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[…]The post Being Meticulously Scrupulous! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Painted Ship In A Painted Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Buddha’s Idea Of Critical Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Tentative Recovery Of The Economy Will Not Be Stalled By The Presidential Election: Response To The Governor Of The Central Bank appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP Deserves Fairness From Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post After May Day: Now What? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s Recent Climb Is Meteoric, Yet A Long Way To Go (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Or No Election, Ranil Is done; He’s Not Fit For Office (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economic Growth, National Security, And What Next For Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The way the politics of the upcoming presidential poll is panning out, it may not be long before some external player involved in Sri Lanka’s debt-restructuring and allies aspects of economic recovery will begin hinting at the need for a national consensus on such matters. It may be the IMF, it may […]
- CB chief says Sri Lanka polls could risk economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- President insists he is not a dictator (Category: Breaking News)
- Can emergency be a hurdle to forming an all-party government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Old Wine in Older Bottles (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that he expects to increase the growth rate of Sri Lanka’s economy to up to 3% by the year 2025 and mentioned that steps would be taken to increase the salaries of government employees.The post Sri Lanka Nursing University inaugurated appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Growth rate of Sri Lanka’s economy will be increased up to 3% by 2025 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- President proposes establishing Int l University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government focuses on promoting ‘Health Tourism’ (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks ADB support to set up International University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? 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)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Aragalaya Effect Vs IMF Effect appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Behind Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ignoring The Whale, While Hooking The Sprat appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Just Rewards For Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- On Overlooking The Obvious (Category: Breaking News)
- Improvising To Overcome Tragedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Aiyo Sirisena! Cut Out The Bluff! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unraveling The Root Causes Of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Currency Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity, & The IMF: A Solution Or A Worsening Of The Problem? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? (Category: Breaking News)
- From Socialism To Success: Sweden’s Economic Evolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
Addressing the Parliament of Sri Lanka today (May 09), President Ranil Wickremesinghe provided a comprehensive overview of the country's economic journey over the past two years.The post Sri Lanka President highlights economic progress and future challenges appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka and India reach agreements on Renewable Energy, Animal Husbandry, and more (Category: Breaking News)
- President delivers special statement in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President invited all to join hands to build a prosperous Sri Lanka by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Singapore President Halimah Yacob (Category: Breaking News)
By Easwaran Rutnam President Ranil Wickremesinghe blamed Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for the crisis in the country saying things could have been different if he accepted the Prime Minister post in April 2022. The President expressed these views after delivering a statement in Parliament, Thursday. Wickremesinghe said that in 2022 he willingly embraced the task […]
- Sri Lanka President Ranil delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- “We may contest elections separately but let us collaborate in nation-building endeavors” – Pres... (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy improving, VAT can be reduced – RW (Category: Breaking News)
- President outlines his track record since assuming office in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s tentative recovery from its worst economic crisis could be stalled by presidential elections due later this year, the island nation’s central bank chief warned on Tuesday. Months-long shortages of food, fuel and medicines culminated in Sri Lanka defaulting on its foreign debt in 2022 and angry protests that led to the ouster of […]
- China to help conclude debt restructuring process in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US official to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US Assistant Secretary and Sri Lankan civil society discuss reforms (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Valuing Japan’s Moral Ethos & Economic Assistance appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The return of Japan is a victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Getting Nearer To Solution As Options Narrow (Category: Breaking News)
- War Of Attrition Will Ruin Both The Government & Country (Category: Breaking News)
- Prioritising National Interest In Navigating Geopolitical Waters (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera The visit of Japan’s foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to Sri Lanka is an indication that the relationship between the two countries is on the mend. The manner in which Japan was ousted from the special status it had once held by the previous government headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would have caused […]
- SL rejects UNHRC resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez insists on IMF approved new tax regime, warns of dire consequences unless fully implemented (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan seeks to organize SL creditors’ conference: Will China attend? (Category: Breaking News)
- As UN General Assembly Convenes, Leading Senators Unveil Resolution Urging International Coopera... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fleas Dream Of Buying A New Dog appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Opinion Vs Truth (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Political Liberation Movements Be Called Fascists? (Category: Breaking News)
- Are We Rotting Or Rotten? (Category: Breaking News)
Concluding a two-day visit, IFC’s Vice President for Asia Pacific, Riccardo Puliti, signaled IFC’s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka’s ongoing reforms and growth agenda. He also emphasized the importance of private sector-led development for inclusive economic growth. The visit served as an opportunity for Puliti to engage with key stakeholders, including meeting the President of [...
- IFC pledges fullest cooperation to Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Optimistic IFC to expand in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IFC To Double Commitment (Category: Breaking News)
by Jayasri Priyalal Jayasripriyalal59@gmail.com The greatest challenges confronting the nation-states in the current era revolve around; deplorable debt, depleted natural resources, and degraded environment. Economic growth and future prosperity for all living beings are stalled due to the varying degrees of the 3D problems emerging out of ill-conceived policy divergences propelling the linear eco...
