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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)
An International Monetary Fund virtual mission to Sri Lanka is expected to conclude technical talks on a potential IMF loan program to the crisis-wracked South Asian country on May 24, Fund spokesman...Click on the headline to read the full story
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is in talks with stakeholders to support a timely resolution of the crisis in Sri Lanka. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said that the IMF remains committed to help Sri Lanka in line with the IMF policies. “There’s currently a virtual IMF staff mission engaged in those technical talks […]
- IMF seeks stability to resume talks with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF wants Sri Lanka to restore debt sustainability (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF wants Sri Lanka to reach deal with creditors (Category: Breaking News)
- Court dismisses petition challenging changes to SLFP constitution (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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)
An International Monetary Fund virtual mission to Sri Lanka is expected to conclude technical talks on a potential IMF loan program to the crisis-wracked South Asian country on May 24, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday.
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)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Lumbini, Nepal on Monday, coinciding with the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba. As Prime Minister, this was his fifth visit to Nepal and first to Lumbini. Both of them laid the foundation stone for […]
- India taking new initiatives based on Buddha’s teachings: PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi, combining India’s foreign policy with domestic interest (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal’s new Pokhara airport on China’s BRI radar: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Delegation from Nepal arrive to promote ‘Visit Lumbini 2012’ (Category: Business)
To put people first, the Indian government is not leaving any stone unturned. From upgrading the farm sector to bringing in the digital revolution, it is touching upon every aspect of life. It is creating more opportunities for the youngsters. The young generation of India is the future leader and nation builder of the country. […]
- Cuts will hurt economy: union (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Education union to protest against budget cuts (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Gov. Tim Walz proposes automatic college acceptance for qualifying Minnesota high school seniors (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- CMS approves budget (Category: USA, North Carolina)
The Group of Seven economic powers support efforts to provide debt relief for Sri Lanka, G7 finance chiefs said on Thursday in a draft communique from a meeting in Germany after the country defaulted on its sovereign debt. The once-booming island country has suspended debt payments as it grapples with its worst economic crisis since […]
- Rights group seeks arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- Bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law within weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa expected to go to Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- India eases Russian oil buying in July, boosts Saudi imports: Trade (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)
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)
Sri Lanka has noted with regret the adoption of a motion in the Canadian Parliament on the alleged genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and recognizing May 18 as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. The Foreign Ministry said that the Government categorically rejects the blatantly false allegation of genocide contained in the parliamentary motion with reference […]
- Sri Lanka registers strong protest with Canada on motion (Category: Breaking News)
- India hands over drugs and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to hold peace talks with GGG (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM remembers Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s war (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)
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will shortly impose deposit margins on letters of credit to curtail imports, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.“From this monetary policy decision we have re-imposed letter of Credit margin requirement, where all non-essential item importers will have to put money in advance to open LCs., “Governor Weerasinghe said.The circular has already be...
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- 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)
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (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)
[…]The post War On China? – I: Justifications For War: Thucydides “Trap”, Clash Of Civilisations, Domino Theory appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at the current...Click on the headline to read the full story
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at the current levels of 13.50 per cent and 14.50 per cent, respectively.
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)
"Government celebrates War Heroes Day,," while Tamils observe 'Tamils Genocide Day'
- Next Tamil Nadu chief minister wants to declare Sri Lankan President a "war criminal" (Category: Breaking News)
- Declare Rajapakse a war criminal: Jayalalithaa tells Centre (Category: Breaking News)
- A nation-building speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka maintains no genocide stance, rejects allegations by Canadian Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today requested Sri Lankan migrant workers to transfer money through the Sri Lankan banking system without following Undiyal'Hawala methods to transfer money.
US investment bank JPMorgan backed Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit Government bonds, saying recent political changes in the country should gradually improve its strains and help its talks with the International Monetary Fund. Adding an ‘overweight’ – effectively a buy recommendation – JPMorgan analysts said: “political stability should pave the way for bonds to move high...
- Police fire tear gas on protesting university students (Category: Breaking News)
- Key operations come to a halt in support of hartal (Category: Breaking News)
- Horu Go Gama established near Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro insists it has sufficient gas stocks (Category: Breaking News)
ASUS recently unveiled its all-new 2022 line-up of sophisticated, high-performance Zenbook Pro and Zenbook S series together with the Vivobook Pro, Vivobook S and Vivobook 13 Slate OLED Artist Edition laptops at a global online launch event titled ‘The Pinnacle of Performance’. These new laptops are set to be launched in Sri Lanka in the […]
- Singer launches 14th-Gen ROG and ZenBook laptops (Category: Breaking News)
- ASUS Republic of Gamers blaze a trail with all-new TUF Gaming laptops (Category: Breaking News)
- ASUS expands footprint in southern Sri Lanka with the launch of it’s Exclusive Store in Matara (Category: Breaking News)
- EPSI Introduces New ASUS Z77 TUF Series Motherboard in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
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)
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- A Cabinet Of Patriotic Opportunists (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Ranil Rescue The Economy Or Rajapaksas? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- GR’s Gamble With RW (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)
South Africa batter Zubayr Hamza has been suspended for nine months by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a doping violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The ban was backdated to 22 March 2022, the date Hamza accepted a provisional suspension. He will thus be eligible to return to cricket on 22 December 2022. Hamza […]
- Sri Lankan women create history beating South Africa in cricket series (Category: Breaking News)
- Prabath Jayasuriya nominated for ICC Men’s Player of the Month award (Category: Breaking News)
- Sangakkara expresses happiness at Jurel’s India call-up (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro insists it has sufficient gas stocks (Category: Breaking News)
Amid pressure from the international community, Chinese President Xi Jinping had pledged in September 2021 to stop engagements in the coal-fired plants abroad and also become carbon neutral by 2060. However, the recent development clearly shows that China has gone back on its promises. China is going ahead with financing the overseas coal projects, with […]
- Xi over-promised about coal consumption in China: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- India, the first major economy to commit to a moratorium on new coal plants (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s commitment to climate change an example to the world! (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese-built coal power plant and associated technical and environmental issues (Category: Breaking News)
The current crisis is having far-reaching implications on the ability of women and girls to live in dignity
- More effective mechanism needed to regulate gender-based violence on digital platforms – Women P... (Category: Breaking News)
- Legislative roundup, Jan. 30, 2021 (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Police: Yakima serial groper returns (Category: USA, Washington)
- Rapes and molestations of women rising in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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