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[…]The post Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Behind Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, ATA & RW’s Consolidation (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has categorically rejected the allegation levelled in a television news report against the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry.
- SL holds first ever bi-lateral talks with Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- UK official here for talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Philippine - Sri Lanka economic relations strengthened (Category: Breaking News)
- Passport compulsory for Sri Lankans to apply for the jobs in Korea (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Navy held a special meeting at SLNS Gotabaya in Mullaitivu recently, to update the fishing communities in Mullaitivu of prevailing issues in the industry. The meeting was chaired by Commander Eastern Naval Area and Commandant Volunteer Naval Force, Rear Admiral Dammika Kumara. During the meeting, the local fishing communities raised their concerns […]
- Jaffna and Tamil Nadu fishermen to meet soon (Category: Breaking News)
- Attempt to organize meeting between Tamil Nadu and Jaffna fishermen, Indian media reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Gone fishing? (Category: Technology)
- Navy makes Mullaitivu fishing communities aware of prevailing issues in industry (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe actively engaged in a pivotal business round table on “Sri Lanka’s Economic Revival & Opportunities for Japanese Enterprise,” where he presented the nation’s commitment to stabilizing and liberalizing the economy while actively inviting new foreign ventures. The event, jointly organized by JETRO, Japan-Sri Lanka Business Co-Operation, and the Embassy of Sri Lanka...
- Coming Together (Category: Business)
- Economic Network (Category: Business)
- State Visit (Category: Business)
- President accepts the summary of CB annual report (Category: Breaking News)
Vietnam wants to develop its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka more effectively, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said. Tran Luu Quang met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Tokyo. Talking to the Sri Lankan leader, Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang, who is paying a working visit to Japan, affirmed that Vietnam consistently attaches importance […]
- President calls on Vietnamese PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Vietnam to expand economic cooperation with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- PM Modi Discusses Ukraine, South China Sea With Top Vietnam Leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Director, Ben Mellor, had talks with a wide range of stakeholders in Sri Lanka. Along with the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, they met a wide range of stakeholders in Colombo, Jaffna and Galle, the British High Commission in Colombo said. “It was great to accompany […]
- Students visit President’s House one year after it was stormed (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to promote Sri Lanka as ideal destination for travellers (Category: Breaking News)
- Senthil, Charles and Lakshman Yapa get Governor posts (Category: Breaking News)
- India extends tenure of USD 1 billion credit facility provided to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka received USD 604 million worth of foreign investments during first quarter of 2023, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama says.
By Harischandra Gunaratna Chairman of the Institute of Hospitality, Dr. Harsha Jayasinghe on Tuesday said the brain drain in the country had not only led to a serious loss of talent but also hampered the industry’s ability to provide high-quality services and meet the demands of national and international visitors. Speaking at the 31st AGM […]
- Urgent measures needed to halt exodus of skilled personnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Browns Hotels & Resorts celebrates World Tourism Day with an insightful forum (Category: Breaking News)
- Kumar elected 17th President of FCCISL (Category: Business)
- Remittances from expat workers improving, says Manusha (Category: Breaking News)
by Laleen Jayamanne ( Continued From Wednesday) The Multi-Ethnic fan base Gamini Fonseka, who introduced action (fights) with a new image of proletarian muscular masculinity into Sinhala cinema, was loved by both the Sinhala and Tamil male films fans for those reasons. His film Sarungale, where he played a rather sedentary Tamil Clerk (he spoke […]
- The Copper Tumbler and Donkeys in Mannar: A Work of Mourning – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Gamini Abeysinghe and Kamalangani Perusinghe’s legacy shines on (Category: Breaking News)
- Ran Muthu Duwa (Category: Breaking News)
- The Inspiring Influence of India on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Crisis-stricken Sri Lanka should be able to conclude newly-launched debt restructuring talks by September, or November at the latest, its president said on Thursday, adding that the negotiations had made "remarkable" progress.The post Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by Sept, president says appeared first on ONLANKA News | Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - Sri Lanka Ne...
- Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks on debt restructuring with key lenders (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan Prime Minister Kishida meets Sri Lanka president on debt repair talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka already started ‘low level’ talks with India, China on debt restructuring – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president to hold debt talks on France visit – sources (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed regret to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the decision taken to suspend the Japanese funded Colombo Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. During an official meeting in Tokyo this morning (25) between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the President emphasized the need for future legislation in the […]
- Japan reiterates conditions to resume stalled projects in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China to explore opportunities to strengthen relations with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore’s Prime Minister keen to deepen ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan looks at investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has raised concerns on the increasing number of foreign employment scams.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet Sri Lanka's president on Thursday as the South Asian nation looks to bolster efforts to restructure its debt and repair an economy deeply scarred by a severe financial crisis.The post Japan Prime Minister Kishida meets Sri Lanka president on debt repair talks appeared first on ONLANKA News | Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - Sri Lanka ...
- Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by Sept, president says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets Japanese Prime Minister & Emperor (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting over debt crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting by year-end – report (Category: Breaking News)
Jewellery, gold biscuits and smartphones worth Rs 78 mn confiscated By Shamindra Ferdinando United National Alliance (UNA) General Secretary, M. M. Naimullah, yesterday (24) said that the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) should take disciplinary action against Puttalam District MP Ali Sabri Raheem who was nabbed by the Customs for smuggling in 3 kg and […]
- MP regrets, promises to reveal all (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP backs Opp. move to suspend MP caught smuggling gold, phones (Category: Breaking News)
- March 12 Movement, MP Rajakaruna ask Prez to sack gold-smuggling MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Opp. seeks IMF intervention to rein in corruption (Category: Breaking News)
With economic pressures beginning to impact countries, both East and West, in a major way, it is only to be expected that states with legitimate claims to ocean and sea-based resources would be beginning to focus more sharply at present on subject areas, such as, ocean governance and maritime security opportunities. Fortunately, some Sri Lankan […]
- Resounding endorsement of pluralism (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Needs A Fusion Center For Information Sharing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- A Sri Lankan initiative to meet global challenges (Category: Breaking News)
By Rohana R. Wasala (Continued from yesterday May 24, 2023) Some well-meaning, erudite, but very naive and innocent, young bhikkhus are challenging Paster Jerome Fernando to a debate over his deprecatory remarks about Buddhism; that, I think, is ridiculously ingenuous and unnecessary, because that is giving that man a measure of dignity that he doesn’t […]
- Pastor Jerome Fernando granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Jerome Fernando and his profane gimmicks (Category: Breaking News)
- Are we the most gullible on earth? (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prophet” Jerome’s Controversial Sermon & The Issues It Raises (Category: Breaking News)
SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, said on Wednesday that it has launched a loyalty program with a host of benefits for foreign employment agencies.
Sri Lanka is expecting foreign direct investment inflows to rise by a fifth to $1.3 billion this year, a government official said on Wednesday, with India likely to play a lead role despite the Sri Lankan economy facing its worst crisis in decades.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog wants Sri Lanka to improve its record in voting for Israel in international forums. The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to the State of Israel Nimal Bandara presented his Credentials to President Isaac Herzog. The ceremonial event was held at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, the Capital […]
- SLFP did not approve MPs joining Cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- Detained Sri Lankan women in Israel to be sent back to Jordan (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar to help Sri Lanka tackle human trafficking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka looks to work closer with ASEAN (Category: Breaking News)
Officers of Sri Lanka Customs at the Central Mail Exchange have seized a stock of Kush cannabis with an estimated street value of around Rs. 34.75 million, following the inspection of 10 unclaimed parcels sent from abroad to Sri Lankan addresses.
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) says that 48 Sri Lankan employees who were supposed to leave for employment in South Korea could not fly out of the country as a result of a 10-hour-long flight delay.
