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- 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)
The cabinet has given the approval to re-initiate the operation effecting from July 01,2022
- Chennai-Jaffna flights to commence on Monday (Category: Breaking News)
- Chennai-Jaffna flights resume after nearly three years (Category: Breaking News)
- Passengers Stranded At Hartsfield Jackson Int'l Airport (Category: USA, Georgia)
- India, Maldives accused of reneging on commitments to Palaly, Ratmalana (Category: Breaking News)
Agriculture contracted 6.8 percent, industry shrank 4.7 percent but service grew 0.7 percent
- 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)
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)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the crisis in Sri Lanka at the G-7 summit in Germany. Modi was quoted as saying that India is helping Sri Lanka to ensure food security. “We have dispatched about 35,000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the last few months
- Ranil to visit India next month for talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Bandula unaware if MPs don’t have 3 meals a day (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 66 % Sri Lankans reduced number of meals eaten daily (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi govt gives major push to free trade pacts as exports, job creation become critical (Category: Breaking News)
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)
International Medical Health Organization (IMHO) helps during the economic crisis with donation to Ministry of HealthMEDIA STATEMENT
- More doctors should specialize in judicial medicine & anaesthesiology (Category: Breaking News)
- State health leaders sounding the alarm (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Vaccinations within Black communities are down in Mississippi, state says (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- 5 reasons to prioritize better sleep in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
The visiting high-level delegation representing the US State Department and US Treasury Department has met with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a short while ago.
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)
A high-level US delegation held talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo today. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung said that they discussed Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. “It’s a challenging time, but we continue to deliver assistance
- President decides not to extend State of Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee continues to strengthen against USD (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 MT of rice donated by China arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Media accused of damaging Sri Lanka’s image (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)
[…]The post Bailing Out The ‘Gota’ Led Regime; A Wasted Exercise! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 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 post Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Foreign Borrowings: Are They An Evil Or Not? (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Demand Of 182 Academics For Cancelling Sri Lanka’s Foreign Debt (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)
“We’re ready to take it up,” said Dissanayake.
- NPP ready to lead Interim Government – Anura (Category: Breaking News)
- FSP Leader calls for reviving Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP ready to bring Colombo under siege: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP wants GR to resign and Speaker to be acting President (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)
“Even today fewer than 10 per cent of buses are running. Drivers are on strike because they have no fuel."
- Sri Lanka to release fuel for essential services only: cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- GOVERNMENT TO SPEND 1.9 BILLION RUPEES TO GRANT RELIEF FOR FUEL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka economy slowly grinding to a halt as monetary instability hits fuel imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Rural Credit (Category: Business)
Stocks fall for the first time in five 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)
Monetary meltdown worsens as money printed to keep rates down and pay state worker salaries
- Sri Lanka allocates 1.9 billion rupees a month to provide relief from high fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Only essential services eligible to obtain fuel from midnight today (June 27) (Category: Breaking News)
- AG ordered to submit proper fuel distribution mechanism for essential services (Category: Breaking News)
- Metre taxis to charge Rs.2 more from 2nd km onwards (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka unable to import fuel due to broken soft-peg
- Bus fare hike needed with fuel price hike, says Gemunu (Category: Breaking News)
- Private bus men vow action (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel Poser (Category: Business)
- Price Hike (Category: Business)
Promises inputs amid soft-peg crisis
- Leaf Level (Category: Business)
- Cultivating Clones (Category: Business)
- Demand Effect (Category: Business)
- Green Leaf (Category: Business)
ASPI down 2.06 percent at 1130 hours
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