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[…]The post Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth World appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vanishing Fish: Corporate Capture & Import Dependency Deepen The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.The post India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China’s long shadow appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Infrastructure, energy and debt on agenda as Sri Lanka president arrives in India (Category: Breaking News)
- India says it will protect its interests as Chinese boat heads to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India plans no more funding for Sri Lanka as IMF talks progress (Category: Breaking News)
- India, Sri Lanka agree to boost ties through energy, power and port projects (Category: Breaking News)
Burkina Faso’s Government has expelled the top UN diplomat in the country who was a former UN official in Sri Lanka. Barbara Manzi, the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coordinator in the West African nation, was declared persona non grata, the foreign affairs ministry said in a statement. Burkina Faso has been wracked by violence […]
- Mahinda’s son allegedly owned luxury resort (Category: Breaking News)
- Jagath Samarawickrama takes oaths as new MP (Category: Breaking News)
- India sends 2,000 MT wheat to Afghanistan via Attari-Wagah border (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia deports Sri Lankan asylum seekers (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that everyone should unite to fulfil their moral responsibility for the country, sidelining the traditional political system of trying to grab power at the next election by palming off all the responsibilities on the government.The post Step out of traditional politics and fulfil moral responsibility – President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Lates...
- Step out of traditional politics and join hands to fulfill moral responsibility towards the coun... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Everyone should unite to make food security program a success – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President optimistic that debt restructuring discussions will end successfully (Category: Breaking News)
India’s rupee trade settlement mechanism, a means of using rupees instead of dollars and other big currencies for international transactions, is attracting interest from more countries.The post Indian Central Bank approves five ‘vostro’ accounts for Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lankan bank opens VOSTRO account in India (Category: Breaking News)
- India approves special ‘vostro’ account for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- State Bank of India to begin overseas rupee trade with smaller nations (Category: Breaking News)
- RBI allows international trade settlement in Rupee (Category: Breaking News)
India has approved a special ‘vostro’ account for Sri Lanka, a means of using rupees instead of dollars for international transactions. According to Reuters, Sri Lanka had shown interest in the mechanism and the special vostro accounts have been approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reuters report said that Tajikistan, Cuba, Luxembourg […]
- Indian Central Bank approves five ‘vostro’ accounts for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RBI allows international trade settlement in Rupee (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka wants to start rupee trade with India (Category: Breaking News)
- India allows Sri Lanka to settle $1 bn credit facility in India rupees (Category: Breaking News)
By Easwaran Rutnam Italy has sought Sri Lanka’s support in its bid to secure the rights to host the 2030 Expo in Rome. Russia, South Korea, Italy, Ukraine, and Saudi Arabia have submitted bids to hold the prestigious event. Gaetano Castellini Curiel, the Deputy Coordinator of the campaign to make Rome the venue of the […]
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe submits draft of ‘Defence Review – 2030’ to the Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- National Disaster Management Plan – 2023-2030 to be tabled in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- DigiGo.lk Aims to Enable Over 1 Million SMEs to Go Digital and Drive a USD 15 Billion Digital Ec... (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID-19 complications take teen from healthy to hospitalized (Category: USA, Maryland)
Months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is becoming increasingly clear that the latter’s traumas would not end any time soon. Nor is the invader registering any notable gains from its fatal decision to annex Ukraine by armed means and might. However, it’s abundantly clear that the destabilizing economic consequences for the world from the […]
- A singular triumph for Soft Power (Category: Breaking News)
- What a world! (Category: Breaking News)
- East-West tensions heighten and take on new dimensions (Category: Breaking News)
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
Sandya Ekneligoda, a human rights activist and wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda has made it to BBC’s 100 women of 2022.The post Human rights activist Sandya Eknaligoda named among world’s 100 top influential women 2022 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lankan activist Sandya Ekneligoda makes it to BBC 100 Women 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Letter To UN-CAT Over Mohan Peiris Claim (Category: Breaking News)
- Shining Light on Sri Lanka’s Dirty Secret: the Disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Domestic Debt Restructuring: Another Time Bomb Clicking Down? (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax! Tax!! Tax!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: High Aspirations Amidst Mounting Challenges But Options Are Limited (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
FitchRatings has downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CC’, from ‘CCC’, and has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR at ‘RD’ (Restricted Default). Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to ratings of ‘CCC+’ or below. Fitch has also removed the Long-Term Local-Currency IDR from Under Criteria Observation, on which it was placed […]
- Fitch Upgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘CCC-‘ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s long-term local-currency IDR to ‘CC’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Ratings warns of risks from political instability in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CC’, from ‘CCC’, and has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR at ‘RD’ (Restricted Default). Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to ratings of ‘CCC+’ or below. Fitch has also removed the Long-Term Local-Currency IDR from Under Criteria O...
- Fitch Upgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘CCC-‘ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Local-Currency IDR to ‘RD’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka to Restricted Default (RD), sovereign bonds to Default (D) (Category: Breaking News)
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