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The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka “as quickly as possible,” Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president. Speaking with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, Georgieva said the fund was “very deeply concerned about the well-being of the people in […]
- IMF Chief says Sri Lanka a warning sign to world (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF remains very hopeful on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF seeks to expand donor coordination to countries like Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF wants to resolve debt crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
India has denied claims of influencing the Presidential election in Sri Lanka. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said that such claims are a “figment of someone’s imagination”. “We have seen baseless and purely speculative media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in […]
- India denies claims issuing visas suspended in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India says it has supported the entirety of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar says India helping Sri Lanka cope with crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in January surpasses 102,000 (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka "as quickly as possible," Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president.The post IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News in Sri Lanka - Br...
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks as quickly as possible (Category: Breaking News)
- China tells IMF willing to take constructive part in debt talks (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ (Category: Breaking News)
Media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding the parliamentary vote to appoint a new President for the island nation are Âbaseless and Âpurely speculativeÂ, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said earlier today.
The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka Âas quickly as possible, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president.
ECONOMYNEXT – India has denied speculation that the country was influencing a parliamentary vote to select a president for Sri Lanka.“We have seen baseless and purely speculative media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Sri Lankan Parliament to the post of the President of Sri Lanka,” the Indi...
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Wickremesinghe won 134 votes
The country is in the process of electing an interim President
- Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Colombo district from July 14-15 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stock index gains over 1.6 pct in mid-day (Category: Breaking News)
- No weekend power cuts for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourists to receive on request fuel in crisis-hit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Independent and minority political parties have pledged support to Alahapperuma, but he is not favoured by the SLPP
Sri Lanka's parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be able to pull the island out of its worst economic and political crisis since independence in 1948.The post Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time Prime Minister voted President appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News in Sri Lanka - Breaking News from Sr...
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka leader says IMF agreement pushed back after unrest (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is facing “a very serious crisis” that makes India naturally worried, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told an all-party meeting on Tuesday (July 19) and dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in India.The post Serious crisis in Sri Lanka, worry about spillover – Jaishankar appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News in Sri Lanka - Breaking Ne...
- India will continue developmental assistance to Sri Lanka in every possible area: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s economic support to Sri Lanka not based on communal approach – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s creditors must take proactive steps to facilitate its recovery: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
Overnight clean money volumes down to zero, sporadic repo activity
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is wrong scapegoat expat workers over Undiyal: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka economic recovery, a common minimum program (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s parliament will vote today to elect a new president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last week after months of demonstrations over an unprecedented economic crisis.
Parliament was split ahead of the Presidential Election with political parties deciding to back one of the two main candidates, Ranil Wickremesinghe and Dullas Alahapperuma. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, the Tamil National Alliance and a number of others had decided to support Dullas Alahapperuma. Most of the members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna […]
- Dullas feels Ranil bringing new Bill to control Sirasa TV (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected President (Category: Breaking News)
- Secret ballot papers used to elect Ranil as President destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Face protests to continue till RW goes home (Category: Breaking News)
Blindfolding the statue: By Laleen Jayamanne “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike to a journalist. If true, this observation attributed to Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, is quite chilling in its cynicism. ‘Excitement’ is a political emotion here and SWRD appears to […]
- India’s likely name change; death-dealing Ministries (Category: Breaking News)
- Destabilisation project: ACBC inquiry underway (Category: Breaking News)
- Why The North Should Join The Aragalaya, Not Isolate Itself (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala Only and SWRD: “I never thought I would win” (Category: Breaking News)
By Austin Fernando I am proud that I have served all Executive Presidents of Sri Lanka from Presidents JR Jayewardene to Gotabaya Rajapaksa at some stage or another. I may be the only public ‘officer’ to have done so. With Mahinda Rajapaksa, it was secondary, but I was his ‘lifesaver’ along with Ranil Wickremesinghe. (See […]
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith slams critical social media at Matale (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil reveals bid to get rid of him while GR was fleeing to Trinco on board SLNS Gajabahu (Category: Breaking News)
- Cometh GR (Category: Breaking News)
DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA This may come as a surprise to you, but we’ve been here before. In August 1953, there was a two-day work stoppage and civil disobedience campaign by the island’s people, called by the left parties. Protest covered the South and the North. The LSSP and CP led, the Federal Party participated, and […]
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- President has to work overtime to restore confidence and credibility (Category: Breaking News)
- New Prez invites Sajith, et al to work together to overcome challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- FSP: RW has declared war on 22 mn Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 20th July, 2022 Parliament will elect a new President today. The contest is actually between two candidates, Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma. NPP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be an also-ran. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa pulled out of the race at the eleventh hour following an understanding with Alahapperuma; if the latter […]
- Souls for sale! (Category: Breaking News)
- Rebels to launch new alliance, initiate talks with GL-Dallas group (Category: Breaking News)
- Privatisation of national assets: SLPP accountable for President’s actions: GL (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil wins by majority of 52 votes, garnering 134 votes as against 82 polled by Dullas (Category: Breaking News)
By Anushka Kahandagamage, University of Otago, New Zealand This essay is about how our politicians look at educational reforms. The positions of two of the key characters mentioned in this essay have now radically changed. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country amidst a popular uprising and Dhammika Perera has resigned his ministerial position in […]
- Educational reforms Sri Lanka demands today for a brighter tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating course of education reforms in SL: Past challenges and future directions (Category: Breaking News)
- Decline and fall of an educational bureaucracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, reforms and double whammy (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka presented its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) today (15) at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York.
