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IMF has estimated a sharp contraction in the economic growth this year.
- Palmer's float sinks (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Sri Lanka stocks down as economy comes to still amid fuel crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Tablet Rise (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka shares up amid renewed interest on LIOC shares; concerns remain (Category: Breaking News)
President Rajapaksa government has accused Qatar Charity of funding terrorism activities and frozen its accounts.
- Qatar Charity reopens Sri Lanka office (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatar ready to assist Sri Lankan development - Emir assures President (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatar Emir to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chemical Move (Category: Business)
"The same working arrangements will also apply to the Regional Consular offices."
- Sri Lanka parliament nominates COPE, COPA members; ex-COPE chair unhappy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Test squad for New Zealand tour 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka squads to take part in T20I and ODI series against New Zealand (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka prime minister tables parliamentary framework for bipartisan governance (Category: Breaking News)
Worst crisis in modern times
- Sri Lanka dreams of dollarized tourism Macau in Mannar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka railways seek forex from scrap metal amid currency crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation tops 60-pct in July 2022 after money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks loan from Qatar to import oil amid soft-peg instability (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mission Impossible appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Need For An Agreement With The Citizens For A Stable Political Future (Category: Breaking News)
- The Galle Face Struggle & Its Importance (Category: Breaking News)
- It’s Time To Untether The Kite! (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Fuel Crisis : VIP Lists & Fuel Queues
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
IMF is expected to issue a statement on its discussions with Sri Lankan officials on Thursday.
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- VIDEO: Govt. should be ashamed of raising fuel price (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government not to increase fuel prices in line with international prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Tablet Rise (Category: Business)
Sri Lankans are frustrated of waiting in queues for days to buy fuel, cooking gas, kerosene
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Oil Pipeline Places Over 400 Families Under Threat (Category: Breaking News)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
A confirmed petrol shipment is due on 22nd July, Sagala Ratnayaka, Chief of Staff of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. He said the Government was also attempting to secure fuel shipments at an early date. The Prime Minister met with editors and news directors of national newspapers and television stations this afternoon (29). The […]
- Government to provide free food to 10% of the population (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil briefs UN chief on Sri Lanka’s environment policy (Category: Breaking News)
- University students surround PM’s Wijerama residence (Category: Breaking News)
- Government accused of suppressing voices of MPs (Category: Breaking News)
By Anjana Pasricha NEW DELHI — In Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, a sprawling port city showcased as a financial hub to rival Dubai is being set up on 269 hectares of land dredged from the sea. It is the latest of the huge Chinese-funded infrastructure projects in the island country that include a port and […]
- Perils of Chinese Investment in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese state-owned firm to build major Sri Lanka port complex (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lana PM laments unilateral termination of Japan, India-funded projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
Dhammika Perera has been backing successive government and held posts in some while running his businesses
- Cooperative sector contributes immensely to Sri Lanka per capita income - President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s dollar crisis reason behind tax increases  Dhammika Perera (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Sri Lanka BOI chairman appointed as Transport Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shares fall for 2nd week; political, economic woes dent sentiment despite Perera’s boost (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's past diplomatic misconducts under Rajapaksa have made it difficult for Sri Lanka - official
- Fuel at affordable rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel, Health and Electricity supply declared essential service (Category: Breaking News)
- President instructs officials to use available funds to import fuel (Category: Breaking News)
Trade unions of 08 services in the health sector, including the Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU), launched a token strike today in protest of the ongoing fuel crisis.
The main stock index has fallen 4.4$% in the last two sessions.
