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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $200 million emergency assistance loan for Sri Lanka, with funds repurposed from other ongoing ADB projects, to improve food security and protect the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children. “Food insecurity has severely affected the people of Sri Lanka amid the current economic difficulties. […]
- Debt-ridden Sri Lanka gets US$350m loan boost from ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $100M loan to provide Sri Lankan SMEs more access to finance (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB says Sri Lanka must maintain reform momentum (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka secures ADB grant to pay paddy farmers (Category: Breaking News)
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- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Taking Dictatorial Steps To Control Public Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
Forex problems should be addressed by macro-economic policy
- Janashakthi launches yet another novel policy - Livestock Insurance (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi launches yet another novel policy - Livestock Insurance (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi launches yet another novel policy - Livestock Insurance (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi launches yet another novel policy - Livestock Insurance (Category: Breaking News)
Quoting the management company, the PMD said bookings have already been made for 15 events by December 31.
- Champika claims highest tower in South Asia a white elephant (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Lotus Tower attracts over 1.4 million visitors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka begins construction of South Asia's tallest telecommunication tower in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Lotus Tower to begin operations on September 15 (Category: Breaking News)
Koel egg in a crows net
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal announcement will be made on Thursday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.The post Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan – sources appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - S...
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, IMF reach preliminary agreement on emergency loan- reports (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF delegation to arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF staff to visit Sri Lanka in September for first programme review (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): Even as Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested China to restructure its debt amid a severe economic crisis and shrinking foreign reserves, Beijing has chosen to maintain a deafening silence which reveals how disinterested the country is to extend a helping hand to the island nation at this […]
- Sri Lanka debt can be made sustainable without re-structuring domestic borrowings: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- President addresses ADB Governors meeting, seeks creditor support to restore debt sustainability (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Sued by Bondholder in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign envoys assure support for Sri Lanka to recover from economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal announcement will be made on Thursday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal announcement will be made on Thursday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The island nation, struggling with its worst economic crisisin more than seven decades, had sought up […]
- IMF insists no talks with Sri Lanka on digital services tax (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF ready to support Sri Lanka’s discussions with bondholders (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF begins talks in Sri Lanka in attempt to reach deal (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s offer not sufficient for IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe should immediately end the use of draconian counter-terrorism laws to target peaceful protesters and release those in custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained three student activists who participated in an August 18, 2022 demonstration under the abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), which allows up to a year’s detention without […]
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s proposed internet law threatens upcoming polls (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
An employee of an airport duty-free shop has been arrested while trying to smuggle 60 gold biscuits worth Rs. 157 million out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.The post Airport duty-free shop worker arrested with gold biscuits worth Rs. 157 Million appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
- Man arrested at BIA with over 7 kg of gold worth Rs. 152.5 Million (Category: Breaking News)
- Airport security officer arrested with gold biscuits worth Rs. 20 million (Category: Breaking News)
- MP Ali Sabri Raheem fined Rs. 7.5 million and released (Category: Breaking News)
- BIA duty-free shop worker arrested with gold biscuits worth Rs. 157 Mn (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Navy (22nd August 2022) conducted a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in island's waters. The operation led to the seizure of an Indian trawler with 10 Indian fishermen, while poaching in Sri Lanka's waters off Mullaitivu, via the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
- 43 Indian fishermen arrested by SLN (Category: Breaking News)
- Douglas threatens protest in India against poaching (Category: Breaking News)
- Douglas would be arrested when he enter to India - Indian lawyers (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian fishing boat with NAVY letters held (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe is budgeting in a sea of monetary instability
- Sri Lanka tax revenues grow 29-pct up to May amid inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans to cut deficit to 6.8-pct of GDP in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
By CHANDRA FERNANDO Educational Consultant, USA The last few months of this year have been a time of great anxiety and much hardship for the people of Sri Lanka. No matter on which side of the political divide one stands, common problems converge into a cloud of nervousness, unease and uncertainty. Sri Lankans have not […]
- Women and children the most affected by Lanka’s economic crisis – ESCAP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan women to protest today over the sexual abuse against women and children (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt may consider hangwomen if execution starts: State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Kalkudah to Arugam Bay and some canny decision making by JRJ (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) and Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) recently declared corruption as the root cause of Sri Lanka’s current political and economic crisis. The declaration was made in a statement titled, “SLID and TISL launch ‘Business Against Corruption’ Initiative” issued to the media after the two organisations […]
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Treasury bond scams: SJB drags Lotus Tower into ‘conflict’ as SLPP attacks ‘footnote’ gang (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive Corruption Scams Rock The Land Of The Mahatma (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka accelerates financial literacy drive amid scams (Category: Breaking News)
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka has made “good progress” in the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which are aimed at clinching a bailout package.The post Sri Lanka has made good progress in negotiations with IMF – CBSL chief appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka N...
