track. Besides, since Sri Lanka urgently needs China to restructure its USD 7 billion debt to the country, Sri Lanka has vowed to support the dragon at this juncture by conceding to its demands. High-ranking Chinese VIPs […]
14 Sri Lankans residing in the Republic of the Sudan who were evacuated due to the prevailing crisis arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport today, and were received and warmly welcomed by Director General of the Consular Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sisira Senavirathne.
By NESHELLA PERERA Millions of less affluent Sri Lankans works in the Middle East are sending money home to keep the economy afloat while the more educated who hold higher post in developed countries keep money stashed elsewhere, Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said. “The most amount of foreign exchange generated for Sri Lanka comes from the […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India early next month, Russian officials said on Thursday. India is hosting the meeting of foreign ministers of the SCO countries in Goa on May 4 and 5. “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the meeting […]
Fourteen Sri Lankans residing in the Republic of the Sudan who were evacuated due to the prevailing crisis, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport today. They were warmly welcomed by the Director General of the Consular Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sisira Senavirathne. Their evacuation was facilitated with the coordination of the Ministry […]
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Steps are being taken to prepare the new integrated labour law to avoid the complexities of the existing employment statutes, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, recently told the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour and Foreign Employment affairs. The Minister said they will start taking opinions and suggestions of all relevant parties from […]
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Is there any place where China is not exacerbating security concerns? Nearly everywhere one looks, China is ratcheting up tensions and flexing its muscles, whether in the South China Sea, around Taiwan, along the border with India, in the East China Sea, is steadfastly supporting Russia in a maniacal war against Ukraine, penetrating foreign airspace […]
Sri Lanka's economy is expected to shrink by 2% in 2023, its central bank said in an annual report on Thursday, as the country struggled to emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka’s economy to shrink by 2% in 2023, Central Bank says appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
Saudi Arabia has facilitated the evacuation of 13 Sri Lankans from Sudan in the wake of fierce fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary group known as Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fighting erupted several days ago for the control of capital Khartoum and other strategically important locations. News agencies reported that RSF forces commanded by […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare Leaving aside the battle for grabbing political power, a crucial time has come for Sri Lanka’s parliament to work together to arrive at a consensus on the IMF’s Extended Fund facility approved for Sri Lanka as well as collaborating on a common framework for restructuring the sovereign’s debt with bilateral creditors and […]
By Dr. Ranil Senanayake Sri Lanka’s position paper on Climate Change given at the Conference for Climate Change (COP21) in December 2015 at Paris stated: “We are aware that the optimum operating temperature of chlorophyll is at 37 deg C. In a warming world where temperatures will soar well above that, food production will be […]
Draconian Patriot Act exposed By Daya Gamage Foreign Service National Political Specialist (ret) U.S. Department of State Six weeks after the September 11 attacks on American soil, the U.S. Congress passed the “USA/Patriot Act,” nation’s hurried surveillance laws that expanded the government’s authority to check on its own citizens, while simultaneously reducing checks and ...
The Government is to consider restructuring Sri Lanka’s domestic debt, but a final decision is yet to be taken, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. He said that all aspects will be looked into when restructuring Sri Lanka’s domestic debt. “Some banks are saying they will not be able to face this. Then they must […]
Sri Lanka evacuated 13 Sri Lankans from Sudan with the assistance of the Saudi Government and they were received in Jeddah by Sri Lanka’s Acting Consul General. The Foreign Ministry said that another 12 Sri Lankans are in Port Sudan awaiting evacuation. Ensuring the safety and security of Sri Lankans stranded in the Republic of […]
The signing of Exchange Notes pertaining to the provision of a project support of Japanese Yen five hundred and three million (Approximately LKR 1.3 bn) through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to strengthen infectious waste management in government hospitals in Sri Lanka has been carried out today (April 26).
China has been the world’s factory for over four decades – but that could be changing soon, as even Chinese firms are moving supply chains out of the country. While Western countries have already been doing this since 2018 after then-president Donald Trump launched a trade war against China, home-grown companies from the manufacturing giant […]
Sri Lanka is caught up in the China-Quad battle. The Indian participation in the ‘Quad’ project has further complicated matters for Sri Lanka. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ouster, last July, following a US-backed protest campaign that overwhelmed the seemingly invincible administration, underlines the urgent need for a thorough examination of external interventions. By Shamindra Ferdinando The [...
Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka will be able to pay for transactions in Indian Rupees (INR), the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Nandalal Weerasinghe said. Delivering a special address in the Webinar on ‘Economic Scenario of Sri Lanka: Current Status and Way Ahead’, organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and […]
The Government has accused the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of being involved in human trafficking. Foreign Employment and Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara told Parliament today that some JVP MPs are working as local agents for international human trafficking rings. He noted that a JVP MP from Ambalanthota was already arrested for trafficking Sri Lankans to […]
The Controller General of Immigration and Emigration has confirmed that exclusive counters will be available for foreign travellers arriving at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, from this evening (April 24).
More than three years after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the source of the virus appears to be emerging. The laboratory leak theory, which was initially considered a conspiracy theory, is gaining more and more traction among the scientific community worldwide as the natural source clues that have finally emerged recently, deliberately withheld […]
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Karl Marx had said that the society is divided on the basis of income into the rich and the poor and that the latter will get together and get rid of the rich. That did not happen, for Marx had not reckoned the influence of the middle class which stood as a buffer between the […]
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Is China using its soft power diplomacy and Buddhist narratives to lure countries with Buddhist leanings, such as Sri Lanka, to further its Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI)? The answer is yes; China is using soft power diplomacy to promote the BRI, including appealing to Buddhist countries. China has invested in temples, monasteries, and other […]
Indonesia is committed to elevate the mutual partnerships with Sri Lanka, the Ambassador of Indonesia to Sri Lanka, Dewi Gustina Tobing said. She said this at a reception hosted on the visiting Indonesia Sailing Ship “KRI Bima Suci-945” at the Colombo Port. The Indonesian Embassy, in collaboration with the Indonesian Defence Attache, Commodore Didik Kurniawan, […]