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[…] The post Mahinda Is Bowing Out! What About Gota? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Layman’s Long-View Of The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka: Dilemmas & Economic Programmes – Do We Consume More Than We Produce? (Category: Breaking News)
- We Are On Course To A Dual Currency Regimen (Category: Breaking News)
- Purchasing Power Parity (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Must Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess (Category: Breaking News)
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a 40 percent price hike for dozens of commonly used medicines on Saturday as the island nation labours through its worst economic crisis in decades. The post... Click on the headline to read the full story
The Ministry of Finance says international financial institutions (IFIs) have emphasized the importance of maintaining social stability and protecting democratic institutions in the country for them to assist Sri Lanka to effectively manage the economic issues confronted by the country and the people.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants social stability maintained in order to help Sri Lanka to effectively manage the economic issues. The Finance Ministry said that International Financial Institutions (IFIs), including the IMF, have emphasized the importance of maintaining social stability and protecting democratic institutions in the country for them to assist Sri Lanka to […]
- IMF decides to support Sri Lanka overcome economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China cautions Sri Lanka on IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF seeks stability to resume talks with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says technical level discussions with Sri Lanka will continue (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Hoax Of A War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Govt. woos international community (Category: Breaking News)
- The fall of Pohottuwa govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- This is a govt of the Rajapaksa, for the Rajapaksas, by the Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Civilian deaths and injuries in the Govt-LTTE conflict in the Wanni (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- What’s The Country Need Now? (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Petroleum Private Tanker Owners Association has decided to withdraw from fuel transport services with effect from midnight today (April 30).
[…] The post Ali Sabry’s Misplaced Optimism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politics Behind A Politician’s Gold (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Grand Alliance For Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Open Letter To All Parliamentarians appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lihini Seafoods expands into local market by entering LAUGFS supermarkets (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Tharu Dilena Ambaraye Song Rahal Alwis & Lihini Hettiarachchi (Category: Video)
The latest findings of the survey Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 2) have found that an overwhelming majority of Sri Lankans have been affected by the current crisis.
At a meeting with a group of ambassadors earlier this week, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris has outlined the progress made by the Sri Lankan government in addressing post-conflict reconciliation-related issues and further strengthening democracy and human rights.
All Sri Lanka's creditors will be treated equally in a planned restructuring of the country's debt, its central bank governor said on Friday, adding that he expected progress in talks with the... Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry said yesterday (April 29) his office had started initial consultations on the increase of fiscal revenue from the present 8.5 percent of the Gross Domestic... Click on the headline to read the full story
A group of parliamentarians including MPs Dayasiri Jayasekara, Udaya Gammanpila, Nimal Siripala de Silva and Susil Premajayantha who recently became independent in the parliament, have called on the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Mr. Gopal Baglay earlier this week.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved the Ceylon Electricity Board s request to impose power cuts lasting 3 hours and 20 minutes for the 2nd and 4th of May.
The US Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a “demonstration alert” ahead of the May Day rallies to be held in Colombo. The Embassy said that several demonstrations and marches are planned in and around Colombo on Sunday, May 1, 2022, to protest the economic situation in the country. “The demonstrations are likely to make […]
- US issues demonstration alert for visitors in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fail to secure court order against protests near Temple Trees (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans in Sydney stage demonstration against Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota supporters attempt to disrupt Independence Square vigil (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s finance minister has told the BBC he has no choice but to hike the country s sales tax as it faces its worst-ever economic crisis.
A group of MPs who were among the independent MPs who met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today, have been picked to take forward talks to form an all-party Government. The MPs are to have talks with the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and others to seek support for an all-party Government. The President’s Office quoted […]
- SJB to take disciplinary action against Harin and Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- SLFP did not approve MPs joining Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith removes Harin and Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
- President to ask Prime Minister to step down (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index increased to 29.8% in April from 18.7% in March, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to form an all-party government comprising all political parties represented in the Parliament, the President s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement issued today regarding the meeting held with party leaders and representatives who now sit independently in Parliament.
- Kamala Harris' VP win is huge for HBCUs, Tougaloo president says (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
A large consignment of medicinal drugs and other medical supplies gifted by the people of India arrived in Sri Lanka today (April 29).
Finance Ministry will issue a new gazette notification under the Import and Export Control Act, making all payments on imports to Sri Lanka through a banking system compulsory, says the Central Bank Governor.
The electricity supply will not be interrupted on the 01st of May and the 3rd of May, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says.
Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country’s worst economic crisis in decades,... Click on the headline to read the full story
India today handed over a large consignment of drugs and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka. High Commissioner Gopal Baglay handed over the supplies to the Minister of Health Channa Jayasumana in Colombo. Indian Naval Ship Ghariyal was specially deployed for ensuring expeditious delivery of the medical consignment, a gift from the people of India. […]
- Indian ship with large humanitarian assistance to arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Humanitarian assistance worth over Rs 2 billion arrives from India (Category: Breaking News)
- India hands over drugs and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka sign LOC deal for urea fertiliser (Category: Breaking News)
Nine out of 10 Sri Lankans hold the opinion that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign and that the Rajapaksa family should leave Sri Lankan politics. The Confidence in Democratic Governance Index (Wave 2) conducted by Social Indicator (SI), the survey research arm of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) found that 87% support the […]
- Sri Lankans in Sydney stage demonstration against Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves proposal for 21st Amendment (Category: Breaking News)
- Resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- Go Gota Gama at Galle Face marks 50 days (Category: Breaking News)
22-04-2022, Amsterdam: In the latest series of EFSAS interviews, Mr. Junaid Qureshi (Director EFSAS) welcomed virtually Professor Mick Moore, a highly regarded political economist and professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is also the founding CEO of the International Centre for Tax and Development and was appointed […]
- Sri Lanka state finances would improve with domestic domestic restructure: think tank (Category: Breaking News)
- China leaves crisis-ridden Sri Lanka in the lurch to fend for itself (Category: Breaking News)
- 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball (Category: Breaking News)
- A Generational Shift To Face The Crisis In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly today adopted a unanimous resolution urging the Union Government to consider the state government’s request immediately to send humanitarian assistance worth Rs 123 crore including rice, life-saving drugs and milk powder for children to the people of Sri Lanka who are now suffering due to the economic crisis. “The Tamil […]
- Stalin thanks Jaishankar for accepting Tamil Nadu’s request to help Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil diaspora recognises hopeful developments in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu sends another shipment of relief goods to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Stalin accuses Sri Lankans of attacking Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
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