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ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka is seeing a rise in sexually transmitted disease detections as inexperienced sex workers enter the profession, health officials say.Traditional high-risk communities including drug users and homosexual persons with multiple partners continue to be factors in the rise of STIs, according to health officials.According to the National STD/AIDS Control Programme, 4,556 HIV patien...
- Sri Lanka sees new sex workers after currency collapse, rise in STI, HIV detections (Category: Breaking News)
- A departure from the 1995 Age of Consent Legislation (Category: Breaking News)
- World population to reach 8 Bn tomorrow (15), says UN Report (Category: Breaking News)
- 47 Sri Lankan children living with AIDS (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranilnomics: Learning Nothing, Forgetting Everything appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- The World After Mikhail Gorbachev & Sri Lanka After JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (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 Go Set A Watchman appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Qualified Candidates Essential For System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Musings On A New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund is working with other multilateral lenders including the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on financing programmes for Sri Lanka, the IMF’s Deputy Director for Asia Pacific says.The post IMF working with multilateral lenders on financing programmes for Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- IMF working with multilateral lenders on financing programmes for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Global lenders eye coordinated assistance for Sri Lanka – Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club to give Sri Lanka financing assurances amid IMF debt talks – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- India ‘strongly supports’ Sri Lanka debt restructuring plan, it tells IMF (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund is working with other multilateral lenders including the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on financing programmes for Sri Lanka, the IMF s Deputy Director for Asia Pacific says.
The recent tax increases introduced by the government will result in massive social unrest, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday (October 14).The post Tax hikes will lead to massive social unrest – Patali Champika appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Patali Champika to contest LG polls together with Kumara Welgama (Category: Breaking News)
- Patali proposes to increase electricity tariffs of those using more than 180 & 300 units per month (Category: Breaking News)
- Patali Champika Ranawaka leaves Jathika Hela Urumaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Patali Champika Ranawaka leaves Jathika Hela Urumaya (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated the prior actions Sri Lanka must take for the IMF board to approve the disbursement of funds. Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund, Anne-Marie Gulde, said that the conditions involve securing assurances from bilateral creditors and dealing with the private sector debt. “Sri […]
- IMF wants fiscal policy in Sri Lanka that protects most vulnerable (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF and Sri Lanka discuss steps to be taken to secure funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank confident on Sri Lanka deal with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF notes progress in Sri Lanka’s economic reforms program (Category: Breaking News)
Western countries this week ratcheted up their criticism of China, the world's largest bilateral creditor, as the main obstacle to moving ahead with debt restructuring agreements for the growing number of countries unable to service their debts.The post Global finance leaders single out China as barrier to faster debt relief appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ON...
- Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- India a trusted trading partner in ‘friendshoring’ strategy: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Category: Breaking News)
Working very closely with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Investment Bank
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- Top Marks (Category: Business)
Neither India nor China have responded to Paris Club overtures to coordinate closely on Sri Lanka’s debt talks, Reuters reported yesterday.The Paris Club reached out to the two countries, who are among Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral creditors, last month.Reuters added that Paris Club officials met Indian officials on the sidelines of the annual meetings of […]
- Paris Club ready to start debt relief for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club provides financing assurances to support IMF bailout for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club says aims to start Sri Lanka debt negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club provides financing assurances to IMF on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Government will present the appropriation bill to the parliament on October 18
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs127bn in bonds, 2032 on tap at 30.09-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain on financials; Sampath Bank leads (Category: Breaking News)
Investors have been eying mostly on short term T-bill buying amid debt restructuring threats
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
[…]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)
Younger persons turning to commercial sex with unsafe practices
- Lanka sees new sex workers after currency collapse, rise in STI, HIV detections (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s JKH profits soar driven by forex gains as soft-peg collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise In T Bill Yields Portends Lending Rate Hike (Category: Breaking News)
- 47 Sri Lankan children living with AIDS (Category: Breaking News)
The Paris Club creditor nations last month reached out to China and India seeking to coordinate closely on Sri Lanka’s debt talks but is still awaiting a reply, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Paris Club officials reached out to two of Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral creditors after the crisis-hit nation […]
- China yet to respond positively to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Official creditors and Sri Lanka agree in principle on debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Foreign Minister to arrive in Sri Lanka next week (Category: Breaking News)
- France in talks with creditors on Sri Lanka issue (Category: Breaking News)
The Paris Club creditor nations last month reached out to China and India seeking to coordinate closely on Sri Lanka's debt talks, but is still awaiting a reply, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.The post Paris Club ready for close coordination with China, India on Sri Lanka debt talks – source appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri...
