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[…]The post Ignoring The Whale, While Hooking The Sprat appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Just Rewards For Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- On Overlooking The Obvious (Category: Breaking News)
- Improvising To Overcome Tragedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Aiyo Sirisena! Cut Out The Bluff! (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr B.J.C.Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was the 35th President of the United States of America. He served as President from 20th January 1961, until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. Though his presidency lasted only a […]
- Six Seconds In Dallas: The Assignation Of President Kennedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Disinformation On Every Front (Category: Breaking News)
- Crocs relocated before kovil festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanks run dry due to sand mining! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Planning For A Year Of Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is State Owned Temasek A Useful Concept For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Missive To AKD & NPP (Category: Breaking News)
A 16-year-old boy with Sri Lankan roots, described by his parents as a “golden boy” took his own life in the UK after being blackmailed over nude photographs, an inquest heard. Dinal De Alwis, 16, was found by a coroner to have killed himself in Sutton, south London, in October 2022. A Metropolitan police investigation […]
- Ten-year-old child suspected to have been raped and murdered (Category: Breaking News)
- Public Finance committee wants CBSL to defer pay hike (Category: Breaking News)
- University student arrested over Race Course murder remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- FAO Director-General arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Plea In Paris & Predicament At Home appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Separation Of Powers, Rule Of Law, Corruption & SL Bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Debt Justice Collective Writes Open Letter To IMF On DDO (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Has Printed The Biggest Quantity Of Money? Lakshman, Cabraal Or Nandalal? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Popular Fallacies Relating To Central Banking (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Rating & Fitch’s Credit Rating (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Budget Of Hopes & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Beyond 22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Wickremesinghe, The Current Pohottuwa Government & The Way Forward – A Call From Citizens appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Online Safety Bill & Anti-Terror Bill – Law Making To End Democracy & Fundamental Rights Of Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
- When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Obligations Of 225 MPs & The Party Leaders To The People Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Duty-free complex by the fourth quarter
- Port City (Category: Business)
- Freo works on its image problem (Category: Western Australia)
- A tale of the two Piries (Category: South Australia)
- Port City work to begin this year . (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Dawn At Galle Face: Which Tomorrow? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka In The Chalk Circle (Category: Breaking News)
- The End? (Category: Breaking News)
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
The first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote 75 years ago: “It would be absurd to say that the profit motive does not appeal to the average Indian, but it is nevertheless true that there is no such admiration for it in India as there is in the west. The possessor of ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- Impunity: Unequal before the law (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The technical sessions of the Association of Professional Bankers’ 24th anniversary convention were held yesterday, bringing the APB’s flagship event to a close. Aptly themed ‘Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge,’ each technical session explored an area that could throw obstacles in the path of bankers and the line-up of speak...
- More than ever, businesses must think ‘what if’ (Category: Business)
- Banking foresight – Shaping integrated development (Category: Business)
- APB to promote ‘Sustainability in Volatility’ at 24th anniversary convention (Category: Business)
- Threat of recession contains risk of further global bank failures (Category: Business)
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion was signalling early signs of an economic turmoil. Perhaps being ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
After 30 years of violence, northern Sri Lanka is opening up to tourism Saying I’m going on holiday to Sri Lanka elicits one of two reactions from my friends. There’s the ooh-elephants-temples-cocktails-at-sunset-lucky-you! brigade. And then there are my friends who read the newspapers. “Which beach did you say you’re staying on?” emails a friend. “The one where ...
- Sri Lanka: Unpunished Crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- On accountability the LLRC report is disappointing – Butenis (Category: Breaking News)
- NO END IN SIGHT:Tamil’s being searched and detained again in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘This agony is unbearable’ – Relatives of surrendered and disappeared (Category: Breaking News)
Following are some responses from three economists to the guest column by Chandra Jayaratne titled ‘Important issues’ for Sri Lankan legislators, the Executive, policymakers, Central Bankers, economists and thought leaders to ponder over published on 2 February 1) I disagree with the Stiglitz-Krugman line. My diagnosis is that Europe is in this mess for two ...
- Important issues (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Asian economies: Managing spillovers and advancing economic rebalancing (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s economy stands to gain from a stronger Europe: German Envoy (Category: Business)
“Our sense is that if we do not act boldly and if we do not act together, the economy around the world runs the risk of a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability and potential collapse of global demand… we could run the risk of what some commentators are already calling the lost decade” – ...
- W. Bank’s Zoellick says double-dip recession unlikely (Category: Business)
- Flashing red - European debt crisis signals collapse of social welfare state (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
We are still stuck in the winter of our discontent! By Jude Fernando Groundviews.org: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organisations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against ...
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Making Sri Lanka a ‘democratic hub’ for ‘Wonder of Asia’ (Category: Business)
Ray Wijewardene (1924-2010) was a true Renaissance Man. An alumnus of Cambridge and Harvard Universities and a former Chancellor of Moratuwa University, Ray excelled in many different areas of human endeavor: agriculture, aviation, engineering design, inventions, renewable energy technologies and water sports. A Fellow of the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences and the Institution ...
- ‘The Ray’ award to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- Biennial ‘Ray Award’ to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- A hive of ideas (Category: Business)
COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s controversial legislation to acquire so-called underperforming enterprises and under-utilised assets is consistent with the country’s constitution, parliament was told on Tuesday, despite some opposition. The government act, which was presented to parliament on Tuesday, will see the state acquiring 37 pr...
- Fitch joins chorus, says nationalisation law could hinder investment (Category: Business)
- CATIC’s Galle Face deal off! (Category: Business)
- Economist Intelligence Unit says Expropriation law raises investor concerns (Category: Business)
- UNP cheers CATIC cancellation (Category: Business)
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