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[…]The post Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Taking Dictatorial Steps To Control Public Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe is budgeting in a sea of monetary instability
- Sri Lanka tax revenues grow 29-pct up to May amid inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans to cut deficit to 6.8-pct of GDP in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 31st August, 2022 Trade unions in the power and energy sectors are up in arms against a government move to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). They would have the public believe that the blame for the staggering losses the two institutions have been incurring should be laid […]
- Corporate sector offers policymakers a blueprint for CPC reform (Category: Breaking News)
- Armed soldiers forcing CPC employees to act against their will – Unions (Category: Breaking News)
- Remedy worse than malady? (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt.’s strong-arm tactics bound to fail, say petroleum unions (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has started presenting the Interim Budget Speech 2022 at 01:03 PM today (August 30).The post Sri Lanka’s Interim Budget Speech 2022 appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Contributory pension scheme for those joining state sector after 2016 – Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Rs.500M for healthcare improvement (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa made a revelation regarding a deal in which Sri Lanka is set to spend 1.5 Billion USD, exceeding the market value for 4.5 million metric tonnes of coal.The post Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader questions Government’s coal deal appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sajith Premadasa proposed Charitha Herath to be reappointed to the COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith Premadasa to contest for Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya prepared to take to the streets – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- If elected, will repeal the Online Safety Act – Sajith Premadasa (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is facing a looming food shortage after ban on fertilizer import
- Refugee Support (Category: Business)
- Food Deal (Category: Business)
- Food Acquisition (Category: Business)
- Food Oppression (Category: Business)
The government also banned rackets although eliminating rackets may be a tough nut to crack
- Going, going, gone (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Indian hopes rest on Dhoni again (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa continue to dominate Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rambuttans in abundance (Category: Breaking News)
The UK no longer advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka
- Normal Status (Category: Business)
- Travel Show (Category: Business)
- UK revises travel advisory on Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Travel Destination (Category: Business)
A fuel shortage at fuel stations across the country today was caused by a delay in unloading the cargo. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said that there was a delay in unloading the super diesel cargo yesterday due to bank clearance issues. However, he said that discharging of the cargo commenced today. The […]
- Government insists no move to resume QR system for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Special category to increase fuel quota to be tested (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol distribution to resume over next 2 days (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity and fuel declared essential services (Category: Breaking News)
The main All Share Price Index (ASPI) fell 0.66%
- Sri Lanka stocks gain on financials; Sampath Bank leads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bourse edges up after three-session fall amid continued foreign inflow (Category: Breaking News)
- Record breaking Stock Market (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is urging China to dramatically change its stance on debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, conceding that reaching a deal will be no simple task. The appeal to China, the bankrupt Indian Ocean nation’s largest bilateral lender, has emerged as a formidable challenge to Wickremesinghe, who is […]
- India’s response to debt restructuring request expected by Jan end: SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to discuss debt restructuring with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells China countries must refrain from provocation (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet discusses India’s concerns on Chinese “spy ship” (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is urging China to dramatically change its stance on debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, conceding that reaching a deal will be no simple task.The post Sri Lanka urges China to change tune on debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka asks China for help with trade, investment and tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says China’s assurances to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt received and forward... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president urges debt relief to help green transition (Category: Breaking News)
Yala cultivation of 512,000 ha would be record
- Sri Lanka mulls using imported rice for animal feed to keep farmgate prices up (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Paddy Marketing Board to issue 10,000MT of rice monthly to “destroy” monopoly (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to supply fertilizer at 25-pct cost amid looming food shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sees unexpectedly higher Yala rice cultivation: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday for talks to finalise a bailout package, including restructuring debt of about $29 billion, amid the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.The post IMF team to holds talks with crisis-hit Sri Lanka on debt restructuring appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Update...
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan – sources (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has the fifth highest food price inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank Food Security assessment. Sri Lanka is only behind Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Turkey, according to the World Bank. The Food Security Update states that there is high food inflation in almost all low and middle-income countries. Sri […]
- Sri Lanka among top 10 countries with highest food price inflation- WB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka among top 5 countries with highest food price inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Fiscal Discipline (Category: Business)
- Fiscal Discipline (Category: Business)
Lithium batteries remain on the banned list
Sri Lanka ranked 5th among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest World Bank assessment.The post Sri Lanka among top 5 countries with highest food price inflation – World Bank appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka among top 10 countries with highest food price inflation- WB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka still among 10 countries with highest food price inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka among top 04 countries with highest food price inflation – World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka among top 10 with highest food price inflation (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is among the top 10 countries with the highest food price inflation. The latest World Bank assessment places Sri Lanka at number 5 among countries hardest hit by food price inflation. Lebanon is leading the list followed by Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Turkey. Iran, Argentina, Suriname, Ethiopia, and Moldova and behind Sri Lanka. The […]
- Sri Lanka records slight drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka still among 10 countries with highest food price inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Emergency relief packages for children, mothers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
India has given Sri Lanka import credit lines and also deferred payments under the Asian Clearing Union
- S&P warns Sri Lanka of credit downgrade (Category: Breaking News)
- Miliband’s campaign: Blind to the truth and bedding falsehoods (Category: Breaking News)
- Miliband's campaign: Blind to the truth and bedding falsehoods (Category: Breaking News)
- India extends US$ 67.4 million Line of Credit to Sri Lanka for Upgradation of Colombo-Matara Rail (Category: Breaking News)
Australia recently provided Sri Lanka 75 million US dollars in food and medicine aid.
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
[…]The post Prelude To Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Gloom, LG Polls & Coalitions Of Clowns (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
Workers who appeared for the test will also be given the opportunity to appear in another field next year.
- 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 Privatizing Sri Lanka Ex-Ante IMF Bailout Of BlackRock: Adani Greenwash In Mannar & Pooneryn appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
The Australian government will lift emergency aid to Sri Lanka to AU$ 75 million as the south Asian island grapples with an economic crisis that has triggered a new surge of people fleeing on boats for Australia.The post Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan provides additional US$ 6.6 million for food and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten U.S. Congress members urge additional support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. sends Medicines and Medical Supplies worth over USD 12 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
“Estimates should be taken and a court case should be filed, to find the people responsible."
- Protestors say no to oil development (Category: Western Australia)
- Protests at BHP's annual general meeting (Category: Western Australia)
- Student Protest (Category: Business)
- Katunayaka protestors released (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Generational Shift To Face The Crisis In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
"We are seeing the pressure on the rupee easing as a result of exports growing and imports contracting."
- Emergency Package (Category: Business)
- Lanka Bond issue oversubscribed (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy recovering from flood impact - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- China emerges as Sri LankaÂ?s top lender in 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
Wijesekera said the complaint also requests the CID to look into distribution irregularities.
- Sri Lanka in talks with Petro-China International over payment arrears (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices increased in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- LIOC makes request for price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows companies to pay in dollar to obtain weekly fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
‘Inflation will not be as high as initially expected’ Inflation will not be as high as initially expected and there are signs of economy stabilising, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.Dr. Weerasinghe said that during the past few months a number of initiatives had been made to improve the economy and they were yielding […]
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- CB Governor says biggest bugbear for businesses is high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor says inflation could rise to 7% this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Governor shares Sri Lanka’s inflation success story (Category: Breaking News)
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