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- VIDEO: Govt. should be ashamed of raising fuel price (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government not to increase fuel prices in line with international prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Tablet Rise (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka has sought a credit line from Qatar for fuel and gas. Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera met with the Deputy Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development today. He said he discussed a possible credit line facility for petroleum and gas. “Was informed that funds has been allocated for medical supplies and will […]
- Power crisis looms as Cabinet cancels coal tender (Category: Breaking News)
- Policy decision taken to switch to nuclear energy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks fuel from India on an urgent basis (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel pass introduced to ensure weekly quota (Category: Breaking News)
After June 28, 2022, aircraft will have to carry their return fuel according to the CA notice to airmen (NOTAM)
- Sri Lanka jet fuel shortages costing SriLankan Airlines US$7mmn a month (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka invites capable companies to supply aviation fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka relaxing CPC monopoly to end aviation fuel crunch: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Flight Capital (Category: Business)
Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary Medicine, including the Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) has decided to launch a two-day strike in protest of the ongoing fuel crisis.
Cabinet of ministers had given the approval to hike railway fares to meet the rising costs
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices again; Petrol 92 down by 40 rupees (Category: Breaking News)
- Schedule announced for Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka shares edge down on banks; policy rates awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks post best gain in two months on bargain hunting (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has decided to open the fuel import and retail sales market to companies from oil producing nations. Cabinet approval has been granted for the move, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said today. He said the companies will be selected on the ability to import fuel and operate without Forex requirements from the Central Bank […]
- Foreign companies make offers to import and sell fuel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC to assure fuel to companies that pay in USD (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel pass introduced to ensure weekly quota (Category: Breaking News)
- No disruption to fuel distribution (Category: Breaking News)
Selected firms will have to import fuel on credit and runs a currency risk
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka invites capable companies to supply aviation fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Oily Issue (Category: Business)
Oil agents asks Central Bank, Treasury to deal directly with principals
- Sri Lanka: petrol price hike will fuel inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's rising inflation in April due to escalating fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation - CB (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation:CB (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has sought petrol and diesel from India on an urgent basis. The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met with the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs of India Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, today to discuss urgent matters pertaining to bilateral energy cooperation. The meeting […]
- India and Sri Lanka sign LOC deal for urea fertiliser (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks EU assistance in economic recovery process (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin invited to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India to provide USD 55 million loan for Sri Lanka to purchase urea (Category: Breaking News)
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has accused the authorities of misleading the public on the fuel supply. BASL noted that the Minister of Power and Energy held a press conference on 26th June 2022 and the information revealed at this press conference made it clear that the public have been kept in the […]
- Court orders report on fuel purchases, distribution (Category: Breaking News)
- Only limited amount of petrol available till 23rd June (Category: Breaking News)
- Remaining petrol reserves insufficient to meet needs (Category: Breaking News)
- US seeks probe on excessive use of force at fuel stations (Category: Breaking News)
Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo...Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel - one of the necessities that the Indian ocean island nation has almost run out of amid its ongoing economic crisis.The post Sri...Click on the headline to read the full story
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- Qatari Charity Exposes President’s Anti-Terrorism Hoax (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Economy Heading Towards A Dangerous Phase (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Civilizational Twist To Indo-Lanka Relations (Category: Breaking News)
- GR Regime’s New Year Gift To Muslims (Category: Breaking News)
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- Beyond Ousting The Shamed ‘Suhartos’ Of Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Power Under Siege Within Sri Lanka’s ‘Demo-Crazy’! (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
The last shipment under Indian credit line arrived in on June 16. There has been no shipment since then
- Sri Lanka s credit line with India extended by $200 million for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka extends credit line with India by $200 million for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’ CPC may need Treasury’s help to repay India’s $700 mln – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crisis: India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel (Category: Breaking News)
Companies with more than 60-pct dollar revenues will have to pay bills in dollars
- Rupee slips 0.8% before long weekend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka's rupee fell to a record low (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Swims Against Asia's Currency Tide (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee down (Category: Business)
Minister Gunawardena requested the public to limit nonessential travel and use fuel sparingly.
- Fuel Poser (Category: Business)
- No fuel shortage due to U.S. oil sanctions on Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Petroleum Minister says CPC now receiving its normal fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
- Update on fuel delivery to Sri Lanka for the coming weeks (Category: Breaking News)
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