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Cabinet has approved a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to seek parliamentary approval for agreements on foreign investment, Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters yesterday. A government could also withdraw from or change such a foreign project with parliamentary approval, Minister Gunawardena said, adding that in the past leaders had stopped fore...
- Cabinet sub-committee to identify expeditious investment opportunities (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet okays special visas for Colombo Port City (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves signing of loan agreement with ADB for USD 60 mn to repair roads (Category: Breaking News)
- Making poor Lanka business-friendly (Category: Breaking News)
By Rohana R. Wasala The Jerome Fernando escapade, if rightly handled, will provide a golden opportunity to neutralise external threats to the prevailing peaceful religious coexistence in the Sinhalese Buddhist majority Sri Lanka. I hope that the fair-minded reader will not immediately condemn me as a Sinhalese racist and a Buddhist extremist for stating a […]
- Jerome Fernando and his profane gimmicks – II (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeromy’s Quake – Confined To His Church (Category: Breaking News)
- “Prophet” Jerome’s Controversial Sermon & The Issues It Raises (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhism in challenging times (Category: Breaking News)
Upon completion of its mission to Sri Lanka, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review team has said that maintaining the economic reform momentum and ensuring timely implementation of the IMF-supported programme’s commitments are essential for Sri Lanka to emerge from the current economic crisis. The mission discussed recent economic developments and the implementation of the […]
- Sri Lanka s overall macroeconomic and policy environment remains challenging - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF final review discussion with President today (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial talks on debt restructuring to be held next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Another IMF team here next week (Category: Breaking News)
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- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- 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 – II (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team says that keeping up the economic reform momentum and ensuring timely implementation of the IMF-supported programme’s commitments are key for Sri Lanka to emerge from the economic crisis.The post IMF Staff concludes visit to Sri Lanka and issued official statement appeared first on ONLANKA News | Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - Sri Lanka ...
- IMF team in Colombo this week for first review of Extended Fund Facility (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says Sri Lanka is doing well (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF delegation to arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says timely restructuring agreements between Sri Lanka and its creditors in line with the program targets, by the time of the first review, is essential to restoring debt sustainability. An IMF mission led by Messrs. Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki conducted a staff visit to Colombo from May 11 to […]
- IMF insists no talks with Sri Lanka on digital services tax (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF ready to support Sri Lanka’s discussions with bondholders (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF begins talks in Sri Lanka in attempt to reach deal (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s offer not sufficient for IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Melbourne launched a Student Registration Portal for Sri Lankan students in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania addressing a long-standing need, the Foreign Ministry said. Most of the Sri Lankan students in Australia are studying in universities / institutions in three states coming under the Consular jurisdiction of the […]
- Housing to be offered to Sri Lankan migrant workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Students visit President’s House one year after it was stormed (Category: Breaking News)
- New Maldives President Dr Muizzu and Ranil hold extensive talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to promote Sri Lanka as ideal destination for travellers (Category: Breaking News)
The economic crisis has placed Sri Lanka among the 20 poorest countries in Asia. A report published on Insider Monkey noted that while Sri Lanka is classified as a developing country, it is currently facing an economic crisis characterized by the devaluation of its currency, increasing inflation, and a humanitarian emergency caused by a severe […]
- China-Sri Lanka trade agreements ‘speed up’ amidst debt restructuring negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar will be middle income nation if reforms stay on track – ADB study (Category: Business)
- Japan to write off $ 3.7 b Myanmar debt, restart loans (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s growth to contract by 7.6% in 2022 – ADB (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for an official visit to Singapore and Japan this morning (May 23).The post Sri Lanka President leaves for Singapore and Japan for an official visit appeared first on ONLANKA News | Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - Sri Lanka News.
- Sri Lanka President leaves for official visit to Japan and Philippines (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President holds bilateral talks with Japanese foreign minister, Singaporean Prime Min... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets Prime Minister of Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- President to leave for Singapore and Japan tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
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