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That means authorities we should not talk about debt restructuring parameters
- Sri Lanka has no final decision yet on domestic debt re-structuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka would be able to use new IMF funding for budget: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rupee bonds see initial interest from foreign investors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects to wrap up staff-level agreement with IMF end-August: CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
CBSL Chief Weerasinghe said on Monday that Sri Lanka had no practice of revealing IMF programmes.
- Fund Link (Category: Business)
- Continuation (Category: Business)
- No objection from Sri Lanka central bank chief to tabling IMF deal: Speaker (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka IMF deal, taxes cannot be revealed to parliament until implemented: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
Basically there is a limit to what can be shared with the public or parliament
- Sri Lanka opposition reiterates calls for IMF deal to be tabled in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s JVP gen secy makes dubious claim on IMF deal, says loan “pittance” (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate Controversy (Category: Business)
- Monetary Kudos (Category: Business)
The sound of the no-ball siren was sweet music in Sri Lanka’s ears in Dubai. As soon as Asitha Fernando and Maheesh Theekshana ran two off the third ball of the last over, the TV umpire adjudged that offspinner Mahedi Hasan had overstepped, fatally, for the second time in the match. Sri Lanka had beaten […]
- Mendis, Liyanage fifties push Sri Lanka to 255 (Category: Breaking News)
- Mehidy, Shanto power Bangladesh into the Super Fours (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand make it three wins in three, but Williamson goes off hurt (Category: Breaking News)
- Mushfiqur Rahim mocks Angelo Mathews and other Sri Lankan players (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka pulled off a sensational two-wicket victory over Bangladesh and advanced to the Super 4 stage of Asia Cup on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka snatches thrilling 2-wicket win over Bangladesh appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
- Asitha Fernando added to Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beats Afghans to open Asia Cup’s Super 4 stage (Category: Breaking News)
- Asitha makes it Sri Lanka’s day despite Mahmud’s fightback (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand 162/5 as Sri Lanka lead by 193 (Category: Sports)
By Saman Indrajith TNA Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran told Parliament yesterday that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had started signing in Sinhala.Participating in the debate on the interim Budget, Sumanthiran said: “He normally signs in English. We are familiar with his signature. It used to be in English. He has signed the detention orders under the Prevention […]
- PSC a ruse to postpone polls – Sumanthiran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sumanthiran launches blistering attack on Supreme Court (Category: Breaking News)
- PTA unconstitutional, says TNA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sumanthiran reports no progress in talks with Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Perversions Of The Justice System: Comparative Remarks On Sri Lanka & The USA appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A plea… (Category: Business)
- Plea For The Rule Of Law And Personal Safety Of All Citizens (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Plea In Paris & Predicament At Home (Category: Breaking News)
- A plea to all Sri Lankans (Category: Business)
Ali was released on a cash bail of 25,000 rupees and two personal bails of 500,000 rupees each.
- Baby dolphin's first birthday milestone (Category: South Australia)
- SLMC candidates office and vehicle attacked in Akaraipatru (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Somali leader, Twin Cities professor is mourned (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Former Somali leader, Twin Cities professor is mourned (Category: USA, Minnesota)
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board implements most of its power transmission and distribution infrastructure development projects like the construction of new transmission lines, transmission and distribution substations, etc., using loan funds obtained from international lending agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). These ...
