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[…]The post IMF Bailout: Why This Concern About Good Governance, Anti-Corruption Laws & An Independent Central Bank? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The Sri Lankan government is seeking Russian cooperation in multiple sectors, namely, tourism, air traffic, and locomotive construction, besides eyeing crude from Moscow.The post Sri Lanka mulls buying Russian oil & fertilizers appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Sri Lanka in the throes of the worst economic crisis since Independence has resorted to some desperate action; it has for the first time in its history declared bankruptcy, suspended debt repayment, secured an IMF bailout for the 17th time, and agreed to extremely stringent loan conditions, which have already caused social unrest with people […]
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
[…]The post Conflict Resolution Might Be The Way Out? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Twenty Years After US Invasion Of Iraq: Reflections On Contagious Impunity! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Waiting For Godot: Can Some Developing Nations Unite & Transform The Planet? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post To Be Or Not To Be (A US Military Base) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
It is welcome news for progressive opinion in the global South that some seven countries, thus far seen as having been among the poorest countries of the world, would be ‘graduating’ out of the Least Developing Country (LDC) category. Among them are; Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal and Angola. Hopefully, development researchers the world over would […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy The recent statements by Cabinet spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardena and Prof S.R.D. Rosa, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (SLAEB) that the nation intends going nuclear not very long from now should trigger a series of far-and-against debates in the public space, starting possibly with the social media. […]
Monday, 6th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe regime has been painting itself into a corner on the political front by going all out to scuttle the local government (LG) polls. It succeeded in delaying the elections by manipulating the Treasury to deprive the Election Commission (EC) of funds, but Friday’s Supreme Court (SC) interim order has […]
[…]The post Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpowers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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Officials from China, India, Saudi Arabia and Group of Seven nations will participate in a first virtual meeting of a new sovereign debt roundtable on Friday, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, confirming an earlier Reuters report.The post China, U.S. to participate in first meeting of new debt roundtable on February 17 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri La...
Sri Lanka is to attend a virtual meeting of a new sovereign debt roundtable meeting led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the World Bank and India. Officials from China, India, Saudi Arabia and Group of Seven wealthy nations will participate in the meeting on Friday, Reuters reported. The roundtable will include officials from countries […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Eric Walsh presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Feb. 02, at the President’s House in Kandy. Wickremesinghe was flanked by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, and Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake. Canada, with the concurrence of Sri Lanka, appointed Walsh as High Commissioner of Canada to Colombo. Walsh, who had served […]
[…]The post Why Are The Structural Changes Necessary? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
[…]The post Is The World, Hopelessly Divided Over Ukraine, Coming Together For Sri Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
USD 3 mn Japanese grant attached to ongoing project By Shamindra Ferdinando An agreement on the much advertised cash assistance, provided exclusively to paddy farmers by the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government, was finalised several weeks before then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down on July 14, 2022 amidst violent protests. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided the […]
The UN has freshly prioritized the ushering of international peace as one of its foremost tasks in the days ahead and sensible sections the world over are likely to back it overwhelmingly in this historic undertaking. There is no doubt that those quarters that are sensitive to the constantly rising human costs of war and […]
[…]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.
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 […]
[…]The post Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
The meet between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the run-up to the recent Bali summit of the G20 countries has almost overwhelmingly attracted world attention and this is only to be expected, considering the importance to the world of the principal issues in US-China relations. However, of equal importance ought […]
Sri Lanka, India and several other countries abstained from voting on a draft resolution approved by the UN General Assembly that recognised that Russia must be responsible for making reparations to Ukraine.The post Sri Lanka, India abstain on UN resolution calling on Russia to make reparations to Ukraine appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
By MAHADIYA HAMZA ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tourism revival is facing a challenge in bringing in more high spending foreign visitors due to increasing protests locally while monetary tightening, impacts of Russian invasion into Ukraine, and rising inflation globally.The move is likely to slow the island nation’s recovery from the unprecedented economic crisis as it is […]
Bankrupt Sri Lanka is caught up in a China-US battle. The situation has been further complicated by India, Japan and Australia becoming part of the US-led military alliance meant to counter China. The US-led grouping is hell-bent on enhancing its influence in Colombo as both parties woo lawmakers. Recent declaration by the ruling party that […]
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Tamil Guardian asks: The UK policy, regarding mainly Sri Lankan Tamils held in Diego Garcia, is likely to remain unchanged. Some of those who reached Diego Garcia, home for the strategic US military base, over a year ago, have already been sent back “voluntarily” to Sri Lanka. They returned in the wake of the UK […]
[…]The post Indian-Israeli Involvement In Sri Lanka Is A Disaster appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.