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* Lankan universities have been running with no more than 60 percent of the cadre of teachers approved for them and now perhaps less. * Upper secondary schools are run with no teachers for mathematics, physics and information technology. * University teachers are emigrating in droves, driven away into uncertain lives in other countries. *In […]
- A Budget to dismember state universities (Category: Breaking News)
- Universities in crisis: Key learnings (Category: Business)
- Budget 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- A people’s university and a national crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 13rd November, 2023 Anyone’s death diminishes us. However, with apologies to Donne, we are diminished beyond measure when the veterans of the fourth estate depart. On Saturday (11), former editor of The Island Gamini Weerakoon crossed the Great Divide. His funeral took place yesterday. Our readers may recall the pivotal role he played in […]
- Liberty Publishers win big at Journalism Awards for Excellence 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy Next’s Bellwether piece among SOPA award finalists (Category: Breaking News)
- Media must operate within respective country s legal framework  President (Category: Breaking News)
- Dispute over Kuliyapitiya property: CA moved against Chamuditha, others – Justice Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Budget 24: High Aspirations Amidst Mounting Challenges But Options Are Limited appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Citizens Should Be Aware Of The Burden Of Total Government Expenditure (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Evil Is Not Mere Money Printing, But Unbridled Government Expenditure (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- PAYE Tax; Will There Be A Mass Exodus? (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
The United States recognizes Sri Lanka’s right to assert its own aspirations and objectives to be recognized as an equal on the world stage. The U.S. Embassy Colombo, together with the Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), brought together scholars from across the Indo-Pacific for the conference […]
- US and Sri Lankan navies to cooperate to address maritime security (Category: Breaking News)
- US asserts will stand with Sri Lanka through this difficult time (Category: Breaking News)
- US Ambassador to India holds talks with Sri Lankan envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Power to raise human rights issue during Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya One of Sri Lanka’s most distinguished yet underrated economists, S. B. D. de Silva died five years ago, on June 15. His magnum opus, The Political Economy of Underdevelopment, remains as underrated and under-read – one could say unread – as he. First published by Routledge in 1982, The Political Economy of […]
- SLPP MP asks FM for clarification (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s ‘Royal’ mess explained by old boy (Category: Breaking News)
- COPF: Tax concessions granted to BoI enterprise should be scrutinised (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena floats broader coalition under UPFA umbrella (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW’s Political Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Budget Crisis & Ibn Khaldun (Category: Breaking News)
- A führer In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Has The Economy Been Assassinated & If So, Who Were The Assassins? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Foreign Borrowings: Are They An Evil Or Not? (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s New Government: Be Warned Of The Empty Treasury & Negative Foreign Reserves (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Only A Unified Approach Can Solve The Economic Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- People’s Preamble To IMF Technical Report (Category: Breaking News)
- If The Speaker Had Become The President, The Economic Crisis Might Have Been Eased By Now (Category: Breaking News)
- Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
There was a pall of silence over who accompanied our President to the Big Apple for the Big Meeting of the United Nations. Hence our curiosity was roused, minds scratched around for news. Cassandra WhatsApped a good friend of hers now living in California and asked her whether she knew who accompanied our Prez. We […]
- Thus spake Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez says he is neutral (Category: Breaking News)
- Thus spake Prez (Category: Breaking News)
- Thus spake Prez (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Glocalization Without Financialization appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt, Divestiture & Discontent (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Forecasts & Systemic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Realities & Political Promises (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP Deserves Fairness From Critics (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Trump Likely To Be The Next American President? (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
Efforts are on by the Union government’s Shipping Corporation of India to commence high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kangesanthurai in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province by the first week of October. The service covering around 60 nautical miles will start from Nagapattinam Mini Port, sources said. Each ferry will carry around […]
- Kankesanthurai-Nagapattinam Passenger Ferry Service Delayed Again (Category: Sri Lanka News)
- Sri Lanka-India ferry service launch deferred - report (Category: Breaking News)
- Resumption of India-Sri Lanka ferry service delayed indefinitely (Category: Breaking News)
- Passenger ferry service between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to resume on May 13 (Category: Breaking News)
Piyumi Ranadewa is a Research Assistant working on migration and urbanisation policy research at IPS. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture, specialising in Agriculture Economics and Business (First Class) from Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, graduating with Dean’s Honours. She also holds a Master
- Foreign jobs: growing mismatch between SL supply and global demand: World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- IOM works with Japan and ILO to assist repatriated Sri Lankan migrant workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan, IOM and ILO help protect Sri Lankans from human trafficking (Category: Breaking News)
- Brain drain impediment to hospitality industry – Dr.Jayasinghe (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF & Global Debt Crises appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Paris Summit To Push For Global Debt Reforms & What Sri Lanka Could Bring To The Table (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s Economy – Nothing Is Going Right! (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