The government told an all-party meeting on Tuesday that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are Âvery strong lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having Âa culture of freebies to be drawn from it.
[…]The post Ranil-Rajapaksa Rearguard Must Meet Its Political Nandikadal Today! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Recognize The Real Ranil Regime: Aragalaya 3.0 & Recipe For Resistance (Category: Breaking News)
- How To Stop Ranil’s Constitutional Coup & Counter-Revolution (Category: Breaking News)
- The Disconnect Between Ranil’s Premiership & The Sovereign People (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter & Appeal To The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st); As Sri Lanka continues to reel under a political and economic crisis, the Indian government has decided to hold an all-party meeting Tuesday (19) to discuss the situation in the neighbouring country. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi Sunday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will, during […]Sri Lanka crisis:...
- Sri Lanka in 'crisis': minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Financial crisis at Sri Lanka Cricket to be resolved by February (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive power crisis inevitable in Sri Lanka if monsoons don't start by September (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in 'crisis': minister (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) says that there is a risk of Sri Lanka’s health sector collapsing. Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe, the spokesperson for the GMOA said that health workers are facing serious issues in accessing transport to report to work due to the shortage of fuel. The Secretary of the Ministry […]Health Sector facing risk of collapse
- Power Finance (Category: Business)
- Treat patients with utmost care � President (Category: Breaking News)
- Fears over bushfire threat (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- ‘Health sector heading for total breakdown’ (Category: Breaking News)
Market hopes an all-party government under new president could ease political crisis.
- Toll Rate (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka spends Rs. 425 billion for North East development (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government allocates over US$ 2 billion for Defence Ministry in Appropriation Bill fo... (Category: Breaking News)
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Premadasa is promised of Prime Minister post of Alahapperuma wins
- Emerging leader in Sri Lanka opposition pledges to bring victory to the people through party ref... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith urges govt to act in best interest of people and country (Category: Breaking News)
- Workers Day celebrated in a situation where people have lost all hope  Opposition Leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition Leader s request to security forces and the public (Category: Breaking News)
Political analysts have predicted Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to be the forerunner in the presidential
- Rajapaksa’s party is key to deciding Sri Lanka’s new president (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party majority behind Dullas; Sajith to be PM: G L (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s presidential vote – Alahapperuma comes from far behind after Premadasa’s withdrawal (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament split ahead of Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's main opposition leader withdrew from the presidential race on Tuesday and promised support to a low-profile politician from the ruling party who will take on acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe in a tight contest.The post Sri Lanka’s Wickremesinghe to face low-key lawmaker in tight race for president appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News in Sri Lanka - B...
- Nominations for office of President accepted today (July 19) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time Prime Minister voted President (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA to support forming of all-party government (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament split ahead of Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Election To Pave The Way For Gota’s Return appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s ruling party asks new president to help with ex-leader Rajapaksa’s return (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya’s return to politics not ruled out (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe In Presidential Avatar (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
The MP added that SLPP members will likely be part of the next cabinet if Alahapperuma wins.
- Sajith, Dullas issue joint statement; vow to create new political culture (Category: Breaking News)
- SLFP to support Dullas in presidential race (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP in favor of Dullas for President, Sajith for PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party majority behind Dullas; Sajith to be PM: G L (Category: Breaking News)
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