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by Jayasri Priyalal Jayasripriyalal59@gmail.com The greatest challenges confronting the nation-states in the current era revolve around; deplorable debt, depleted natural resources, and degraded environment. Economic growth and future prosperity for all living beings are stalled due to the varying degrees of the 3D problems emerging out of ill-conceived policy divergences propelling the linear eco...
- IMF Must Become More Than Just A Debt Collector For Private Creditors (Category: Breaking News)
- SL hopes for productive talks at IMF WB spring meetings (Category: Breaking News)
- A survival strategy amidst geopolitical rivalry (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to brief creditors on IMF deal for economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Against the backdrop of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena’s quite belated (but better late than never) public confirmation of external interventions in Aragalaya, that led to the overthrow of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government in mid-July 2022, former cashiered Flying Officer Keerthi Ratnayake, with a never-say-die attitude even when odds are overwhelmingly stacked ag...
- Arrest of ex-Prez over Easter bombing remarks sought (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign hand in Gotabaya’s ouster: Chief Govt. Whip wants thorough probe (Category: Breaking News)
- Simple questions to Sirisena and Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The strange case of Katuwapitiya suicide bomber’s wife Pulasthini (Category: Breaking News)
[An article based on the Keynote Address delivered by Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, recently at the Annual Research Symposium 2023 of the University of Colombo] Introduction Inflation affects every aspect of our lives; it is a force that shapes our purchasing power, influences our financial decisions, and […]
- Nexus between money, exchange rate, money printing and inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘SL’s inflation reduced to single digit levels in 2023 along with restoration of price stability’ (Category: Breaking News)
- High interest rates have prevented contraction of economy – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- CB eases monetary conditions by reducing its interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Taxation Without Accountability Is Not Sustainable appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera The increase in the price of petrol and diesel has been accompanied by the removal of the QR Code quota system for the purchase of fuel. The elimination of long lines of vehicles, and people, outside of the fuel stations that existed a year ago is one of the signs of normalisation […]
- Taxation Without Accountability Is Not Sustainable (Category: Breaking News)
- CPA survey claims JVP Leader most popular with 48.5% of those surveyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Joint food security assessment by govt., FAO, WFP next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 6 million Lankans need humanitarian assistance – Red Cross (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Lanka: Dilemmas & Economic Programmes – Do We Consume More Than We Produce? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Liberal Or Edible Economics: Global Disorder Worst In A Century (Category: Breaking News)
- Liberalism, capitalism & The Hungry Masses: “Edible Economics” Will Need To Restrain Choices (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Elections & Economic Recovery appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- People Should Make A Shadow Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- People Should Make A Shadow Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- People Should Make A Shadow Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Resigning Ardern’s ‘Not Enough In The Tank’! Talk, Novel To Sri Lanka! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Jacinda Arden’s Feminist Retirement In A World Of Patriarchal Barnacles (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics & Death Of Sanath Nishantha: Some Sombre Lessons & Reflections (Category: Breaking News)
- Living In A Kleptocracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Taking Dictatorial Steps To Control Public Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Amherst man accused of threatening 6 members of Congress for failing to support President Trump (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
[…]The post Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Psychopathic Tendencies: Pet Dogs, Incompetency & Beds To The Foray (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Should We Beg IMF? – When More Than $36 Billion To Be Recovered (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Rope Bridge To Shipwreck appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Churlish Churchill, A Godawful Grusha (Category: Breaking News)
- Being Meticulously Scrupulous! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget Woes; How Soon Will Titanic Touch The Bottom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Or What Made Us Insolvent (Category: Breaking News)
Opens phama laboratory
- National Evaluation Policy finally set in motion (Category: Breaking News)
- National Tourism Policy gets green light (Category: Breaking News)
- National Policy on Drinking Water and National Policy on Water Security to be implemented (Category: Breaking News)
- A sub-committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the President for the purpose of e... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Impetus For Aragalaya 2.0 – Transform From Vertical To A Horizontal Power Structure appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 75 Years Of Non-Democracy In Our Democratic Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Springboarding From The Aragalaya To A New Nation We All Deserve (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
The UK has so far not provided direct assistance to Sri Lanka, struggling to cope up with the balance of payment crisis.UK Development Minister Vicky Ford has explained that their support would be directed, through international lending and relief agencies. Minister Ford stated the UK position on Tuesday (06) in response to a query raised […]
- SL accuses 2 London Mayoral candidates of pro-LTTE stance (Category: Breaking News)
- London Mayor Candidates are LTTE supporters: SriLankan government (Category: Breaking News)
- Aviation Deal (Category: Business)
- Research Buy (Category: Business)
