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Police search FSP office By Rathindra Kuruwita The government was carrying out a psychological operation to prevent the people from taking to the streets as the economic crisis deepens, Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) Propaganda Secretary, Duminda Nawagamuwa said yesterday, following a police raid of their Colombo office. Nawagamuwa said that a policeman, and 10 men […]
- FSP to launch manifesto (Category: Breaking News)
- FSP frowns on increases in defence expenditure (Category: Breaking News)
- FSP denies having truck with SJB at coming polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese contractor obtaining Port City sand for Colombo harbour projects unlawfully: FSP (Category: Breaking News)
Investors eye on LIOC, plantation shares
UNICEF Sri Lanka has launched a special relief package for pre-school children and mothers hardest hit by the current economic crisis. The initiative conducted in collaboration with the Colombo Municipal Council and Public Health midwives will provide much-needed relief to the urban poor and most disadvantaged families facing severe hardship and struggling to put food […]
- Japan hands over vital medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The Coca-Cola Foundation’s funding addresses food insecurity among 7800 marginalized families du... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves President’s proposal for relief measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Food insecurity in Sri Lanka likely to worsen (Category: Breaking News)
China on Thursday defended its massive infrastructure ventures and investments in crisis-hit Sri Lanka and said that they have Âboosted its economic development, amid criticism from the US of Beijing s unproductive projects and opaque loan deals among the reasons for the country s bankruptcy.
China said on Friday it hoped "relevant parties" would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship's planned visit to a port in India's southern neighbor Sri Lanka.The post China defends military ship visit to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- China plans setting up radar base in Sri Lanka to monitor Indian naval presence – report (Category: Breaking News)
India, which is trying to expand its influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka after China made deep inroads there, said on Thursday it was aware of reports about the planned visit of a Chinese vessel to a Sri Lankan port built with money from Beijing.
Sri Lanka has resumed technical discussions with the International Monetary Fund on a potential bailout after a new government took office, the finance ministry said on Friday.The post Sri Lanka resumes bailout discussions with IMF, finance ministry says appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Japan, India and France to announce Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiation process (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF not expected to discuss Sri Lanka before year-end – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce pension scheme for self-employed people (Category: Breaking News)
Food prices up 90 percent over 12 months
- 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)
Until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, the World Bank said today. The World Bank said the macroeconomic policy framework requires deep structural reforms that focus on economic stabilization, and also on addressing the root structural causes that created this […]
- World Bank approves $700 million in financing support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- No annual bonus for CEB employees this year (Category: Breaking News)
- New Foreign Minister promises to deliver (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL Chairman claims fuel price can be reduced further (Category: Breaking News)
The World Bank Group says it is deeply concerned about the dire economic situation and its impact on the people of Sri LankaThe post No new financing to Sri Lanka until macroeconomic policy framework is ready – World Bank appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- No new financing for Sri Lanka without macroeconomic policy framework – World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank releases additional USD 250 million for Sri Lanka to sustain economic reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- No new financing for Sri Lanka without macroeconomic policy framework - WB (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank suspends financing to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Looking To The Past: The Political Cultivation Of An Obliging Judiciary To Violate Rights appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Few Reflections On The Sri Lanka’s Independence Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- 21st Amendment – Justifications To Bring Back 17 And Not 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- 22nd Amendment: People Are Never Fooled (Category: Breaking News)
Sovereign default together with increasing economic challenges poses significant downside risks to DFCC's profitability
- Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon downgraded to RD (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s NDB downgraded to ‘A(lka)’ amid soft-peg collapse (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch affirms rating on 15 Sri Lankan Banks – Removes Watch Negative (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Singer Finance downgraded, four on rating watch: Fitch (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ‘Ranil Resign!’: Awaken Aragalaya 3.0 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How To Stop Ranil’s Constitutional Coup & Counter-Revolution (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day Thoughts: Political Economy Of The Ranil-SLPP-SLFP-UNP-SJB Convergence (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Rearguard Must Meet Its Political Nandikadal Today! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recognize The Real Ranil Regime: Aragalaya 3.0 & Recipe For Resistance (Category: Breaking News)
US top buyer
- Exports up 7.0 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka imports fall in May as credit slows with rate hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Trade deficit expands due to increased imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka investment goods, non-foods import fall overtakes oil cost in April 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Has government securities
- Fitch revises NDB’s outlook to negative but affirms AA rating (Category: Business)
- NDB’s bottom line tops Rs. 1 b in 1H (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka DFCC Bank rating watch negative kept in soft-peg collapse: Fitch (Category: Breaking News)
- NDB’s PAT Up 115% (Category: Breaking News)
India, which is trying to expand its influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka after China made deep inroads there, said on Thursday it was aware of reports about the planned visit of a Chinese vessel to a Sri Lankan port built with money from Beijing.The post India says it will protect its interests as Chinese boat heads to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Lat...
