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- Sri Lanka dreams of dollarized tourism Macau in Mannar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka railways seek forex from scrap metal amid currency crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation tops 60-pct in July 2022 after money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks loan from Qatar to import oil amid soft-peg instability (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mission Impossible appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Need For An Agreement With The Citizens For A Stable Political Future (Category: Breaking News)
- The Galle Face Struggle & Its Importance (Category: Breaking News)
- It’s Time To Untether The Kite! (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan (Category: Breaking News)
By Anjana Pasricha NEW DELHI — In Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, a sprawling port city showcased as a financial hub to rival Dubai is being set up on 269 hectares of land dredged from the sea. It is the latest of the huge Chinese-funded infrastructure projects in the island country that include a port and […]
- Perils of Chinese Investment in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese state-owned firm to build major Sri Lanka port complex (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lana PM laments unilateral termination of Japan, India-funded projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
Dhammika Perera has been backing successive government and held posts in some while running his businesses
- Cooperative sector contributes immensely to Sri Lanka per capita income - President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s dollar crisis reason behind tax increases  Dhammika Perera (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Sri Lanka BOI chairman appointed as Transport Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shares fall for 2nd week; political, economic woes dent sentiment despite Perera’s boost (Category: Breaking News)
The main stock index has fallen 4.4$% in the last two sessions.
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- VIDEO: Govt. should be ashamed of raising fuel price (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government not to increase fuel prices in line with international prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Tablet Rise (Category: Business)
After June 28, 2022, aircraft will have to carry their return fuel according to the CA notice to airmen (NOTAM)
- Sri Lanka jet fuel shortages costing SriLankan Airlines US$7mmn a month (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka invites capable companies to supply aviation fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka relaxing CPC monopoly to end aviation fuel crunch: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Flight Capital (Category: Business)
Cabinet of ministers had given the approval to hike railway fares to meet the rising costs
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices again; Petrol 92 down by 40 rupees (Category: Breaking News)
- Schedule announced for Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka shares edge down on banks; policy rates awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks post best gain in two months on bargain hunting (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has decided to open the fuel import and retail sales market to companies from oil producing nations. Cabinet approval has been granted for the move, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said today. He said the companies will be selected on the ability to import fuel and operate without Forex requirements from the Central Bank […]
- Foreign companies make offers to import and sell fuel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC to assure fuel to companies that pay in USD (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel pass introduced to ensure weekly quota (Category: Breaking News)
- No disruption to fuel distribution (Category: Breaking News)
Selected firms will have to import fuel on credit and runs a currency risk
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka invites capable companies to supply aviation fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Oily Issue (Category: Business)
Oil agents asks Central Bank, Treasury to deal directly with principals
- Sri Lanka: petrol price hike will fuel inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's rising inflation in April due to escalating fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation - CB (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation:CB (Category: Breaking News)
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has accused the authorities of misleading the public on the fuel supply. BASL noted that the Minister of Power and Energy held a press conference on 26th June 2022 and the information revealed at this press conference made it clear that the public have been kept in the […]
- Court orders report on fuel purchases, distribution (Category: Breaking News)
- Only limited amount of petrol available till 23rd June (Category: Breaking News)
- Remaining petrol reserves insufficient to meet needs (Category: Breaking News)
- US seeks probe on excessive use of force at fuel stations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Bailing Out The ‘Gota’ Led Regime; A Wasted Exercise! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Beyond Ousting The Shamed ‘Suhartos’ Of Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Power Under Siege Within Sri Lanka’s ‘Demo-Crazy’! (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
The last shipment under Indian credit line arrived in on June 16. There has been no shipment since then
- Sri Lanka s credit line with India extended by $200 million for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka extends credit line with India by $200 million for fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’ CPC may need Treasury’s help to repay India’s $700 mln – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crisis: India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel (Category: Breaking News)
Companies with more than 60-pct dollar revenues will have to pay bills in dollars
- Rupee slips 0.8% before long weekend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka's rupee fell to a record low (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Swims Against Asia's Currency Tide (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee down (Category: Business)
Minister Gunawardena requested the public to limit nonessential travel and use fuel sparingly.
