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Sri Lanka approved legislation on Tuesday to let companies from oil-producing nations import and sell fuel as it attempts to cope with a steep oil bill that deepened its worst financial crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka approves law to liberalize petroleum imports appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Price of 92 Octane Petrol increased in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel consumption in Sri Lanka drops 50% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- First two Sinopec fuel shipments to arrive in Sri Lanka in August (Category: Breaking News)
- National Fuel Pass to be introduced today in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Uurumaya, MP Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given a post of Presidential Adviser on Climate Change to Eric Solheim who had been sacked by the UN for wasting funds. Addressing the media in Colombo, Gammanpila said that so-called peace envoy Solheim has re-emerged as the Presidential […]
- Invite global renewable energy organizations to Sri Lanka  Solheim (Category: Breaking News)
- NP Governor receives assurance from Erik Solheim (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway’s Sri Lanka peace process evaluation presented (Category: Breaking News)
- EC: Prez poll can’t be put off (Category: Breaking News)
By Norman Palihawadane Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has called on the country’s youth to rise against injustice and change the current system, which, he says, has become the cause of misery. Addressing a gathering at the premiere of the movie, titled ‘Prana’, at Colombo City Centre, recently, the Cardinal said: “The youth must rise […]
- Cardinal asks govt. to stop incarcerating dissenters (Category: Breaking News)
- Bishops urge relief package for poor (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal Ranjith calls for referendum before building bridge linking India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal calls for cleansing of hearts to take country forward (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Putin’s Last Stand appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Russian Presidential Election Results (Category: Breaking News)
- NATO Expansion: The Untold Agreement & Its Role In The Ukraine War (Category: Breaking News)
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- Ancient Values Influence Behaviour Centuries Later (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Must Become More Than Just A Debt Collector For Private Creditors appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Hedge funds holding up vital debt relief for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Some creditors want to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt without China (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- China holds key to Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring to ease economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How We Came To This Pass: A Quest For Scapegoats appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How We Came To This Pass – The Aragalaya Challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – Waiting On IMF (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations against Russia, which was passed with 143 votes. The UN General Assembly passed the resolution by a large majority, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine which Russia has claimed, following so-called referendums held late last month, and demanding […]
- Sri Lanka again abstains from voting on resolution against Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka abstains from voting on Ukraine resolution (Category: Breaking News)
- HRC resolution on Sri Lanka presented to UNGA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka abstains from UN vote on resolution against ASAT tests (Category: Breaking News)
At a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is making it all too obvious that he will be depending on Hard Power or armed might to forge ahead with his plans in Ukraine, the conferring of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on a human rights campaigner of Belarus and on two organizations engaged in kindred […]
- Belarus, Russia, Ukraine rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize (Category: Breaking News)
- Challenge of ushering international peace (Category: Breaking News)
- UN endures, but in the shadow of big powers (Category: Breaking News)
- Proxy wars make unsettling comeback (Category: Breaking News)
A Colombo-based human rights groups has called on the Sri Lankan government to do more and take responsibility for seven of its citizens who said they were captured and tortured by Russians in eastern Ukraine.The post Sri Lanka urged to do more for citizens freed after Russian ‘torture’ appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Horrific details about 07 Sri Lankans captured by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan students held by Russian forces in Kharkiv region rescued – Ukrainian President (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about captivity of 7 Sri Lankans by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka tourism is yet to see large foreign visitors after political crisis ended.
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Apparel producers decry 400% off-peak electricty price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 400 m India-SL energy transaction in the pipeline (Category: Business)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
The priceless legacy that is Mahatma Gandhi and his thought continues to resonate in the hearts and minds of the righteous of the world. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India’s political independence which falls this year, it is obligatory on the part of women and men of goodwill to not only re-visit […]
- Dr A. T. Ariyaratne: A human being of iconic opulence (Category: Breaking News)
- High Commission in Nairobi hosts International Vesak Day at UN Office (Category: Breaking News)
- In a historic first, Muslim World League celebrates Gandhi Jayanti, calls it an occasion to spre... (Category: Breaking News)
- Lessons from Gandhi’s life (Category: Breaking News)
A look at global debt statistics would show that almost all countries, irrespective of their economic status, obtain loans. The USA, the second richest country on the basis of PPP index, has a debt burden of more than 100% of their GDP, which is much more than some of the developing countries such as Brunei […]
- Forbes: Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives among biggest debt burdens to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap Lessons (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank eyeing USD 8 -10 billion currency reserves in 3-4 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranawaka: It’s possible to prosecute those who bankrupted country (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid Architecture? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post After Samantha Power’s Visit appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Questions On Protection & Promotion Of Democracy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Demand Of 182 Academics For Cancelling Sri Lanka’s Foreign Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
By S. V. Kirubaharan in France The United Nations definition of ‘victims’ is as follows: “Victims” means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, [̷...
