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[…]The post Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Taking Dictatorial Steps To Control Public Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe is budgeting in a sea of monetary instability
- Sri Lanka tax revenues grow 29-pct up to May amid inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans to cut deficit to 6.8-pct of GDP in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
By CHANDRA FERNANDO Educational Consultant, USA The last few months of this year have been a time of great anxiety and much hardship for the people of Sri Lanka. No matter on which side of the political divide one stands, common problems converge into a cloud of nervousness, unease and uncertainty. Sri Lankans have not […]
- Women and children the most affected by Lanka’s economic crisis – ESCAP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan women to protest today over the sexual abuse against women and children (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt may consider hangwomen if execution starts: State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Kalkudah to Arugam Bay and some canny decision making by JRJ (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has started presenting the Interim Budget Speech 2022 at 01:03 PM today (August 30).The post Sri Lanka’s Interim Budget Speech 2022 appeared first on ONLANKA News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka News.
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Budget Speech 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Contributory pension scheme for those joining state sector after 2016 – Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Rs.500M for healthcare improvement (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Government Needs To Change Course In National Interest appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Divergence Grows Between Appearance & Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Staggered Reform To Save Country From Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Protection Requires More Inclusive Approach (Category: Breaking News)
- System Change Plus Politician Change Through Elections (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera The ruling party has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to facilitate the return of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the country and his appointment as prime minister. The former president left the country when large numbers of protestors who had been actively protesting against the economic collapse and corruption in the country took over […]
- Restoration of moral legitimacy is essential (Category: Breaking News)
- Political engagement with Aragayala necessary (Category: Breaking News)
- NPC calls for early elections (Category: Breaking News)
- President has to work overtime to restore confidence and credibility (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy After a steep, 75-per cent hike in power-tariffs, the government has now announced increased charges for water and drainage charges. Though brought down after a steeper increase at the peak of fuel-shortage, the transport fares too are not going to be the same even as much as they had become in […]
- Ranil leading talks to form all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet to resign after agreement reached on all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to provide free food to 10% of the population (Category: Breaking News)
- President wants uninterrupted power (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- To Be Or Not To Be (A US Military Base) (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery, Political Devolution – II (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is facing a looming food shortage after ban on fertilizer import
- Refugee Support (Category: Business)
- Food Deal (Category: Business)
- Food Acquisition (Category: Business)
- Food Oppression (Category: Business)
By Haroon Janjua Despite gaining independence 75 years ago, Pakistan has yet to rid itself of economic and political crises. As Pakistan marks 75 years of independence this weekend, Islamabad has not planned any special events, aside from a flag-raising ceremony, a fireworks display in the capital and the introduction of a new 75 rupee […]
- Pakistan’s top judge plays down coup talk (Category: Business)
- Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Playboy cricketer to PM? (Category: Business)
- Dominant issue in Pakistan politics: Who will be next Army chief? (Category: Breaking News)
- Zardari returns to Pakistan amid memo saga (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka is urging China to dramatically change its stance on debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, conceding that reaching a deal will be no simple task. The appeal to China, the bankrupt Indian Ocean nation’s largest bilateral lender, has emerged as a formidable challenge to Wickremesinghe, who is […]
- India’s response to debt restructuring request expected by Jan end: SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to discuss debt restructuring with China (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells China countries must refrain from provocation (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet discusses India’s concerns on Chinese “spy ship” (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is urging China to dramatically change its stance on debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, conceding that reaching a deal will be no simple task.The post Sri Lanka urges China to change tune on debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka asks China for help with trade, investment and tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says China’s assurances to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt received and forward... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president urges debt relief to help green transition (Category: Breaking News)
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday for talks to finalise a bailout package, including restructuring debt of about $29 billion, amid the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.The post IMF team to holds talks with crisis-hit Sri Lanka on debt restructuring appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Update...
