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The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie J. Chung met Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry today (July 29) for a discussion.The post U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung meets Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- United States makes half a billion-dollar investment in Colombo port development (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka meets Sri Lankan President to discuss Sri Lanka’s economic and poli... (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Julie Chung slams Wimal Weerawansa’s book saying ‘that should be labelled fiction’ (Category: Breaking News)
China said on Friday it hoped "relevant parties" would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship's planned visit to a port in India's southern neighbor Sri Lanka.The post China defends military ship visit to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence – report (Category: Breaking News)
India, which is trying to expand its influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka after China made deep inroads there, said on Thursday it was aware of reports about the planned visit of a Chinese vessel to a Sri Lankan port built with money from Beijing.
Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says 931 filling stations across the island have adopted the National Fuel Pass QR code system as at 3.30 p.m. today (July 29).
Headline inflation of Sri Lanka, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100) increased to 60.8% in July 2022 from 54.6% in June 2022.
School holidays will not be given this August, Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha says.
The Health Ministry says that 143 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to address the third session of the Ninth Parliament on August 03.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved a CEB request for a power cut of three hours for the 30th and 31st of July.
Sri Lanka has resumed technical discussions with the International Monetary Fund on a potential bailout after a new government took office, the finance ministry said on Friday.The post Sri Lanka resumes bailout discussions with IMF, finance ministry says appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Japan, India and France to announce Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiation process (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF not expected to discuss Sri Lanka before year-end – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce pension scheme for self-employed people (Category: Breaking News)
Food prices up 90 percent over 12 months
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
Until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, the World Bank said today. The World Bank said the macroeconomic policy framework requires deep structural reforms that focus on economic stabilization, and also on addressing the root structural causes that created this […]
- No annual bonus for CEB employees this year (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank approves $700 million in financing support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- New Foreign Minister promises to deliver (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL Chairman claims fuel price can be reduced further (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s inflation climbed to 60.8% in July 2022 while the inflation grew by 4.5% in July, in contrast with June 2022, indicates the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI).The post Sri Lanka’s inflation climbed to 60.8% in July – CCPI appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka’s inflation increases to 66.7% in July (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation rate surges to 70.2% in August (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank Group says it is deeply concerned about the dire economic situation and its impact on the people of Sri LankaThe post No new financing to Sri Lanka until macroeconomic policy framework is ready – World Bank appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- No new financing for Sri Lanka without macroeconomic policy framework – World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank releases additional USD 250 million for Sri Lanka to sustain economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- No new financing for Sri Lanka without macroeconomic policy framework - WB (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank suspends financing to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Finance Ministry said protests and changes in administration delayed the process
- 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)
The package was said to contain a foot massager, but when inspected was found to contain 2,973 methamphetamine tablets w
- 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)
[…]The post Looking To The Past: The Political Cultivation Of An Obliging Judiciary To Violate Rights appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Few Reflections On The Sri Lanka’s Independence Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- 21st Amendment – Justifications To Bring Back 17 And Not 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 22nd Amendment: People Are Never Fooled (Category: Breaking News)
Sovereign default together with increasing economic challenges poses significant downside risks to DFCC's profitability
- Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon downgraded to RD (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s NDB downgraded to ‘A(lka)’ amid soft-peg collapse (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch affirms rating on 15 Sri Lankan Banks – Removes Watch Negative (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Singer Finance downgraded, four on rating watch: Fitch (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ‘Ranil Resign!’: Awaken Aragalaya 3.0 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How To Stop Ranil’s Constitutional Coup & Counter-Revolution (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day Thoughts: Political Economy Of The Ranil-SLPP-SLFP-UNP-SJB Convergence (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Rearguard Must Meet Its Political Nandikadal Today! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recognize The Real Ranil Regime: Aragalaya 3.0 & Recipe For Resistance (Category: Breaking News)
US top buyer
- Exports up 7.0 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka imports fall in May as credit slows with rate hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Trade deficit expands due to increased imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka investment goods, non-foods import fall overtakes oil cost in April 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
The kerb rate for the US dollar was 379/380 rupees
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is going to launch a pilot program to allocate a separate lane for bicycle users today (July 29) as there is a significant increase in the use of push bikes in Sri Lanka due to current fuel and transport problems.The post Pilot program to allocate separate lanes for bicycle users in Colombo from today (July 29) appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breakin...
- National Fuel Pass: users able to use revenue licence to register from Friday (July 29) (Category: Breaking News)
- Driving licences to be issued for individuals with total deafness (Category: Breaking News)
- Police investigation launched against Police officers harassing Female Police officers, protestors (Category: Breaking News)
- Another Unidentified dead body found in Galle Face beach in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank Group says it is deeply concerned about the dire economic situation and its impact on the people of Sri Lanka.
Has government securities
- Fitch revises NDB’s outlook to negative but affirms AA rating (Category: Business)
- NDB’s bottom line tops Rs. 1 b in 1H (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka DFCC Bank rating watch negative kept in soft-peg collapse: Fitch (Category: Breaking News)
- NDB’s PAT Up 115% (Category: Breaking News)
A 20-year old woman had died and her sister was injured after they were hit by a moving train in Wellawatte last night (July 28), police said.The post Young woman died and her sister injured in a train accident in Wellawatte appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Pregnant mother, daughter die and 4 injured in train accident (Category: Breaking News)
- Three persons killed, 17 injured in road accident in Vavuniya (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian woman killed, two including her daughter injured in accident at Hemmathagama (Category: Breaking News)
- One dead, 23 injured in bus-truck collision in Warakapola (Category: Breaking News)
India, which is trying to expand its influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka after China made deep inroads there, said on Thursday it was aware of reports about the planned visit of a Chinese vessel to a Sri Lankan port built with money from Beijing.The post India says it will protect its interests as Chinese boat heads to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Lat...
- Chinese embassy seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lankan authorities (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka Julie Chung, calling on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, has discussed the ways the U.S. can support the people of the island nation during this challenging period.
Part of a 'flexible strategic' move to boost the tourism sector
- Sri Lanka-Singapore joint venture to construct three more hotels (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to give beer licenses to cheer tourist restaurants, hotels (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to have her first Seven Star Hotel (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism Expected To Be A Major Industry In 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
Developments in Sri Lanka underline the risk of destabilising social and labour unrest throughout Asia-Pacific because of rising living costs impacting the region, S&P Global Market Intelligence said. Countries with similarly weak economic fundamentals and/ or poor economic policies have reduced resilience to external shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, high oil...
- Sri Lanka records slight drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- China confirms two-year debt moratorium offered to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Japan handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in Sri Lanka. The vital assistance will be used to provide much-needed healthcare for children, pregnant mothers, and their families, especially in some […]
- Japan to provide essential medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF (Category: Breaking News)
- UNICEF and Rotary International partner to deliver critical lifesaving supplies to families impa... (Category: Breaking News)
- Emergency relief packages for children, mothers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Parents in Sri Lanka forced to admit kids to childcare institutions (Category: Breaking News)
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