- Sri Lanka rejects OHCHR evidence gathering mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Empathy and understanding sought by Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Türkiye insists will not sign resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights chief told invitation to visit Sri Lanka still stands (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s address at the first-ever graduation ceremony of the National Defence College (NDC) in capital Colombo reiterated four points. The first three have been repeated by successive governments and their leaders over the past three decades in particular. Initiated under the predecessor government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the […]
- Can ‘National Security’ priorities wait for economic recovery? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe calls for unified action to safeguard the Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
Fear of a DDR/IFR event drive rates even higher
- Sri Lanka central bank US$4.0bn in debt by March 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank busts US$9.8bn since Feb 2020 to suppress rates, for stimulus (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governors should be restrained by law, not given independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to print money unless taxes are raised: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan authorities continue negotiations with Russia on the provision of a loan to buy Russian fuel, Sri Lankan Minister of Transport and Highways and Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardena said on Saturday in an interview with Sputnik.The post Sri Lanka, Russia continue talks on loan for Russian oil products appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANK...
- Sri Lanka, Russia continue talks on loan for Russian oil products (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka mulls buying Russian oil & fertilizers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks investors for nuclear power plants (Category: Breaking News)
- India expects $8-$9 Billion bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
Westminster Abbey has space for around 2,000 people, so only heads of state and one or two guests have reportedly been invited to Britain’s first state funeral for six decades. London: Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday in one of […]
- Lankan president met British PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets British Premier (Category: Breaking News)
- King Charles’s Coronation guest list: who’s who of everyone expected to attend (Category: Breaking News)
- President engages in cordial conversation with King Charles III (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- The JVP & The Tamil People: Change The Party Line Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How We Came To This Pass: A Quest For Scapegoats (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – The Aragalaya Challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – Waiting On IMF (Category: Breaking News)
"If the ministry is able to sign a contract with a supplier now, we should have coal by the end of next month."
- Power cuts during today as well (Category: Breaking News)
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Election cuts (Category: Video)
- Sri Lanka says no more power cuts, until further notice (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Taking Dictatorial Steps To Control Public Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Government-Sponsored Terrorism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Orthodox tea exports from India have increased by more than 22 percent during the first six months of the calendar year as its largest supplier, Sri Lanka, grapples with an economic crisis, Indian media reports say. A report published by the Business Standard has said: “According to the latest data available on the Tea Board […]
- Global black tea production down 1.86% (Category: Business)
- Global tea output falls 1.31% in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Global black tea output falls (Category: Business)
- India sees lower tea exports this calendar year (Category: Business)
By N Sathiya Moorthy While leaving for Geneva to head the government delegation at the UNHRC session beginning this week, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has reiterated the Sri Lankan State position that it would not accept an ‘international probe’ into war-crimes, as dictated in earlier resolutions of the UN human rights body. The government has […]
- Comprehensive international probe on Easter attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Pillayan ready to face international probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Azad Moulana offers to testify in Easter attacks probe (Category: Breaking News)
- UN calls for independent probe into Easter Sunday attacks (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya Sri Lanka’s economic woes have not cast a shadow over its complex foreign relations. On August 16, the southern port of Hambantota welcomed the Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel from China. While Colombo had asked for a deferral of the visit, it eventually relented and allowed the ship to dock until […]
- Milinda pushes for Indo-Lanka strategic-level partnership (Category: Breaking News)
- “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Sri Lanka’s praise for India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka may allow Indian rupee to be used in local transactions (Category: Breaking News)
- First things first (Category: Breaking News)
by Dayan Jayatilleka, PhD Watching Mikhail Gorbachev who died last week at the World Festival of Youth and Students in the Summer of 1985, I had a thought which I later recorded in an article in the Sri Lankan newspapers. I felt, and wrote, that “at last we have a Soviet leader we do not […]
- The World after Gorbachev and Sri Lanka after JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 (Category: Breaking News)
- The World After Mikhail Gorbachev & Sri Lanka After JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 (Category: Breaking News)
Russia is seeking to strengthen its relations with Sri Lanka. The outgoing Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka YuryMateriy called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat. YuryMateriy, who has ended his term in Sri Lanka, said that he will continue to work to strengthen the relations with Sri Lanka. He further stressed the need […]
- Sri Lanka in talks with Russia to resolve Aeroflot issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka secures long-term credit line from Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Philippines and Sri Lanka to further strengthen bilateral relations (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia summons Sri Lankan envoy and protests over detained plane (Category: Breaking News)
India’s envoy to the UN Security Council, Ruchira Kamboj says the most pressing need of the hour is a truly representative Security Council. Ruchira Kamboj during her address took swipes at China and Pakistan for adopting double standards. While India and China were exchanging verbal barbs over a Chinese research ship docking in a Sri […]
- India briefs UN GA on nearly $4 billion assistance given to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Kamboj briefs UNSC on achievements of CTC under India’s chairship (Category: Breaking News)
- India surpasses China as largest lender for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK backs India’s case for permanent UN Security Council seat (Category: Breaking News)
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