- Chinese embassy seeks urgent meeting with Sri Lankan authorities (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to defer arrival of ship after India objects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port (Category: Breaking News)
Developments in Sri Lanka underline the risk of destabilising social and labour unrest throughout Asia-Pacific because of rising living costs impacting the region, S&P Global Market Intelligence said. Countries with similarly weak economic fundamentals and/ or poor economic policies have reduced resilience to external shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, high oil...
- Sri Lanka records slight drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- China confirms two-year debt moratorium offered to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Japan handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in Sri Lanka. The vital assistance will be used to provide much-needed healthcare for children, pregnant mothers, and their families, especially in some […]
- Japan to provide essential medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF (Category: Breaking News)
- UNICEF and Rotary International partner to deliver critical lifesaving supplies to families impa... (Category: Breaking News)
- Emergency relief packages for children, mothers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Parents in Sri Lanka forced to admit kids to childcare institutions (Category: Breaking News)
Chevron had imported lubricants on credit and had been hit as the rupee collapsed
- 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)
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)
Friday 29th July, 2022 Humans are born dreamers, and dreams keep them going. But for their propensity for dreaming, they would never have invented the wheel, much less flown. It may be said that life is a process of chasing dreams, with or without success. Grave crises like the one Sri Lanka is experiencing are […]
- Hilary Duff confirms the Lizzie McGuire Disney Plus reboot is dead - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Hilary Duff confirms the Lizzie McGuire Disney Plus reboot is dead - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Hilary Duff confirms the Lizzie McGuire Disney Plus reboot is dead - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Zhoie's dream chance (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
By By Eng. Parakrma Jayasinghe Bio Energy Association of Sri Lanka The much-awaited outcome of the interim President is now over. Will this result in some measure of hope for the beleaguered public of reversing the downward slide of the economy and the resultant crisis on the very livelihood of most strata of the society? […]
- Litro Gas denies claims on salary structure (Category: Breaking News)
- Independence Day Event at USA Embassy (Category: Breaking News)
- Pune Gas expands operations into Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Price of Laugfs gas increased with distribution to resume (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya Archive images courtesy of the J. R. Jayewardene Centre The role of the journal in the Buddhist Revival in British Ceylon has never been seriously examined by scholars. Most historical accounts trace the origins of a Buddhist press to the late Dutch and early British periods. The growth of print capitalism held […]
- New wine in old bottles: Anthropologising Sinhala middle-class (Category: Breaking News)
- Teargas cinema and Rukmani Devi (Category: Breaking News)
- The role of myth: A reassessment (Category: Breaking News)
- Piyadasa Sirisena – The great revivalist (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Emergency Means Nothing Less Than ‘Legalizing Lawlessness’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lord Of The Flies Sri Lankan version: Strange experiment: Making A Good Society Through Bad Laws (Category: Breaking News)
- Schizophrenia In The Political Mind Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed Constitution Will Enhance Existing Lawlessness (Category: Breaking News)
- The Republic That Fears The Independence Of The Judiciary Even More Than Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Sin appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Gota Come Home’ – The New Paradigm: I Repeat; RW Will Make GR Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Did Ruwan Exonerate NTJ Leader Zahran? (Category: Breaking News)
In response to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the Government of Japan today handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in the country.
The successful formation of a government under the new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is an important precondition for resolving Sri Lanka’s debt defaultThe post Fitch Ratings calls for political stability in Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Fitch Ratings warns of risks from political instability in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka faces uphill battle in meeting 2024 budget targets: Fitch (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s local currency debt rating to ‘CC’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘C’ (Category: Breaking News)
Main share index rises 1st time in 4 sessions
- Toll Rate (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka spends Rs. 425 billion for North East development (Category: Breaking News)
- Hotel Buy (Category: Business)
- Debenture Rating (Category: Business)
By Easwaran Rutnam China has defended the loans it has offered to Sri Lanka following concerns raised by the United States. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the cooperation between Sri Lanka and China has always followed the principle of being Sri Lanka-led. “All cooperation projects have gone through scientific planning and thorough […]
- China hails Sri Lanka’s strong rebuttal to “Chinese debt trap” (Category: Breaking News)
- China ready to work with other countries to support Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- China lauds India’s ‘great efforts’ to help Lanka, says S Asia its priority (Category: Breaking News)
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