- IMF to visit Sri Lanka in late August for staff-level agreement – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has no alternative other than IMF – CBSL chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor asks critics to provide alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has made good progress in negotiations with IMF - CBSL chief (Category: Breaking News)
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that Sri Lanka has made Âgood progress in the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which are aimed at clinching a bailout package.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today made it clear that Bangladesh will never face an economic crisis like Sri Lanka as her government has been developing the country in a planned way. “There is no use in making false accusations against us. Bangladesh will never become Sri Lanka and it can’t be,” she said. The […]
- Bangladesh approached for assistance after Sri Lanka deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh PM attaches high priority to relations with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh considering sending potatoes to Sri Lanka during the crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak: UK’s new PM embraces India connection (Category: Breaking News)
The visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Sri Lanka s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa this morning (Aug 30).
Sri Lanka's bloated state sector has become a burden to the crisis-hit government
- Sri Lanka raises retirement age of state employees to 57 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka introduces retirement benefits to all sectors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to extend retirement age of public employees to 60 (Category: Breaking News)
- Retirement age of govt semi-govt employees to be reduced (Category: Breaking News)
The country is yet to see the impacts of economic crisis easing.
- Rescue Deal (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Devalues Rupee, Plans Tax Cuts to Support Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Current phase of global recovery and implications for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget is vital for development (Category: Breaking News)
Hopes to stop money printing
- Steady Stance (Category: Business)
- Better Control (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hikes interest rates 100bp amid galloping inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Inflation – Public Enemy Number One (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has started presenting the Interim Budget Speech 2022 at 01:03 PM today (August 30).The post Sri Lanka’s Interim Budget Speech 2022 appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Contributory pension scheme for those joining state sector after 2016 – Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Rs.500M for healthcare improvement (Category: Breaking News)
By Easwaran Rutnam President Ranil Wickremesinghe today presented an interim-budget to Parliament which meets the expectations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The President said that the interim-budget will also pave the way for a new budget in 2023. The President said that talks with the IMF have been successful and has reached the final […]
- President tells Parliament no final deal yet with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- President presents IMF friendly 2023 budget (Category: Breaking News)
- President decides not to extend State of Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka determined not to seek IMF assistance again (Category: Breaking News)
The United Nations (UN) says more needs to be done in Sri Lanka to win the confidence of the families of victims of enforced disappearances. United Nations Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer-Hamdy said that the UN stands in solidarity with the victims and families of victims of enforced disappearances, and continues to encourage the authorities to […]
- UN hopes for peaceful recovery from current crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN appeals for expertise and resources to help Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN envoy speaks to protesters near Colombo office (Category: Breaking News)
- UN secures $101.5 million for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
IT industry also hit from ban on computer items
- Sri Lanka further relaxes exchange control regulations (Category: Breaking News)
- One month amnesty to deposit foreign currency in hands of public (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to crack down on foreign currency note holders: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Currency Idea (Category: Business)
After India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in the second match of the Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai, the former federal minister of Islamabad Chaudhry Fawad Hussain blamed Shahbaz Sharif-led country’s “imported” government for losing the cricket match. Taking to Twitter, the former Information and Broadcasting Minister of Pakistan said that loosing match in Dubai is not […]
- Kohli leads India to win over Pakistan in T20 World Cup thriller (Category: Breaking News)
- Pandya leads India to dramatic Asia Cup win against Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Rizwan stars as Pakistan edge India in Asia Cup thriller (Category: Breaking News)
- Debutant Shivam Mavi joins exclusive club as India register thrilling win (Category: Breaking News)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is advocating for a mechanism that provides answers on the fate and whereabouts of the missing in Sri Lanka. The ICRC implements an island-wide support programme in Sri Lanka that addresses the emotional, economic, legal and administrative needs of families of missing persons. On the International Day […]
- ICRC notes families of missing in Sri Lanka still suffering (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka notes importance of IHL in post-conflict situations (Category: Breaking News)
- Goabaya allegedly ordered records destroyed to stall mass grave probes (Category: Breaking News)
- UN says more needs to be done in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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- Divergence Grows Between Appearance & Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Staggered Reform To Save Country From Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Protection Requires More Inclusive Approach (Category: Breaking News)
- System Change Plus Politician Change Through Elections (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said that he was quite disappointed that his economic revival plan, or common minimum programme, presented in parliament on 12 August hadn’t received the anticipated response from political parties, represented in Parliament. The Colombo District lawmaker said so when The Island asked him whether political parties and President […...
- Harsha won’t join cabinet, but urges All Party Govt. to implement his economic recovery plan (Category: Breaking News)
- SC ruling on economic meltdown: Lacille wants wrongdoers appropriately dealt with (Category: Breaking News)
- 22 A: Amendments accepted at ‘committee stage’ should be subjected to SC approval (Category: Breaking News)
- Current administration panders to whims and fancies of Rajapaksa clan – Harsha (Category: Breaking News)
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