[…]The post The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From “Gota’s War” To War Against Gota; Aragalaya’s Historic Strike! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Election Year; The Perennial Challenge Of Cleaning The Stables For Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Thank You Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- Transfer Of Formal Power Vs People Power During Societal Transition (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Hawks Can Hijack The Post-Aragala Agenda! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Anatomy Of A Crisis & Its Perceivable End appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- How Tamil Leadership Failed Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Poverty Of Wisdom (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Sovereignty Roadblocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Himalaya Declaration: Is It Worthy Of National Discussion? A Community’s Journey From Arunachala... (Category: Breaking News)
The United Kingdom (UK) says it recognises the economic challenges that Sri Lanka is facing. UK Foreign Office Minister Vicky Ford said the UK is closely monitoring the economic situation in Sri Lanka, including foreign exchange data reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan authorities. In a written response to the UK […]
- UK in talks with Paris Club on Sri Lanka issue (Category: Breaking News)
- UK calls for inclusive approach to resolve crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives Speaker to coordinate relief assistance for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Boris Johnson speaks to Ranil about Putin’s barbaric invasion (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Today’s Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What I Wish To See In The NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Never-Ending Political Games; Country Is At Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Evaluation Of Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To All Parliamentarians (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka Tamils: No Choice But To Join GotaGoGama, Stay Put Or Go Abroad appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Church Of Ceylon In Anarchy: Caste & Affirmative Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Identity In Choice: The Problem Caste In Christianity (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamaduru Ethics Or Deontology? The Challenge Before Modern Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- Minorities Within Minorities Bullied Into Giving-Up Their Right To Convert & Be Converted Religion (Category: Breaking News)
The United Kingdom (UK) has encouraged all sides in Sri Lanka to find a democratic and inclusive approach to resolving the current political and economic challenges. Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the UK, Vicky Ford, said that the UK is closely following the situation in Sri Lanka since the attacks […]
- UK in talks with Paris Club on Sri Lanka issue (Category: Breaking News)
- UK recognises economic challenges in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK working with India to address issues in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK wants Sri Lanka to reduce market access barriers (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Delayed IMF Assistance & The Fertilizer Ban: President Rajapaksa’s “Two Mistakes” That Pauperized Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka on brink of food crisis after economic meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s president requests help from Indian, Chinese, Middle East envoys – PMD (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum recommends 10 proposals to overcome food crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Sri Lanka: Financial Meltdown, Time For Reforms & Re-Start appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Preventing Crooks From Entering The Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- The Current System & Unlawful Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Brutalities Against Protesters (Category: Breaking News)
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya has called for the Opposition parties to unite to abolish the Executive Presidency saying it was the singular enemy of Sri Lanka. Here is the full text of Jayasuriya’s statement: Everything that presently ails Sri Lanka hinges on a single factor – the Executive Presidency that concentrates all power in the ...
- Majority support Constitutional Amendments (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahendra Percival Rajapaksa is now the King of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition calls on opposition to unite against executi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring The Parliamentary System, The Womb Of Racism, Discrimination, Separatism & Civil Wars,... (Category: Breaking News)
Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world
- Funds on the way for Sri Lankan players (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans put on a gutsy show for free (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aim to rise above money worries (Category: Business)
- $3 m floor price set for T20 league franchises (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Upali Dharmadasa has backed the major changes announced recently in the cricket management and team. In a statement to the media Dharmadasa said that the changes were required to take Sri Lanka cricket forward. The statement said : “Many seem to criticize Sri Lanka Cricket for the Changes we ...
- Cricket: Sri Lanka axe coach after just three months (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket chief defends Marsh sacking (Category: Business)
- Marsh to be replaced by Ford as coach (Category: Breaking News)
- Dharmadasa defends Marsh sacking (Category: Breaking News)
What do nation states do when their politicians ruin their economies by serial lying to the voters, running up huge domestic and international financial deficits, uncontrolled corruption, cannot keep interest rates at reasonable rates, cannot control inflation nor hold the exchange rate steady and run the country on an unsustainable basis, depending on what has ...
- Inept’ocracy (Category: Business)
- Mario Monti named to head new Italy government (Category: Business)
- Asia stocks rise on hopes of progress in Europe (Category: Business)
by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...
- Asia economy: Consumers to the rescue? (Category: Business)
- Economic power shifting to Asia from the West? (Category: Business)
- No inflation respite for Asia despite fall in food, fuel prices (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
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