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Gunasekara said, under the current circumstances, the production cost per egg is 49 rupees which is above retail price.
- Eat eggs, eggs and more eggs as prices fall to lowest in decades (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should focus on locally sourcing animal products: poultry association (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s bakers call for price controls on wheat flour after hurting egg farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. makes a killing from egg imports’ (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Generational Shift To Face The Crisis In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign (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)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr. Gotabhaya Ranasinghe Sri Lanka is blessed with natural resources and scenic beauty. Famed for the hospitality of the friendly people, the country has a lot more to offer than just delicious food, comfortable lodgings, adventurous nature trails, and the green-blue seas.Sri Lanka is facing a grave financial crisis, of which the repercussions are […]
- Private Hospitals Association’s case for employing foreign medical specialists (Category: Business)
- Vida Medical Clinic Redefines Healthcare Experience (Category: Breaking News)
- Arogya 2012 to promote local health sector (Category: Business)
- FSP warns brain drain will cripple healthcare even in urban centres (Category: Breaking News)
He said inflation may peak around September below 70 percent before showing a downward trend.
- Sri Lanka’s headline inflation may rise to 70% in coming months – Central Bank of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation bigger threat to business than interest rates: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Curtailing inflation critical to avert Zimbabwe-like scenario – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it was holding its policy rates at 15.50 percent, while data showed market interest rates are close to twice the rate and private credit and imports falling. Monetary Policy Review: No. 06 – August 2022The Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates at their current levelsThe Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka...
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka policy rate unchanged as market rates rise, money printing warnings (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects inflation to slow, rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank expects economy to contract in second half of 2022 as well (Category: Breaking News)
Under the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau’s Visiting Journalists & Blogger Programs, a group of high-profile Indian media personnel was invited to Sri Lanka from July 3 to July 11, to re-discover Indo-Sri Lanka historical relationships. Eight media personnel representing several key states & cities of India, including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad […]
- Celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- “Similarities of two cultures”, Ladies’ College students participate in Indo Lankan Ethnic Progr... (Category: Breaking News)
- Distinctive styles of Indian Designers (Category: Breaking News)
- An unprecedented journey like never before at Cinnamon Grand Colombo : Mrs. India Inc Season 4 (Category: Breaking News)
WHO is holding “open consultation for a new disease name for monkeypox. Anyone wishing to propose new names can do so.”
- What is Monkeypox? (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: භාරතයට උණ දැනුණු Monkeypox... (Category: Video)
- Video: Monkeypox: Sri Lankan confirms second case (Category: Video)
- Video: Sri Lanka detects its first monkeypox case (English) (Category: Video)
[…]The post Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
"What we ask from the government is to facilitate us through private or state banks to import these as needed," he said.
- Lanka's poultry industry in crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. makes a killing from egg imports’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Moves to regulate poultry and egg industry (Category: Breaking News)
- Poultry farmers cry out for help, oppose govt. move to import eggs (Category: Breaking News)
Electricity prices were last hiked in 2013 however were slashed almost by 25% in 2014
- Sri Lanka free trade zone manufacturers alarmed by electricity tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity tariffs to go up by 75 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka utility regulator approves 75 percent electricity tariff hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka power tariff hike: ministry offers olive branch to protesting monks (Category: Breaking News)
The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held on 27th July, 2022 via Zoom. The SLSBC was inaugurated in 1997 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the objective of promoting trade, investments, tourism and services between Sri […]
- “Sri Lanka has enormous growth potential”: Robyn Mudie (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka-Vietnam Business Council holds first AGM (Category: Business)
- Cabinet nod for selecting consultants to sell Insurance Corporation, Litro, etc. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Australia – New Zealand Business Council holds 16th AGM (Category: Business)
"Around 40 percent of the supply comes from the SME sector while around 60 percent comes from large scale suppliers."
- Sri Lanka should focus on locally sourcing animal products: poultry association (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s new price controls on eggs could lead to shortages: poultry association (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s bakers, candy makers urge govt. to impose price controls; allow imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Egg prices expected to drop, imports unnecessary from next year – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, according to three Reuters witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests.The post Sri Lanka’s ousted president arrives in Thailand for temporary stay appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Late...
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa advised to remain indoors for security reasons at Bangkok hotel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s ruling party asks new president to help with ex-leader Rajapaksa’s return (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for U.S. Green Card, looks to settle back in United States (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand says former Sri Lanka president seeking visit, not asylum (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has appealed to the United Kingdom (UK) to lift the travel advisory on Sri Lanka. The appeal was made when Tourism Minister Harin Fernando met the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton. Fernando said that he had a successful meeting with the British High Commissioner regarding the current political climate in Sri […]
- SLTDA offers temporary registration for homeowners in Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
- Concerns raised over arrests by cops in civilian clothing (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand assures Sri Lanka continuous assistance (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP Regional Director for Asia-Pacific in Sri Lanka for talks (Category: Breaking News)
Delusion appears to be a national affliction in Sri Lanka. When confronted with stark realities, the state consistently refuses to take proactive measures to avert dire consequences. It refers to national liabilities, like the national airline, as national assets. Despite regular doses of life-saving intravenous injections in the form of hard cash by the Treasury, […]
- SriLankan Airlines participates at the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog, SriLankan offer star points, FlySmiLes conversion (Category: Breaking News)
- Union: UL will be stripped of profitable units to ensure no takers for national carrier (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines returns to profit amid privatization efforts (Category: Breaking News)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two years in office – a period of unprecedented political turmoil, uncertainty and further deterioration of Parliament – should be thoroughly examined. In fact, the UNP, with the support of the then President Maithripala Sirisena, paved the way for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s candidature, at the 2019 presidential election, by blocking Mahinda Rajapaksa’s path […...