Dr Mary Srikanthi Handy was the daughter of the famous Dr George Rajanayagam Handy who was the pioneer cardiologist of Sri Lanka and the founder president of the Sri Lanka Heart Association. She was born in 1935 and is the eldest child and only daughter of Dr. George and Mrs. Kanmanie Handy. Even as a […]
- $66M settlement against Munster cardiology group, hospital for unneeded surgeries, implanted dev... (Category: USA, Illinois)
- $66M settlement against Munster cardiology group, hospital for unneeded surgeries, implanted dev... (Category: USA, Illinois)
- $66M settlement against Munster cardiology group, hospital for unneeded surgeries, implanted dev... (Category: USA, Illinois)
- $66M settlement against Munster cardiology group, hospital for unneeded surgeries, implanted dev... (Category: USA, Illinois)
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The sum and substance of Rajan Philips’ counter-critique of my critique is that I seem uninterested in reform, especially political reform, and most especially the abolition of the executive presidency or the same thing deferred, i.e., ensuring that this upcoming election is the last presidential election we shall have. (Political Reforms: […]
- Ranil is running out of time and tricks, now it’s time the people had their say (Category: Breaking News)
- Good King Ranil and his options: Keep running or end the Executive Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- President needs to take up challenge of leaving a legacy (Category: Breaking News)
- Time frame for presidential poll set by law: elections chief (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What Is Wrong With The President’s Vision & Mission? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Conflict Resolution Might Be The Way Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
- Mother’s Day & Rights Of Women (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambiguity Of National Evaluation Policy In Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Laksiri Fernando President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe is undoubtedly a capable person compared to many other former Presidents in the country. Chandrika Kumaratunga could have been better, but the circumstances of the war prevented her achieving many of the socio-economic targets. In terms of modernizing the country, J. R. Jayewardene played a […]
- What Is Wrong With The President’s Vision & Mission? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka doesn’t have to sell national assets: South Korean dignitary (Category: Breaking News)
- CBK points finger at her successors as SLFP leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe, a senior lecturer of economics and the Head of the Department of IT at the University of Colombo, has stated that despite Sri Lanka s recent economic stability, this is not likely to reflect towards the country s economic growth.
By HIMAL KOTELAWALA ECONOMYNEXT – If Sri Lanka allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilization and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Speaking at a forum organized by Cal, a Colombo-based investment banking group, Coomaraswamy said […]
- SL economy on right track: Ex-CBSL Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Weerawansa says President has no mandate to sell strategic assets (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka crisis would deepen if creditors disagree, IMF says amid China concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- GL accuses govt. of encouraging chaos to prevent peaceful Presidential election next year (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-Sonic’? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
An appreciation: It is with profound sadness that this tribute is being written to the remarkable life and accomplishments of Douglas Pemasiri, who passed away at age 88 in Miami, Florida, in the United States on June 12th this year. He was a diplomatic officer who dedicated his life to promoting trade and commerce, representing […]
- Trade unions of Sri Lanka`s Wild Life Department on a work-to-rule campaign (Category: Breaking News)
- Treasury Secretary appoints new member to PUCSL (Category: Breaking News)
- India expects $8-$9 bn bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive trade union action on March 01 (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What If Public Net Worth Is Negative, And Worse, If It Is Not Known? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Bitcoinisation Of Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s New Government: Be Warned Of The Empty Treasury & Negative Foreign Reserves (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The UDA Milking The Walkways appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Release Of Port City Tripartite Agreement Will Disclose What Sri Lankan Citizens Have Lost (Category: Breaking News)
- Let Dudley Speak! (Category: Breaking News)
- “Weli Park”, An Old Message Revisited (Category: Breaking News)
- “VFS” The Whole Lot! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Changing Dimensions In ‘Power’; The Role Of India & China & Sri Lanka’s Predicament appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi’s Wolf Worrier Diplomacy Opens A Window For China In South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Modern Ramsethu: An Unlikely Bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Postponing Elections & Inviting The Dragon: Sri Lankan President’s China Tilt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Target 2048 – Develop A Knowledge-Based Innovative Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Reforming Education: Target For Creative Capital & Not For Mere Human Capital (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Go For Creative Capital And Not For Mere Human Capital (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Complex Economy System (Category: Breaking News)
- Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka’s Future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Target 2048 – Economic Democracy Principles Should Be Followed To The Letter appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048: It Is Democracy & Not Authoritarianism That Will Do The Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Private Sector Should Not Just Sit Aloof (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Diaspora Tamils & 13A appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
Indonesia will move forward to strengthen relations with Sri Lanka as a genuine partner, Indonesia’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dewi Gustina Tobing said. The Indonesian Embassy in Colombo quoted the Ambassador as saying that the spirit of unity of the Indonesian people was the key to gaining independence on 17 August 1945. Sri Lankan students […]
- Indonesia notes the good relationship it maintains with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia to continue assisting Sri Lankans affected by economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia committed to elevate partnerships with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia hands over package worth LKR 2.5 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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