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Taiwan’s Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-chang expressed concern that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would have the ‘complete capability’ to attack Taiwan by 2025. The Minister expressed concern while also highlighted sanctions as the means to deter aggression during a virtual seminar titled “Taiwan: is it key to the continuing world order?” organised by The Democracy […]
- Xi Jinping’s Suppression of Hong Kong Democracy Pushes Taiwan Further From China (Category: Breaking News)
- China avoids imposing harsh sanctions against Taiwan as both economies are interdependent (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan’s voice needs to be heard internationally: Canadian PM (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘One China’ principle and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy are ironical (Category: Breaking News)
The widely acclaimed globalisation of the post-Cold-War era is now running in reverse. A protracted slowdown in global trade has been reinforced by persistent pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, ongoing pressures of the US-China trade war and efforts to align cross-border economic ties with geostrategic alliances, known as “friend-shoring”. These developments raise the pressure on China, [&...
- Sri Lanka turmoil highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas (Category: Breaking News)
- Alibaba, HSBC, AIA pace rout in Hong Kong on Taiwan tensions as China promises ‘firm and strong’... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s dual-use surveillance ship in Sri Lankan port underscores distrust of Beijing’s tech adv... (Category: Breaking News)
- Apple supplier Foxconn’s iPad factory in southwest China halts production for six days amid powe... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Presidential Dilemma: Find Fuel Or Face Protests appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Bye Ranil; “Welcome” President Dulles Alahapperuma (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
Developments in Sri Lanka underline the risk of destabilising social and labour unrest throughout Asia-Pacific because of rising living costs impacting the region, S&P Global Market Intelligence said. Countries with similarly weak economic fundamentals and/ or poor economic policies have reduced resilience to external shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, high oil...
- Sri Lanka records slight drop in inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
- China confirms two-year debt moratorium offered to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The head of the U.S. government aid agency called on China on Wednesday to help Sri Lanka and other nations that had borrowed heavily from Beijing with debt restructuring, not just with lines of credit and emergency loans.The post USAID chief calls on China to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Political reforms need to accompany economic reforms in Sri Lanka – Samantha Power (Category: Breaking News)
The world has just been given a grim reminder of the mind-numbing costs of legitimate political dissent against state repression in Myanmar. The country’s military rulers have had no qualms about executing four pro-democracy activists, including well known political activist Kyaw Min Yu and former legislator Pho Zayar Thaw. Besides being made to witness absolute […]
- Accusing govt. of repression, FUTA pledges solidarity with protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- CSCD takes up battle cry for elections (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA urges govt. to stop suppressing people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Justice for all’ calls for broad democratic movement to protect people’s rights (Category: Breaking News)
A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the West deteriorate, Russia and China are seeking to rewire global power flows in ways that will work to their advantage. Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as […]
- Iran, India complete each other: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Chabahar-Central Asia transit route to boost India-Iran cooperation: Raisi (Category: Breaking News)
- India part of meeting on Kabul: ‘Military facilities of others in country unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Iranian envoy Iraj Ilahi lauds India’s role in development of Chabahar port (Category: Breaking News)
Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri Lanka found itself struggling to make […]
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
- IFC to provide $400 million to banks in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
Global un-employment set to rise
- Sri Lanka inflation hits 54.6-pct in June 2022 after money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, world suffers terribly from Fed’s accidental discovery: Bellwether (Category: Breaking News)
- Fed hikes rates 75bp as Powell Bubble pushes up food prices hurting the poor (Category: Breaking News)
- Hong Kong, GCC pegs, Vietnam hike rates after Fed as Sri Lanka eyes flexible policy (Category: Breaking News)
The Indian economy is on course to achieve projected 8-8.5 per cent growth based on high-frequency indicators for the first quarter of the FY 2022-23, the Finance Ministry said on 19 July. Earlier on 31 January, the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament projected the real GDP during 2022-23 to grow at 8.0-8.5 per cent. […]
- Inflation may fall to 5.2% next fiscal on normal rains, supply ease: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s private Big Tech firms remain the nation’s top innovators despite Beijing’s regulatory c... (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s unstoppable course towards superpower status (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves at USD 1.7 billion by end October (Category: Breaking News)
Reiterating its call for dialogue and diplomacy, India on Monday (local time) said that if the conflict in Ukraine is not solved through talks immediately, there will be severe repercussions in the global economy which will derail the efforts of securing food security and eradicating hunger in the run-up to 2030. Speaking at the UN […]
- India will play its due role in advancing global food security (Category: Breaking News)
- Kubota to build excavator, tractor plants in U.S., India for $2.2bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian economy on course to achieve 8-8.5% growth, says Finance Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- India to help Sri Lanka stage early economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Global Financial Crash Imminent in 2022? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Tips for business start-ups in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Madame Ambassador Chung, Your Message Will Live On Forever! (Category: Breaking News)
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
- Resolving Systemic Debt Crises Needs A Paradigm Shift (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has lambasted those who are making wholesale criticism that Bangladesh will face the same situation like that of Sri Lanka. They are making the comments without realising the global context under the fallout of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine War, the Daily Star quoted her as saying. “Let them say that […]
