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The Supreme Court has reserved the order on issuing notice to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and other relevant parties over the contempt case filed by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) accusing them of contempt by violating an order issued by commission to refrain from imposing power cuts during..
Sri Lanka has the potential to establish the green economy, specially by way of renewable energy, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a High-Level event on Strategies and Actions to Accelerate Sri Lanka’s Transition to a Green Growth Pathway.The post Sri Lanka has initiated an action plan to ensure a Green Economy by 2050 – President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Break...
- Opportune moment for investing in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector has arrived – President (Category: Breaking News)
- SL has initiated an action plan to ensure a Green Economy by 2050 - President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President address at the UNGA highlighting Sri Lanka’s journey to rebuild trust and gl... (Category: Breaking News)
- GGGI and Sri Lanka sign host country agreement (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy, 13th Amendment & System Change appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya’s Unfinished Business (Category: Breaking News)
- Saffron Army & RW’s Political Calculations (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s One Policy Framework, Debt & The System (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Central Bank Rejected U.S. Billionaire’s Bitcoin Pitch appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Resolving Systemic Debt Crises Needs A Paradigm Shift (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- Taxation Unavoidable Towards A Better Society? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is expected to repay Bangladesh a $200 million loan by September this year, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said. Abdul Momen told reporters that Sri Lanka is gradually recovering from an economic crisis. “Sri Lanka is gradually doing better. They are recovering slowly. We have given them time till September (to repay […]
- Bangladesh seeks direct shipping connectivity, preferential trade agreement with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President thanks Bangladesh for supporting Sri Lanka during economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh refuses to become China’s lackey despite being part of Belt and Roat initiative (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka pays off $200 million loan from Bangladesh with $4.5 million interest (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Bankrupt Sri Lanka Celebrated Independence, But Now It Is Back To Hard Economic Realities appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Drive Itself From Bankruptcy To Prosperity In 2023? (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Debt Restructuring: Not A Cakewalk But A Task Entailing Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Biggest Woe: What To Do When Fiscal & Monetary Policies Have Failed & Are Still Falling? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 75 Years Of Independence: A Tale Of Two Compacts & Two Economies appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Exit Of The Old Guard & The Arrival Of The New (Category: Breaking News)
- 117th Birth Anniversary & Long Legacy Of JR Jayewardene (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Budget Politics & Presidential Options (Category: Breaking News)
- Neither North Nor South, Ranil At Home With The Global Right (Category: Breaking News)
Rather than jabbing fingers at China’s close cooperation with Sri Lanka, the US might as well show some sincerity and actually do something to help Sri Lanka weather through the current difficulties, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said in her Regular Press Conference on Thursday (02). She said this in response to a question […]
- Sri Lanka s debt repayments to be suspended until 2028 (Category: Breaking News)
- China already offers Sri Lanka debt extension- Foreign Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- China, US to participate in first meeting of new debt roundtable on Feb. 17 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka already started low level talks with India, China on debt restructuring  President (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H. Senewiratne CSE trading activities were positive from the beginning yesterday and shares rosé to register their highest close in more than three and a half months. Of particular importance was the news that Paris Club members had expressed their willingness to provide financial assurances on Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring effort. This had […]
- Month-end profit-takings impose heavy selling pressure on bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects brighten for banking sector counters; indices move up (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka IOC and banking sector stocks propel bourse to positive trajectory (Category: Breaking News)
- CSE wraps up the week on a positive note (Category: Breaking News)
Bank of Ceylon, bringing forth its innate commitment towards Sri Lanka, introduces “BOC My Sri Lanka” Foreign Currency Fixed Deposit account that offers attractive incentives to the account holder while encouraging them to enhance the country’s foreign currency position. The immediate purpose of this initiative is to facilitate the collaborative effort of enhancing the country’s [̷...
- One month amnesty to deposit foreign currency in hands of public (Category: Breaking News)
- Rules on forex accounts relaxed (Category: Breaking News)
- ComBank launches ‘Arunalu’ Foreign Currency Savings Account for children (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka introduces new operational measures for forex transactions (Category: Breaking News)
China’s government on Friday confirmed it is offering Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on loan repayments as the Indian Ocean island nation struggles to restructure $51 billion in foreign debt that pushed it into a financial crisis.The post China confirms two-year debt moratorium offer for Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Paris Club proposing a 10-year moratorium on Sri Lanka’s debt – Report (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s EXIM bank offers Sri Lanka debt extension – report (Category: Breaking News)
- Analysis: China paves Sri Lanka’s way to IMF funds, but debt talks remain uncertain (Category: Breaking News)
- China dithers over IMF’s Sri Lanka debt plan, leaves Colombo in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
China today (Feb. 03) confirmed that its Export-Import Bank is offering Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on loan repayments.
Sri Lanka’s international bondholders group was prepared to engage with the island nation’s authorities in debt restructuring talks consistent with the parameters of the IMF Programme, their legal adviser, White & Case LLP, said.The post Sri Lanka bondholders ready for debt restructuring talks with authorities appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News...
- Sri Lanka debt restructuring stumbles as government rejects bondholders’ proposal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s bondholders ready for debt restructuring talks with authorities (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Close to IMF Agreement, Is Weighing Bondholder Terms, Semasinghe Says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bondholders talks focus on state enterprise debt, domestic banks – sources (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning has replied to comments made by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, Victoria Nuland.The post China responds to Victoria Nuland’s comment on Debt Relief to Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- China calls for joint efforts to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- China counters US official s remarks on insufficient financial assurances for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China calls for joint efforts to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- China confirms two-year debt moratorium offer for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Review Of Dr W.A Wijewardena’s Book ‘A Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics, Cryptos & Currency Boards’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- National Council’s Economic Stabilisation Report Is A Welcome Sign (Category: Breaking News)
- Strategic Strides From A Strategy Guru: Prof Ajantha Dharmasiri (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka: Surviving The 75th Year Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President RW’s Priority In 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048: It Is Democracy & Not Authoritarianism That Will Do The Job (Category: Breaking News)
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Solution Before Next Independence Day (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Seventy Five Years Of Independence Or Curse appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? (Category: Breaking News)
- Privatisation Of Public Assets Under Neoliberal Corporate Capitalism: Modern Evil (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanath Nanayakkare Small and medium exporters want the Central Bank (CBSL) to give them greater leeway on converting advance payments, they receive from their foreign clients, for confirmed export orders, into rupees. “Under the existing export repatriation guidelines, we are required to convert such advance payments, into Sri Lanka rupees, within a time frame […]
- CB: Indian rupee not ‘legal tender’ in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Why is Singapore dollar strong and SL rupee weak? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s export earnings in 2022 hit record high of USD 13 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Diesel shipment that arrived in Colombo on 16 July still not paid for want of dollars (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan is gripped by a major economic crisis, with the rupee plummeting, inflation soaring and energy in short supply as IMF officials visit to discuss a vital cash injection.The post ‘We’ll end up like Sri Lanka’: Pakistan stares at economic collapse as IMF visits appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka needs laser-like focus on IMF programme implementation: Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Russia continue talks on loan for Russian oil products (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
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