- Fuel Poser (Category: Business)
- No fuel shortage due to U.S. oil sanctions on Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Petroleum Minister says CPC now receiving its normal fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
- Update on fuel delivery to Sri Lanka for the coming weeks (Category: Breaking News)
“Even today fewer than 10 per cent of buses are running. Drivers are on strike because they have no fuel."
- Sri Lanka to release fuel for essential services only: cabinet (Category: Breaking News)
- GOVERNMENT TO SPEND 1.9 BILLION RUPEES TO GRANT RELIEF FOR FUEL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka economy slowly grinding to a halt as monetary instability hits fuel imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Rural Credit (Category: Business)
Monetary meltdown worsens as money printed to keep rates down and pay state worker salaries
- Sri Lanka allocates 1.9 billion rupees a month to provide relief from high fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Only essential services eligible to obtain fuel from midnight today (June 27) (Category: Breaking News)
- AG ordered to submit proper fuel distribution mechanism for essential services (Category: Breaking News)
- Metre taxis to charge Rs.2 more from 2nd km onwards (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka unable to import fuel due to broken soft-peg
- Bus fare hike needed with fuel price hike, says Gemunu (Category: Breaking News)
- Private bus men vow action (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel Poser (Category: Business)
- Price Hike (Category: Business)
Promises inputs amid soft-peg crisis
- Leaf Level (Category: Business)
- Cultivating Clones (Category: Business)
- Demand Effect (Category: Business)
- Green Leaf (Category: Business)
Oil suppliers wary to supply Sri Lanka after recent downgrades
- Rural Credit (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka owes US$751mn to oil suppliers: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- 4 million vehicles register for Sri Lanka fuel rationing system: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows companies to pay in dollar to obtain weekly fuel supply (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s exports grew 9.9 percent to 980.2 million US dollars in May 2022 from a year ago, the island’s Export Development Board said as the country grapples with the worst currency crisis in the history of its central bank.Export to United States, the largest
- Sri Lanka exports up 10-pct up to August 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports hit April 2022 record as country hit by forex shortages (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports up 11.8-pct up to July 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports rise 20-pct in June 2022 amid forex shortages (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil As PM Till 2025, Opposition Disappears, No End In Sight For Queuing Trauma appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President At Last – Still Acting Up & Militarily As Well (Category: Breaking News)
- 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)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & Morality (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Unarmed but not peaceful (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Could A ‘National Government’ Resolve The Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
Stocks have been on a downward trend mainly due to higher interest rates
- Fuel prices increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Peliyagoda fish market complex inaugurated (Category: Breaking News)
- Coconut prices down (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament today that Sri Lanka was facing the threat of hitting rock bottom. He also said that going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the only option Sri Lanka has to resolve the economic crisis. The Prime Minister said that the aim
- Sri Lanka to reach IMF staff level agreement, debt restructuring framework by end July: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Having Proper plan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s economy is important – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka PM wants opposition to call off boycott to proceed with 21A (Category: Breaking News)
Talks will continue over the next few days with an IMF delegation already in the island nation, he said.
- Sri Lanka constitutional reforms won’t be in effect till next parliament: opposition leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka justice minister calls for opposition support for his 21st amendment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka PM must present fiscal consolidation plan, go for SOE reform: opposition MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must not overlook Russia in favour of IMF, says MP Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
Stock index rebound from near 8-week low.
- Fuel prices increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Peliyagoda fish market complex inaugurated (Category: Breaking News)
- Coconut prices down (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Economy Heading Towards A Dangerous Phase appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka-Arab Relations (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What The President Can Do Before He Goes appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Enlightened Leadership To Overcome Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Reconciliation Also Needs Accountability To Be Viable (Category: Breaking News)
- Choice Of Elections Or Abolition Of Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Getting Nearer To Solution As Options Narrow (Category: Breaking News)
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