- Bangladesh traders forced to export leather to China at low prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Special port facilities offered to Bangladeshi vessels in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Face protesters decide to return properties (Category: Breaking News)
- Social media activist Pathum Kerner arrested (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says Sri Lanka’s growth is forecast to contract by 7.6% in 2022 and economic activity will remain subdued in 2023.In its latest Asian Development Outlook Supplement, the ADB said the island nation is beset with multifaceted and deepening challenges emanating from long-standing fiscal and current account deficits that have led to […]
- ADB approves USD 350 million loan for economic stabilisation in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $350 mn for Sri Lanka Economic Stabilization Programme (Category: Breaking News)
- Uncertainty over impending elections could risk Lanka’s economic recovery: ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB approves $200mn to sustain economic stabilization efforts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
For the majority of the troubled economies of the global South, it will be a case of narrowing foreign policy options. For many of these countries, the IMF is ‘the banker of last resort’ and this generally means that they would need to be ‘in the good books’ of the chief financiers of the IMF; […]
- Relevance of Non-alignment or ‘dynamic neutrality’ to SL’s foreign policy (Category: Breaking News)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka past worst of its crisis but behind in growth -WB (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis and the dilemmas of small states (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. 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)
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)
[…]The post Good Bye Ranil; “Welcome” President Dulles Alahapperuma appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Abolishing The Presidency – Two Cunning Foxes Plan The Unexpected! (Category: Breaking News)
- Dammika Perera Antics – Only Oligarch In Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the issues which prevail in Sri Lanka with regard to hunger, are man made.The post The food crisis in Sri Lanka is man made, Acting President Ranil tells Global Forum appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News Sri Lanka - Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Special statement by Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations presented to elect Sri Lanka’s new President – Ranil, Anura, Dullas to contest for p... (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is a warning sign to the rest of the world.Speaking to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Indonesia, Georgieva said that the global economic outlook has darkened significantly, and uncertainty is exceptionally high. “Downside risks about which the […]
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IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday warned officials from the Group of 20 major economies to take urgent action to combat inflation, warning that the “exceptionally uncertain” global economic outlook could turn worse if higher prices persisted.The post Sri Lanka a ‘warning sign’ for countries with high debt levels and limited policy space – IMF appeared first on ONLANKA Ne...
- Sri Lanka is a warning sign : IMF Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- China agrees to formation of global sovereign debt ’roundtable’ – IMF chief (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF calls for ‘timely and orderly processes’ of debt resolution for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF flags debt restructuring hurdles, says banning crypto should be an option (Category: Breaking News)
In the midst of the unfolding crisis in Sri Lanka and its economic and political collapse, it has been forgotten that China is complicit in creating the present unrest. This fact needs to be recognized within Sri Lanka, where the people have taken it upon themselves to ‘reform’ the political system. While their mission is […]
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka turmoil highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas (Category: Breaking News)
- US urges Sri Lanka leaders to work “quickly” to achieve economic stability (Category: Breaking News)
- China only observer in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring platform (Category: Breaking News)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is a warning sign to the rest of the world. Speaking to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Indonesia today, Georgieva said that the global economic outlook has darkened significantly, and uncertainty is exceptionally high. “Downside risks about […]
- 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 chief says debt situation in Sri Lanka no longer sustainable (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ (Category: Breaking News)
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Quo Warranto, Mr. Wickremesinghe? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Former Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passed away (Category: Breaking News)
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe Visits Former Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (Category: Breaking News)
The Modi government is giving a renewed push to conclude some of the pending UPA-era free trade agreements (FTAs) and even clinch some new ones. The aim is to achieve the $2 trillion export target by 2030, and address disruptions in global supply chains created by the pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. In its first tenure […]
- President to visit India for key talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s new International Trade Office to resume FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi discusses Sri Lankan crisis during G-7 meeting (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet to resign after agreement reached on all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
(NDTV); Ukrainian President Zelensky says that several countries experiencing food and fuel shortages due to the disruption in the supply chain have benefitted Russia’s agenda. Basically, the Ukrainian President Zelensky blamed Russia for causing unrest in Sri Lanka as well as around the world due to the blocking of food products during the invasion of […]Russia “Responsible̶...
- World must act now to stop Russia nuclear threat  Ukraine President (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics - Zelensky (Category: Breaking News)
- G7 takes stand against China s Âeconomic coercion (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukrainian president blames Russia for Sri Lanka crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for causing unrest in Sri Lanka as well as around the world due to the blocking of food products during the invasion of Ukraine.
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- Sri Lanka hotels, software firms with German partners to face human rights law (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka smaller exporters at higher risk from German human rights supply chain law (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka off Indonesia’s immigration red list (Category: Breaking News)
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