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[…]The post A Cabinet Of Patriotic Opportunists appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Post-IMF Challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament Of Monkeys (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslim Politics & National Crises (Category: Breaking News)
Non-oil imports fell 17.7 percent to 1,299.1 million US dollars in March 2022
- Sri Lanka in trade surplus in June as economy smashed, fx shortages persist (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka official remittances down 33-pct in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank US$4.0bn in debt by March 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Colombo port container volumes down 9.3-pct in June 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
The new government yet come up with some concrete steps to come out of Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis
- 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 Haycarb March net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs80bn in mostly 3-month bills, down 18bp (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Could A ‘National Government’ Resolve The Crisis? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Recent Political Violence And Its Consequences (Category: Breaking News)
- Current Political Scenario: Smoke & Mirrors (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Inflation – Public Enemy Number One (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- The Contribution Of The Monetary Policy For Overcoming The Current Economic Crisis Faced In Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
Food suppliers have been willing to extend credit to local importers due to strong relationships spanning generations
- Camel milk and ostrich eggs could fill Sri Lankan food gap (Category: Breaking News)
- New rules for food importers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President seeks support of the traders to regulate prices of essential food commodities (Category: Breaking News)
- Precautions against melamine contamination (Category: Breaking News)
The banned stations are in Makola South, Naalla, Pethiyagodda and Mirigama.
- Gas muzzlers (Category: Technology)
- Why 'feed' a car? (Category: Technology)
- 'Miracle material' (Category: Technology)
- Gas Only (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will lower the maximum amount of foreign currency that individuals can possess to $10,000 from $15,000 and penalize anyone who holds it for more than three months, the central bank...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post Fearmongering & Spreading Rumors By Indian Intelligence In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali to retire (Category: Sports)
- Murali works his magic again (Category: Sports)
- Murali explains (Category: Sports)
Cross default clauses triggered
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘RD’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘C’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades SL’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘RD’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
India has decided to allow Sri Lanka to settle a $1 bn credit facility in Indian rupees. The Reserve Bank of India said that India’s trade transactions with Sri Lanka, falling under a recent credit facility agreement with Sri Lanka, may be settled in INR outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) arrangement mechanism. The decision was […]
- IMF Executive Board to decide on Sri Lanka’s EFF on March 20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Final shipment of fuel under Indian Credit Line arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India approves special ‘vostro’ account for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RBI allows international trade settlement in Rupee (Category: Breaking News)
Delays is fiscal reforms can reduce the recovery rate
- Exemptions for ACCA members to follow Australian MBA offered at CA Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- National question must not be treated as a rift between the Sinhalese and Tamils with Muslims ca... (Category: Breaking News)
- 26th National CA Students’ Conference on 4 April (Category: Business)
- CA Sri Lanka goes to Kalmunai (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka sees long queues for fuel around the country
- 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 Haycarb March net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs80bn in mostly 3-month bills, down 18bp (Category: Breaking News)
Debt advisors expected to be appointed by the cabinet soon
- Sri Lanka on Korea path, soft-peggers get their malnutrition wish: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is wrong scapegoat expat workers over Undiyal: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy Next’s Bellwether piece among SOPA award finalists (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
Inflation is projected to remain elevated in the coming months before moderating thereafter, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today. The bank said that headline inflation is projected to remain escalated in the near term on account of domestic supply shortages, increased global commodity prices, the effects of the large depreciation of the Sri […]
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka expects economic recovery in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh gives Sri Lanka 6 more months to repay $200m loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt restructuring process being expedited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves at US dollars 1.9 billion (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president, PM, opposition leader support proposed UN-monitored reforms: Victor Ivan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed Enactment Of The Economic Transformation Bill (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mahinda Rajapaksa, A Bankrupt Country & Fifty Years Of Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mr. President, Can You Hear The People ? (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay Alive appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recent Political Violence And Its Consequences (Category: Breaking News)
Note holding ceiling to be brought down from 15,000 to 10,000 dollars
Policy undermined by printing money for state workers
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka policy rate unchanged amid slowing private credit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects inflation to slow, rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
Market fell for the first time in five sessions
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs127bn in bonds, 2032 on tap at 30.09-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain on financials; Sampath Bank leads (Category: Breaking News)
If we do not pay the IMF, World Bank that money will also not come: Sabry
- Sri Lanka could get US$6.0bn from India, talks with Japan: Coomaraswamy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in talks with India for US$1bn swap, expects US$1.5n from ACU (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks US$500mn credit from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy recovering from flood impact - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
Running out of petrol, medicines and foreign reserves, once-booming Sri Lanka is in a mess. And the measures needed to pull its economy out of the unparalleled crisis are likely to bring even more...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post Abortionists Of A Nation’s Rebirth; Sajith Joins Ranil In The Act appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sajith says Government wants public to “shut up and sit down” (Category: Breaking News)
- A True Democratic Leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Fails To Specify Amaratunga’s Role (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore Didn’t? 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: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (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 Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
By R. R. M. Lilani Many have wondered whether former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is on the run for collaborating with the Chinese, which has heightened geopolitical tensions in the South Asian region. He did, however, and his pro-Mahinda group’s attacks on those who tarnished his reputation as a mynah (old man) and created a […]
- ‘One China’ principle and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy are ironical (Category: Breaking News)
- BRI boomerangs, embarrassed China revising project terms (Category: Breaking News)
- China miffed with Tibetan leader’s testimony before Canadian parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- China keeps Pakistan, Sri Lanka waiting on loan deals (Category: Breaking News)
To pay the ships we will take action to buy dollars from the free market
- Rent costs plunge (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Production Base (Category: Business)
- Duopoly (Category: Business)
- Top end loses its way (Category: Australia, Queensland)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka expects the recently introduced middle spot exchange rate to strengthen the rupee exchange rate and to ease the liquidity pressures in the domestic foreign exchange...Click on the headline to read the full story
- Reactions (Category: Business)
- Xrate Forum (Category: Business)
- Old Story (Category: Business)
- Communist Signal (Category: Business)
We have to keep in mind that printing money will depreciate the rupee
- Overshooting (Category: Business)
- Forex Policy (Category: Business)
- Forex Trend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Rupee ends firmer against USD (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is desperate for dollar inflows
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
- 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)
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