- IMF Must Become More Than Just A Debt Collector For Private Creditors (Category: Breaking News)
- SL hopes for productive talks at IMF WB spring meetings (Category: Breaking News)
- A survival strategy amidst geopolitical rivalry (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to brief creditors on IMF deal for economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pointless Debate On The Economy When Issue At Hand Is Much Broader appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023 Will Be The Acid Test Of RW’s Magic Wand (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Demise Of Eelaventhan- My Beloved Older Brother appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- V. Anandasangaree: The LTTE Vilified Him, But History Has Vindicated Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. S. Sivakumaran – An Exemplar (Category: Breaking News)
- A Typology Of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Candidates (Category: Breaking News)
- Amirthalingam & SWRD Unleashed The Same Venom & Earned The Same Results: Two Sides Of The Same C... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The “Aragalaya“ Of 1848 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Torrington to Independence Square (Category: Business)
- Free Medical Camp At Torrington Mahal Nivasa By Apeksha Foundation (Category: Breaking News)
- Fire in Torrington Avenue (Category: Breaking News)
- An Incident At Independence Square (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 2nd May, 2024 The police have embarked on a campaign, parallel to their war on drugs, to clear busy intersections of beggars who solicit alms near traffic lights, causing much inconvenience to motorists. Scores of beggars have already been arrested and hauled up before courts for doing so, we are told. Sri Lankans drive […]
- Galle Face beggars to be sent to Ridiyagama (Category: Breaking News)
- Automobile Association of Ceylon writes to IGP on ‘beggar menace’ (Category: Breaking News)
- BEGGAR KILLER NABBED (Category: Breaking News)
- Alleged serial killer was mentally unsound (Category: Breaking News)
Over the last few decades China has not only become Africa’s largest trading partner, but is its biggest bilateral lender. In the last 15 years, trade between China and African nations reached $282.1 billion (in 2023). Out of these numbers, most of the exports to China were supplied by South Africa, Angola and the Democratic […]
- Debt owed by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to China rise to record levels: Data (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Buddhist diplomacy and Sri Lanka’s predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese lending in Africa laced with ambitions to secure UNGA votes amid Taiwan tensions (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese debt trap hurdles Zambia’s progress: Report (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants Sri Lanka to work on governance issues and to also stick to the IMF supported program. Krishna Srinivasan, IMF Director of the Asia and Pacific Department noted that Sri Lankans faced a very difficult challenge when they embarked on the IMF program. “And so far, what we’ve seen is […]
- IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF confident Sri Lanka can be put on the path to prosperity (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka can be on path to prosperity if debt sustainability achieved – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- D-day for Sri Lanka as IMF Executive Board meets to decide on EFF (Category: Breaking News)
‘Public Debt Management Bill threat to democratic governance’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Opposition MP Charitha Herath yesterday (30) alleged that the controversial Public Debt Management Bill that had been tabled in Parliament last week was aimed at bringing public sector finance entirely under the Finance Minister. Claiming that UNP leader and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his […]
- Ex-COPE Chairman alleges executive intervention in House committees (Category: Breaking News)
- Probe into country’s bankruptcy: Ex-COPE Chief going ahead with own inquiry (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Speaker’s announcement consistent with SC determination? (Category: Breaking News)
- Herath: COPE dissolution must not hinder probe into economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lessons From America appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Video: Sira Love (Making Audio) - Sidusankha Vidupathi (Category: Video)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- True Meritocracy Not The Sham Of All Party Mediocracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Separation Of Powers, Rule Of Law, Corruption & SL Bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
The Annual Economic Review and Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank for the Year 2023 points out that backtracking from the implemented and planned critical reforms will tip the economy to a state of instability. Thus, continuing with the broader political and social consensus on economic reforms will be critical to avoid recurring […]
- World Bank commends Sri Lanka s progress on fiscal, financial and economic governance reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- President reveals govt s action plan for socio-economic reforms and accelerated development (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt ready to make ongoing economic reforms a law  State Minister tells IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs strong new economic system, not reforms - President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- Has The Economy Been Assassinated & If So, Who Were The Assassins? (Category: Breaking News)
- Bankrupt Sri Lanka Celebrated Independence, But Now It Is Back To Hard Economic Realities (Category: Breaking News)
Efforts to attract international players to invest in Sri Lanka’s Oil and Gas exploration in the Mannar Basin have once again been gridlocked by legal challenges in the Court of Appeal. A statement noted that Sri Lanka’s efforts to attract and leverage international investment into exploration and commercialisation two blocks adding to over 5,000 square […]
- Sri Lankan Oil and Gas exploration grinds to a standstill amid protracted legal battle (Category: Breaking News)
- SL to offer tenders for oil exploration in 5 blocks: Premajayantha (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to auction more oil blocks in Mannar Basin (Category: Breaking News)
- All eyes on Cairn's next gas well, Sri Lanka says (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s efforts to attract and leverage international investment into exploration and commercialisation of two blocks adding to over 5,000 square kilometers with potential oil and gas resources in the Mannar Basin have once again been gridlocked by legal challenges in the Court of Appeal. According to the latest developments in the CA (Writ) Application […]
- Tenders for Oil Exploration (Category: Breaking News)
- SL to offer tenders for oil exploration in 5 blocks: Premajayantha (Category: Breaking News)
- Mannar basin now on major oil radar (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal battle brings Sri Lankan oil and gas exploration to standstill (Category: Breaking News)
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