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan – sources (Category: Breaking News)
Responding to a call by 10 U.S. lawmakers, to the Department of State, to ensure the Sri Lankan government protects the rights of citizens, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States, Mahinda Samarasinghe, asserted that democratic and peaceful protests will not be stifled. Expressing concern over the unprecedented and disastrous economic crisis and anti-government protests, […]
- Rule of Law in SL must be upheld – US Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- UN concerned by use of force to disperse Aragalaya protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Core Group on Sri Lanka calls for accountability for protests-related violence (Category: Breaking News)
- US ambassador reiterates support for rights of peaceful protests (Category: Breaking News)
Lithium batteries remain on the banned list
Ten members of the U.S. Congress have stated that they remain deeply concerned by the unprecedented and disastrous economic crisis currently facing Sri Lanka.The post Ten U.S. Congress members urge additional support for Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Ten U.S. congressmen urge additional support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- United States will continue to support Sri Lanka – Victoria Nuland (Category: Breaking News)
- United States provides 9,300 tonnes of urea fertilizer to paddy farmers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary holds talks on bilateral relations with U.S. Under Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
Four more international flights from Sri Lanka had a stopover at Thiruvananthapuram airport for refuelling on Friday. Of them, three flights, operated by SriLankan Airlines, then proceeded to Melbourne, Sydney and Paris, while the fourth, an AirArabia flight, left for Sharjah.The post 204 Lankan flights stopped for refuelling at Thiruvananthapuram airport appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lank...
- Two SriLankan flights forced to land in India due to bad weather (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis turns blessing for Indian Airports (Category: Breaking News)
- 208 Sri Lanka flights stopped in Kerala for refuelling since May (Category: Breaking News)
- Adding Wings (Category: Business)
Main opposition SJB parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne says that restructuring of government institutions which are running at losses is an imperative task for the development of the country.Addressing a media conference held at the Opposition Leader’s office in Colombo, the MP said that the country has been economically ruined as a result of the government following […]
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Electionsand economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Electionsand economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Overall selling prices of apartments in Sri Lanka increased by 45.17 percent when compared to June 2021, according LankaPropertyWeb’s housing price index.Devaluation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar which has resulted in shortages of raw materials for construction has in turn led to skyrocketing costs of construction and rising interest for […]
- Selling price in Sri Lanka’s apartments increase by over 47 pct: property tracker (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation declines marginally in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation remains low, Central Bank maintains interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Inflation moved up in February due to flood damage, Central Bank says (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Privatizing Sri Lanka Ex-Ante IMF Bailout Of BlackRock: Adani Greenwash In Mannar & Pooneryn appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
The Australian government will lift emergency aid to Sri Lanka to AU$ 75 million as the south Asian island grapples with an economic crisis that has triggered a new surge of people fleeing on boats for Australia.The post Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan provides additional US$ 6.6 million for food and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten U.S. Congress members urge additional support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. sends Medicines and Medical Supplies worth over USD 12 million to Sri Lanka (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)
Wijesekera said the complaint also requests the CID to look into distribution irregularities.
- Sri Lanka in talks with Petro-China International over payment arrears (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices increased in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- LIOC makes request for price hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows companies to pay in dollar to obtain weekly fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
‘Inflation will not be as high as initially expected’ Inflation will not be as high as initially expected and there are signs of economy stabilising, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.Dr. Weerasinghe said that during the past few months a number of initiatives had been made to improve the economy and they were yielding […]
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- CB Governor says biggest bugbear for businesses is high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor says inflation could rise to 7% this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Governor shares Sri Lanka’s inflation success story (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island's main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring, as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks on debt restructuring with key lenders appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - ...
- Sri Lanka could wrap up debt restructure talks by Sept, president says (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)
- Japan, India and France launch creditors meeting on Sri Lanka debt (Category: Breaking News)
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- Woman immolates self in Grandpass (Category: Breaking News)
- Cash Chief (Category: Business)
- US warns its citizens of Monday's demos in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Underworld was behind the recent Colombo museum heist (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)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will not extend a state of emergency imposed to control anti-government protests as the situation in the impoverished nation has "stabilised", the president's office said Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka to end state of Emergency appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Parliament approves emergency regulations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President proposes ADB to establish International University on Climate Change in Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Will not allow another Aragalaya – would deploy military and use emergency powers – President (Category: Breaking News)
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