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With a rotated squad for their home T20I series with Sri Lanka, India head coach Rahul Dravid has called for patience as the team’s future stars find their feet. India fell to Sri Lanka by 16 runs in the second T20I in Pune, with touring captain Dasun Shanaka crowned Player of the Match after a […]
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President Ranil Wickramasinghe says that the government expects to receive India s response regarding Sri Lanka s debt restructuring at the end of this month.
Ottawa [Canada], January 1 (ANI): Canada becomes the latest country to join the list of countries who have made the Covid-19 test mandatory for flyers coming from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, beca us e of a surge in COVID-19 infections after the country rolled back its stringent “zero-Covid” policy . according to Canadian-based Television Network […]
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the need for the drafting of a new foreign policy which would enable Sri Lanka to forge broader foreign relations while safeguarding its sovereignty.The post Sri Lanka President stresses need for new foreign policies appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Dasun Shanaka led from the front with a record half-century and two wickets in Sri Lanka’s series-levelling 16-run win over India in the second Twenty20 international on Thursday. Shanaka hit an unbeaten 56 off 22 balls laced with two fours and six sixes to steer Sri Lanka to 206-6 after being invited to bat first […]
By Uditha Devapriya Somewhere in early 2015, I took the bus from Maradana to Nugegoda, the 176. It was, by all accounts, an ordinary weekday morning, and people were going about and shuttling from one workplace to another. Normally, the 176 bus can be a long ride, but on this occasion, it wasn’t. Having left […]
Foreign assistance to overcome Sri Lanka’s financial crisis will not be available as the international community has no trust in incumbent government, says the main opposition SJB. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s office in Colombo recently, Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella said that international community would not extend any support to the […...
SJB General Secretary MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara says his party has been inundated with applications for nominations to contest at the upcoming Local Government elections. Madduma Bandara said that the SJB had interviewed candidates for the second day on Tuesday at the party head office at Pitakotte. The SJB had made all necessary preparations to contest the election, he said. “The interview...
Sri Lanka will restart negotiations on trade pacts with India, China and Thailand after a four-hear hiatus, an official said on Thursday, as the crisis-hit country races to seal deals to help it rebuild its economy.The post Sri Lanka to restart trade deal talks with India, China and Thailand – official appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, acting in terms of the Regulations made under the Registered Stock and Securities Ordinance and the Local Treasury Bills Ordinance, has decided to extend the suspension of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) from carrying on the business and activities of a Primary Dealer for a further […]
Gota Go Gama protester Randimal Gamage was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today. He was arrested on his return to Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Gamage was arrested over the incident where a group of protesters had forcefully entered the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) last July. The activist was […]
During a unique operation in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani police have detained many Afghan migrants being accused of carrying military equipment according to unconfirmed sources. This comes as the detention of Afghan migrants across Pakistan has significantly increased over the last couple of weeks, in Karachi, in particular, prompting widespread condemnations on national and international levels. [&...
Ahead of the inauguration of Nepal’s new Pokhara airport, in a surprise announcement on Saturday, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu tweeted, “This (Pokhara airport) is the flagship project of the China-Nepal Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation,” writes Anil Giri, in The Kathmandu Post. Notably, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday inaugurated the country’...
Randimal Gamage, a frontline activist of the Aragalaya protest movement, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (05 Jan.).
Aragalaya activist Randimal Gamage has been arrested today (January 05) morning after he returned to Sri Lanka from overseas.The post Aragalaya Activist Randimal Gamage arrested appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Monetary and Financial Sector Policies for 2023 and Beyond
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka yesterday (December 04) laid out its short to medium-term policy path and a slew of other measures that it intends to roll out primarily to restore price stability and to maintain the financial system’s health, as Sri Lanka struggles to emerge from the worst economic crisis since its independence.The post Sri Lanka’s Central Bank lays out policies to restore pri...
‘Petroleum, water services, too, should be under electricity regulator’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The Convenor of the combined trade union front, in fuel, ports and power sectors of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), Ananda Palitha, yesterday (04) alleged that consumers had been deprived of the benefit of the continuing drop in world crude oil prices as […]
BY GEORGE BRAINE This was early 1981, and the government was planning to start a state-run television service. Applicants were invited for an inaugural training course for producers, directors, researchers, and writers. I had applied, and was called for an interview. The interview was at the newly set up National Television Planning Centre, at Kirulapone. […]
The UN has freshly prioritized the ushering of international peace as one of its foremost tasks in the days ahead and sensible sections the world over are likely to back it overwhelmingly in this historic undertaking. There is no doubt that those quarters that are sensitive to the constantly rising human costs of war and […]
Thursday 5th January, 2023 The Election Commission (EC) has stopped dilly-dallying and announced that nominations for the much-delayed Local Government (LG) elections will be accepted from 18 to 21 Jan., 2023. This is certainly good news. Some Opposition politicians are in seventh heaven. They brag that they have been able to put paid to the […]
The arbiter of last resort is Sri Lankan civil society; ultimately, it is we who must organize, come together and hold the Executive to account. They, in turn, should play a pivotal; role in combatting fraud and corruption and ensure the effective enforcement of the rule of law. Insatiable greed of the powerful few to […]
Student activist Wasantha Mudalige, who is currently in remand prison, urged the public to take to the streets in an organized manner and fight for their lives, and for their future generations. In a letter written from prison, Mudalige said that as a student movement, they are ready to make any sacrifice for the rights […]
Significant progress has been made at present in relation to the interaction with Sri Lanka’s creditors, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today. The bank said that it expects a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to materialize in early 2023. Announcing its monetary and fiscal policies for 2023, the Central Bank […]
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The United Nations says Sri Lanka will need to take difficult decisions in order to ensure long-term recovery and growth in the country. The Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja appreciated the efforts taken by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his Government in resolving the economic crisis in the country. Ms. Wignaraja reiterated […]
Lion Brewery has been named “Export Brand of the Year”. The award honours the business that has worked most purposefully, strategically and successfully with their brand in expanding into geographic markets and through significant and sustained export sales, and where the brand is documented and anchored in the company. The company won the award at […]
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Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka (AASSL) has spent approximately Rs. 225mn to relocate all duty-free electronic shops at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripla de Silva yesterday (03) declared opened the duty free shopping complex. The scope of work consisted of the construction of a new electronic mall […]