- CEB engineers, blue eyed boys of govt.- Ministry official (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB engineers pump diesel into their vehicles from Kelanitissa stores (Category: Breaking News)
- The correct method of costing electricity (Category: Breaking News)
- Sectoral Oversight Committee exposes CEB costing trick to make huge profits (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Did Bankruptcy Of Sinhala Language Help Push The Country Off The Cliff appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Clifford ‘Cliff’ Lee Gagnon (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Clifford ‘Cliff’ Lee Gagnon (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Assassination: Empty Promises Of Accountability (Category: Breaking News)
- Manslaughter By Proxy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
The Innovative Production Group (IPG) has come forward to support the SLC Skyexch Invitational T20 League, powered by Dafa News, as the tournament’s Ground Rights Holder and the Broadcast Production Partner. With this partnership, the IPG will take steps to introduce International Standard Broadcast Technologies to help Sri Lanka Cricket Livestream the Tournament, globally, via […]
- Situation in Sri Lanka forces postponement of LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- Inaugural edition of Lanka T10 to be held in December 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Star Sports named broadcaster for Legends Cricket Trophy (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC defends decision not to cover full cost of Kusal’s surgery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Thank You Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- Transfer Of Formal Power Vs People Power During Societal Transition (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan completely justified: CTA’s Penpa Tsering (Category: Breaking News)
- China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Climate Colonialism At CoP 28: Carbon Laundering Via Green Bondscams? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The IMF Mad To Give Loans To A Murderous Government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Bar Association of Sri Lanka strongly condemns attack on Galle Face protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe, The Current Pohottuwa Government & The Way Forward – A Call From Citiz... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Poor Governance: Lack Of Policies To Overcome The Crises appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Current System & Unlawful Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Options For Interim Govt. To Overcome The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: Manufactured Economic Crisis & Peoples’ Suffering (Category: Breaking News)
- President Must Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
Newspapers, TV programmes and video presentations have been dealing with the terrible incident that occurred in the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and on the steps leading to it, at predawn on Friday 23 July. Cassandra feels compelled to present her opinion though it is one week from that day. Experts have dissected it and […]
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Catherine W. ‘Cass’ Amiss (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Cass County divorces (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County divorces (Category: USA, North Dakota)
British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]
- Laksiri, Issadeen win open men’s and women’s titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set to play ten Tests next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Lochana, Warangana clinch singles titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Mihiran, Malshani adjudged best boxers at Nationals (Category: Breaking News)
India is maintaining an in depth watch throughout its southern neighbourhood following a report that a Chinese scientific analysis vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5‘ will enter Hambantota port on August 11 to allegedly conduct satellite tv for pc management and analysis monitoring within the Indian Ocean Region. What has raised eyebrows right here is the timing […]
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese “spy ship” leaves Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Prime Minister Modi has given us a breath of life: Ranil says addressing Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]
- Central Bank eyeing USD 8 -10 billion currency reserves in 3-4 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Diesel shipment that arrived in Colombo on 16 July still not paid for want of dollars (Category: Breaking News)
- USD 2.9bn IMF loan facility: Govt. confident of completing process early next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Asian Century will not happen if China and India could not join hands – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post July 1983 Riot: A Spontaneous Racial Outburst Or Planned Pogrom Or Both? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Welikada jail riot ‘injures 31’ (Category: Business)
- LPL 2022 unfolds in riot of colour (Category: Sports)
- Two Hoosiers Face Charges In Capitol Riot (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Two Hoosiers Face Charges In Capitol Riot (Category: USA, Indiana)
He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Has Harin Fernando Lost His Credibility? (Category: Breaking News)
- Abeywardana fills vacant seat of Wickremesinghe after Sri Lanka president vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, is concerned with the declaration of a State of Emergency by the Prime Minister’s office in Sri Lanka on 13 July and again by the Acting President on 18 July. The organisation urged the Sri Lankan authorities to refrain from using the State of Emergency to stifle dissent and respect […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s proposed internet law threatens upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post JVP Proposal Points To Consensual Way Forward appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t Disregard The Less Privileged (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminalising Public Protest Will Only Delay The Inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been nominated by the SLPP general Secretary as the ruling party’s candidate for election to the Presidency to take place in Parliament on 20 July. There is controversy over this nomination as the SLPP Chairman and other party members have denied this. The controversy extends also to […]
- Dons condemn suppression of Aragalaya movement (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya through political lenses (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA asks Ranil to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA urges govt. to stop suppressing people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Transfer Of Formal Power Vs People Power During Societal Transition appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Of A New President: Old Wine In A New Bottle Or System Change? (Category: Breaking News)
- Competing Interests For Power To Govern Sri Lanka For A Better Society (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka Becoming A Police State? Government Efforts To Delegitimise Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Disorderly Order Of A People’s Movement appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Song Of The Betrayed (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Infidelity To Truth & Fair Play (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Online Safety Bill & Anti-Terror Bill – Law Making To End Democracy & Fundamental Rights Of Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- President Wickremesinghe, The Current Pohottuwa Government & The Way Forward – A Call From Citiz... (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- Civil Society Calls on Government to Enable Burials of COVID-19 Dead (Category: Breaking News)
As protein prices soared with money printing and currency collapse, Koreans developed army base stew from leftovers
- Sri Lanka is wrong scapegoat expat workers over Undiyal: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rates elevated amid failed float and DDR fears (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka removes ban on open account food imports (Category: Breaking News)
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