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Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA) has gifted 100 bicycles to the port
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Fuel spill at Colombo port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sets October opening for bunker terminal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Immediate Governmental Actions Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Staggered Reform To Save Country From Peril appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Getting Nearer To Solution As Options Narrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Needs To Change Course In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
- Holding President And Prime Minister To Their Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim Government For Reform Not Consolidation (Category: Breaking News)
Video: NewslineSL | Sri Lanka in crisis: no solutions from SL Communist Party?| Dr.G.Weerasinghe...
- 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)
Plans to raise Rs195bn a year
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’ Dipped Products net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to increase betting, gaming taxes; casino tax up 150 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Teejay Lanka net up 9-pct amid margin pressure (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is to seek assistance from Paris Club lenders and the G7, Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris said. Foreign Minister Peiris requested continued support from Japan, both bilaterally and through multilateral channels, to mitigate the economic challenges in Sri Lanka. Minister Peiris explained that the Government of Sri Lanka will seek assistance […]
- Central mechanism to be established to streamline requests for assistance (Category: Breaking News)
- Empathy and understanding sought by Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran assures continued assistance to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK exploring avenues of support towards Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Food prices up 57-pct over 12-months and 86-pct since inflationary policy began in Aug 2019
- 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)
"It's okay to criticise us, but we ask that you do not discourage farmers from growing," he said.
- Sri Lanka to introduce anti-hoarding laws for food stocks – PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to supply fertilizer at 25-pct cost amid looming food shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka farmers in record Yala rice cultivation of 512,000 hectares: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank to grant $110 mln loan to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for fertilizer import – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
China is closing in on India after establishing ports at Gwadar in Pakistan, Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka and soon it will have access to the Indian Ocean from ports in Myanmar. In August 2021, China successfully trialled a cargo run from Myanmar’s Yangon Port all the way to China’s Yunnan Province. China has […]
- India watching stand Sri Lanka will take on Chinese ship (Category: Breaking News)
- India raises objection with Sri Lanka, Maldives over inbound Chinese survey vessel (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s dual-use surveillance ship in Sri Lankan port underscores distrust of Beijing’s tech adv... (Category: Breaking News)
- Amid rising tensions with US, China strengthening ties with Iran (Category: Breaking News)
In a phone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today assured the United Kingdom s continuing support for the people of Sri Lanka during the current economic crisis.
Johnson had made this assurance during a discussion held that afternoon.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
Ratta, who has 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, was a prominent figure in Sri Lanka’s anti-government protests.
“We support the decision to appoint committees. We will support it,” Gammanpila said.
- Sri Lanka PM seeks ideas for new oversight committees amid COPE, COPA controversy (Category: Breaking News)
- PM proposes appointing a National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- 10-party alliance reach agreement on supporting new govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker responds to President’s letter (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka Tamils: No Choice But To Join GotaGoGama, Stay Put Or Go Abroad appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Identity In Choice: The Problem Caste In Christianity (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamaduru Ethics Or Deontology? The Challenge Before Modern Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted Religion (Category: Breaking News)
Ceylon Petrolem Corporation needs 554 million US dollars to import oil in June
- 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 A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: How Colonial Ceylon Did It? (Category: Breaking News)
“Everyone, please get in the field, and grow [crops],” the minister said on Sunday (29) speaking to reporters.
Times are extraordinary with the macro stresses clearly unprecedented
- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank’s Profit down by 4.9-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank net up in March 2022 quarter (Category: Breaking News)
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Philippines has ordered the immediate repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
Foreign Secretary of the Philippines, Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday ordered the repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis that hit the...Click on the headline to read the full story
By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Cabinet has taken some substantial if not final shape, the question arises if the old wine in an older bottle or bottles tastes matured or sour. That it’s only old wine in older bottle or bottles, there can be no two opinions about it. But […]
- Sri Lanka to resume debt restructuring talks with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil raises concerns over attempts to surround his house (Category: Breaking News)
- 21st Amendment to the Constitution presented to Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to contest the next Presidential election (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is expected to propose to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to shift the Asia Cup, scheduled from August 27 to September 11, out of the country as the island is currently reeling under the economic and political crisis.
Video: Sri Lankan crisis benefiting Indian Airports: Report
- 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)
Video: Farmers caution of incoming severe food crisis
- 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)
Video: How a fertilizer ban became a part of Sri Lanka's Crisis
- 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)
Philippines has ordered the immediate repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis in the foreign country. “Get them home. We have the money,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ordered on Sunday, May 29. Locsin was referring to Filipinos
- New Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane assumes duties (Category: Breaking News)
- Department of Foreign Affairs approves repatriation of Pinoys in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Philippines ready to evacuate its nationals employed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister Peiris to visit Singapore for bilateral talks (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed appointing a National Council consisting of the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and leaders of the major political parties. The National Council will talk about the policies of the country, about the decisions taken by the Cabinet and about the reorganization of the Parliament of […]
- Sri Lanka’s independent MPs will support PM’s proposal for oversight committees (Category: Breaking News)
- What can National Council achieve that parliamentary panels cannot? (Category: Breaking News)
- Resolution to constitute National Council included in Parliament order book (Category: Breaking News)
- 21st Amendment to the Constitution presented to Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Medical crisis threatens lives of Sri Lankans
- 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)
Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis is proving beneficial for Thiruvananthapuram airport. SriLankan Airlines, owned by the government of the island nation, has chosen the capital as the refuelling and crew...Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka will pay $US72.6 million to buy a 90,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil docked at Colombo s port for weeks, its energy minister says, as the island nation works to restart its only refinery and address a crippling energy crisis.
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