- Paris Club to give Sri Lanka financing assurances amid IMF debt talks – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan, India and France launch creditors meeting on Sri Lanka debt (Category: Breaking News)
- No response from India, China to Paris Cub beckoning them to help in Lanka’s debt talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club ready for close coordination with China, India on Sri Lanka debt talks (Category: Breaking News)
Chairman of the National Council sub-committee on identifying short-and medium-term programmes related to economic stabilisation, Patali Champika Ranawaka, yesterday ordered the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Census and Statistics to conduct a National Households Survey for 2022 immediately. Ranawaka mentioned that this survey had not been conducted during the last three years. The [...
- Parliamentary committee calls for proper methodology to select social security scheme beneficiar... (Category: Breaking News)
- Raids lead to increase in Excise revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Champika pours out more details about latest sugar scam (Category: Breaking News)
- Champika appointed chairman of National Council sub-committee (Category: Breaking News)
Survey reveals deep-rooted Mercantilism and total lack of classical economics
- Sri Lanka needs political stability, fiscal measures for IMF deal: CBSL union (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continues to soft-peg in May intervening in both directions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka non-oil imports down in March 2022 as soft-peg collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka halts imports of over 300 items (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)
[…]The post CB To Launch A Diagnostic Audit Of Sri Lankan Banks; “Physician, Heal Thyself”! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Central Banks Have A Critical Role To Play During Times Of Financial Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Ministry Of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks, Fitch Ratings, NPLs & Impairments! (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) today said that it is Ânot in a position to consider favorably to the request to operate Russia s MIR bankcards within the country s banking system due to the US sanctions on the payment system.
Sri Lanka today confirmed reports that it will not accept the MIR Russian card payment system. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said that due to US sanctions on the MIR payment system, as confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka, the CBSL is not in a position to consider favorably, […]
- Air France and KLM to resume flights to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 video on Sri Lanka not removed as claimed by Namal (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel shipments scheduled to begin arriving from Friday (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka repatriates 19 Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
Investors have been mainly buying short term govt securities amid haircut fears
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
- Nearly half of NYC residents not sold on getting COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds (Category: USA, New York)
Proposed tax hikes will take Sri Lanka's tax structure similar to 2019
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka publishes gazette with income tax changes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka key tax changes, top personal tax rate 34-pct, companies 30-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- FACTS – Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s proposes tax hike to boost revenue (Category: Breaking News)
Unless you are really rich you cannot afford private hospitals anymore
- Two injured in fiery head-on crash near Kindred (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Two injured in fiery head-on crash near Kindred (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Drivers hurt in fiery head-on crash near Kindred identified (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Drivers hurt in fiery head-on crash near Kindred identified (Category: USA, North Dakota)
There won't be any overnight benefits to the market from the proposed tax hikes - analysts
- Carbon tax pushes up Tea Tree Gully rates (Category: South Australia)
- Sri Lanka govt security yields slightly down in full trade: investors wait (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax hike likely to discourage small time investors into stocks – analysts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax hike could force professionals to migrate – analysts (Category: Breaking News)
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe represented Sri Lanka at the G24 Ministerial Meeting during the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on Tuesday (Oct. 11). M
By Vineet Raj The organic fertilizer import issue which had dented the diplomatic relations with China and Sri Lanka has reportedly taken a new turn. According to the latest developments, the Chinese company, Qingdao Seawin Biotec Group Company Limited has obtained a civil ruling unilaterally from Shandong Qingdao Intermediate People’s Court of China on Dec […]
- AG’s advice obtained to deal with Chinese company (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka suffered loss of USD 6.9 mn in Chinese fertilizer deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese organic fertiliser that put Sri Lanka in a quandary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka-China fertilizer kerfuffle: Committee appointed on money paid for shipment (Category: Breaking News)
Several prominent persons fallen in to the trap
- Sri Lanka shares edge up from 1-mo lows amid foreign outflows (Category: Breaking News)
- Development as the key to stability (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka bourse performs Asia's best in 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
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