By Kalinga Tudor Silva One of the important ways, the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka has directly impacted our lives is having to go through long and seeming unending queues, to access petrol, diesel, kerosene and even our dear passports. Queues have multiplied, sprung up on either side of the road and across the […]

Reserves depleted for debt repayment, imports and some capital flight

By Anupama Rajput Sri Lankan Lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremsinghe as the new President on July 20. The six-time Prime Minister was able to garner 134 votes in the 225-member parliament, despite public anger with the ruling elite in the hope that his long experience in government could help pull the country out […]

“We would have had it this month [July] if it were not for the unstable political condition.”

The Government and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have been implementing several measures to ease the burden of the current economic hardships on the people. One major factor that is contributing to the current crisis and the resultant hardships is the lack of foreign exchange liquidity in the banking system. Such shortage of […]

Providing financial and technical assistance towards the switch to renewable energy technologies The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka together with the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) has commenced an initiative to strengthen rural economies, increase forest cover, improve the living standards of rural women, and sustainable industries and small and medium en...

Non-oil imports collapsed 35.6 percent to 1,026 million US dollars.

We need to only remind ourselves of what happened to Greece and China (KMT) - D S Sennayake

By Shiran Ranasinghe and Sanath Nanayakkara The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has still not paid for a ship carrying 40,000 tonnes of diesel that had arrived in Colombo Port on 16 July 16. The CPC has to pay 52 million dollars to the Dubai based Coral Energy before unloading the diesel. Moreover, the CPC also […]

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? […]

By Saman indrajith The Russian energy company that sent representatives to Sri Lanka recently had presented the government with an MoU, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader, Wimal Weerawansa said in Parliament on Wednesday. If the Wickremesinghe administration was willing to sign the MoU, the Russians would supply fuel to Sri Lanka on credit, Weerawansa said. […]

New govt dominated by Rajapaksa linked party

Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri Lanka found itself struggling to make […]

Global un-employment set to rise

‘Pohottuwa party can’t take cover behind new Prez’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) spokesperson Mujibur Rahuman MP yesterday (26) said that the Cabinet-of-Ministers owed an explanation regarding Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera’s latest declaration that fuel imports would be restricted in the next 12 months. Minister Wijesekera has asse...

By Sanath Nanayakkare There is still possibility for Sri Lanka to arrive at a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by August 2022 to qualify for an extended fund facility, but the new government will need to demonstrate its ability to implement the required policies within an agreed upon time frame.” the […]

Investors are waiting for some positive news to enter market.

The government defaulted an interest payment of 78 million US dollar of a sovereign bond on May 19