- Sri Lanka’s foreign policy dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Destabilisation project: ACBC inquiry underway (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil reveals bid to get rid of him while GR was fleeing to Trinco on board SLNS Gajabahu (Category: Breaking News)
- Shocking claim in House: Bandula reveals how sugar importers, their henchmen trapped Prez (Category: Breaking News)
Electricity tariffs are to go up by 75 percent, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said. The PUCSL said that it has granted approval to increase electricity tariffs by 75 percent from tomorrow (August 10). PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had applied for an electricity tariff revision through […]
- CEB seeks 82% increase in electricity tariffs (Category: Breaking News)
- Former PUCSL chief says will protect public suffering from injustice (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. announces 75% power tariff increase (Category: Breaking News)
- Explainer: Sri Lanka’s electricity tariff hikes and how it works (Category: Breaking News)
This will be the first time electricity rates are increased in nine years.
- CEB To Be Made An Economically Stable Institution (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity for all IDP villages in North-East (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity for all IDP villages in North-East (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB seeks 82% increase in electricity tariffs (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government is planning to restructure the national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, and privatization is one proposed option due to the current financial crisis, Sri Lankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Nuttall said. “We are now looking at the privatization option as well because the government wants to restructure Sri Lankan […]
- JATA President and Executive Committee on a familiarization tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Six Lankan victims of trafficking repatriated from Myanmar (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines to renew commercial operations to China (Category: Breaking News)
- New Airplanes for Sri Lankan Airlines (Category: Breaking News)
The newly appointed brand ambassador for Sri Lanka Tourism, former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya met the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay and discussed promoting tourism between both countries. The Indian High Commission said that the meeting focused on strengthening ties between the people of India and Sri Lanka and promoting tourism as an […]
- Sri Lanka to use Sanath, Yohani in attempt to draw more Indian tourists (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath Jayasuriya appeals to Indians to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanath applauds sportsmanship of Indian captain in Sri Lanka game (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka can pay in INR (Category: Breaking News)
Avtra, a world leader in providing research-backed cutting-edge technology solutions for the aviation and tourism sectors, recently commemorated its fifth-year anniversary, bringing together the highly talented and diverse team based in Colombo on an excursion and making a pledge to revolutionizing travel in the next 55 years. This incredible milestone, and what’s yet to come, […]
- Galle Face protesters to withdraw today (Category: Breaking News)
- Youth shot dead near Balapitiya hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda’s son allegedly owned luxury resort (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crash out of T20 World Cup 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
After the collapse of the Sri Lankan economy, attention has turned to the state of affairs in other South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh. All three countries have either curtailed imports or are planning to do so, to salvage their fast-depleting foreign exchange reserves and avoid a Lanka-like forex crisis. While the […]
- Bangladesh secures loans of $4.7 billion from IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh seeks $4.5 billion IMF loan as deficit widens (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF agrees $4.5 billion Bangladesh support programme (Category: Breaking News)
- Emerging Donor (Category: Business)
Dinesh Weerakkody has been appointed Chairman of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission, the main authority managing the Colombo Port City project. Hatton National Bank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon former Chairman Dinesh is the Vice Chairman of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon, Immediate Past Chairman International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka and the Vice Chairman […]
- Director Stakes (Category: Business)
- CSE Chair (Category: Business)
- Chandimal out for 80 (Category: Breaking News)
- Third edition of ‘Ranil Wickremesinghe, A Political Biography’ presented to the President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Lament Of The Tragedy Of Our Times appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lasantha’s 66th Birthday: Who Was Lasantha? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ahimsa Files UN Complaint On 12th Anniversary Of Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Murder (Category: Breaking News)
- Ahimsa Files UN Complaint On 12th Anniversary Of Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Murder (Category: Breaking News)
- Ahimsa Files UN Complaint On 12th Anniversary Of Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Murder (Category: Breaking News)
Political instability in the past three months hurt the island nation's 3rd largest foreign earner
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- 400 new teachers for the Central Province (Category: Breaking News)
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.The post Sri Lanka considering restructure of local and sovereign debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka President says China’s assurances to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt received and forward... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set to begin talks to restructure debt of $30 Billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government hoping to restructure $17 billion foreign debts along with local debts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by Sept, president says (Category: Breaking News)
Cricket great Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Tourism for Sri Lanka.
Difficulties procuring insurance, as well as logistical and security concerns, were some of the issues raised by sponsors and broadcasters that led to the Asia Cup being shifted from Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka Cricket has revealed. “They felt that the situation in Sri Lanka was not conducive to garner the […]
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia Cup likely to be shifted from Sri Lanka to UAE (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket expresses interest in hosting Asia Cup 2023 - Report (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
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