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[…]The post Is Global Financial Crash Imminent in 2022? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tips for business start-ups in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Madame Ambassador Chung, Your Message Will Live On Forever! (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
- Resolving Systemic Debt Crises Needs A Paradigm Shift (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Agencies send workers to Cyrpus despite financial 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)
As the Sri Lankan political crisis continues to rage, China has not made any comments and this has made it evident that the ouster of the Rajapaksa family from power is set to have long-term implications for the Chinese, media reports said. In more than half a century for which the Rajapaksas held public offices […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to discuss debt restructuring with China (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 MT of rice donated by China arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country's previous administration was "covering up facts" about its crippling financial crisis.The post Sri Lanka’s acting President says previous government was ‘covering up facts’ about financial crisis appeared
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Previous govt was covering up facts about financial crisis - Acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- The food crisis in Sri Lanka is man made, Acting President Ranil tells Global Forum (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country s previous administration was Âcovering up facts about its crippling financial crisis.
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
Introduction A super-holding company for managing State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) has been identified as a globally successful model for SOE management. This model allows the government to adopt a more arms-length approach to SOEs’ operational decision-making, relieving it of the direct responsibility of overseeing all SOEs dispersed across various industries, and redirect its budget and ener...
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Khazana entry an all-round boost as net foreign inflow tops Rs. 17 b (Category: Business)
- IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Surpassing neoliberal fictions towards mission-oriented state (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is going through unprecedented economic, political crisis after policy failures
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH members of Congress support, praise passage of COVID-19 relief bill (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- NH Primary Source: Mowers, Merrill say Trump’s influence not diminishing anytime soon (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
By R. R. M. Lilani Even Lord Venkateshwara at the Tripathi Temple in Tamil Nadu, whom the Rajapaksas and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visit for years in search of strength, power and protection, had let them down dearly. The Rajapaksas were grounded by President Gotabaya, a non-politician who only took pride in winning the Tamil […]
- WHAT NEXT? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota’s resignation and Ranil’s appointment gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya officially informs Ranil he is resigning (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
An efficient mechanism is required to guarantee that disclosures made at parliamentary watchdog committees on the basis of Auditor General’s reports are used to further investigate and prosecute wrongdoers. AG’s reports and observations made by watchdog committees underscore the failure on the part of the Parliament to take effective and punitive measures to curb waste, […]
- Ex-COPE Chairman alleges executive intervention in House committees (Category: Breaking News)
- Herath: COPE dissolution must not hinder probe into economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Procurement of LP gas: Ex-COPE Chief alleges embezzlement of funds amounting to Rs 1.3 bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconstitution of COPE, COPA in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 20th Amendment: Current Needs For Strategic Planning (Category: Breaking News)
- Immediate Governmental Actions Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- What’s The Country Need Now? (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka speaker says he mistakenly told BBC that the president had left the country.
- Name of Prabhakarana would be remember for next 3000 years (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE supporters work against country: President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- If it is possible I will pour rainfall for people: President (Category: Breaking News)
- None of them was permitted to upraise malicious qualities in their lives : President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Financial Crisis – Mismanagement, Fear Or Collusion? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Financial Crisis As Seen By A Non-Economist (Category: Breaking News)
- Just Rewards For Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Revisiting, Reforming & Reordering Our Agriculture (Category: Breaking News)
- On Overlooking The Obvious (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is struggling to raise $587 million to pay for about half a dozen fuel shipments, a top minister said on Sunday as the cash-strapped country tries to cope with its worst financial crisis in...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post Sri Lanka – From A Failed To Pseudo Mafia State? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- SriLankan Airlines: CEO Vipula Fails To Provide Basic Covid Facilities For Staff (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines: CEO Vipula Fails To Provide Basic Covid Facilities For Staff (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines: CEO Vipula Fails To Provide Basic Covid Facilities For Staff (Category: Breaking News)
- Elitism – A Hidden Downfall Factor (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)
[…]The post Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Could A ‘National Government’ Resolve The Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Preventing Crooks From Entering The Parliament appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Current System & Unlawful Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Anarchy & Abuse Of Power By Politicians (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- The Despot President Was Replaced By A Tyrant In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
"There is no way we can go ahead with the current public sector. The ideal size is 500,000."
- Committee to study possibility of granting 5 years leave to govt employees to work in private se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Telecom unveils Abhimaana broadband (Category: Breaking News)
- 5 years leave for Sri Lankan government employees to work in private sector (Category: Breaking News)
- Leave for Public sector (Category: Breaking News)
Views of Milton Friedman, Robert Mundel and how John Greenwood and Alan Walters set up the Hong Kong currency board
- Milton Friedman’s views on currency boards explained by Hanke amid Sri Lanka soft-peg crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continues to soft-peg in May intervening in both directions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank deep in debt, dollar shortages at ‘guidance’ rate : Wijewardena (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rates elevated amid failed float and DDR fears (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Aragalaya: Manufactured Economic Crisis & Peoples’ Suffering appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Unelected & Unconstitutional MP Becoming The President? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Despot President Was Replaced By A Tyrant In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Anarchy & Abuse Of Power By Politicians (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s economic activity is coming to a near standstill as the island nation, facing its worst financial crisis, runs out of fuel for transport with little sign of fresh supplies arriving.The...Click on the headline to read the full story
in its worst financial crisis in […]
- Octane 95 Petrol available for 6 weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Only limited amount of petrol available till 23rd June (Category: Breaking News)
- Final shipment of fuel under Indian Credit Line arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Transportation of fuel temporarily suspended (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why Should The United States Care About Sri Lanka’s Predicament? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage (Category: Breaking News)
- Madame Ambassador Chung, Your Message Will Live On Forever! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
"China and the United States could work together to help Sri Lanka (to) overcome current difficulties (sp)."
- Sri Lanka, China sign agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
- China urges Sri Lanka to release detained fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Million dollar scam: 482 Chinese arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- China encourages more tourists - Govt (Category: Breaking News)
China on Wednesday praised India for making “great efforts” to help Colombo to tide over its worst financial crisis even as it refuted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s remarks that Beijing has shifted its strategic focus from South Asia including Pakistan to South East
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka virtually let down by China in securing a $2.9 billion IMF loan in December (Category: Breaking News)
- As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence (Category: Breaking News)
- The IMF standoff and the China factor (Category: Breaking News)
China is willing to play an active role in helping Sri Lanka deal with its debt burden along with other countries and international organizations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on Wednesday. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently said in an interview that, “China appears to be shifting its strategic focus […]
- 1,000 MT of rice donated by China arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet discusses India’s concerns on Chinese “spy ship” (Category: Breaking News)
- China to provide emergency humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- US and China discuss ways to support Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Is Bowing Out! What About Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (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)
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