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[…] The post The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Militancy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: Defence Expenditure & The Tamils Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Militancy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: Defence Expenditure & The Tamils Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Dimensions In ‘Power’; The Role Of India & China & Sri Lanka’s Predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Covid-19: The Epidemic & The Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
24th August 2012 Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance & Planning The Secretariat, Colombo 1. Dear Dr. Jayasundera, Establishment of a Financial Services Authority and a Banking and Finance Commission I suggest for your consideration that you duly evaluate the long-term national economic benefits of enhancing effective fiscal management capability ...
- Promoting productive social protection (Category: Business)
- MBSL seminar on ‘Implications of the new Finance Business Act’ on 19 September (Category: Business)
- The loud voice of economists: Reform or perish (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s over US$ ($) 500 million leasing industry plans to raise between $ 150-250 million from international capital markets to circumvent high borrowing costs locally, an official told this newspaper. Kamal Yatawara, Chairman Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHA) and director/CEO The Finance Company plc said that an international donor agency whose name ...
- Finance Houses Association elects Kamal as Chairman (Category: Business)
- People’s Leasing Group marks significant results for 2012 FY (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank provide credit guarantees for companies (Category: Breaking News)
- BoC Leasing goes online with OpenArc ‘SkyLease’ Software (Category: Business)
The Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services assigned a score of 8 (very high risk) to the Sri Lankan economy and banking industry last week. The role of ratings agencies in the lead-up to the global financial crisis (2008) was certainly highly questionable. There are also issues related
- Way out to fix the sick external sector: Getting back to IMF’s fold a must now (Category: Business)
- Commendable start; now for the finish (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
The PF is organizing the second series of seminars, beginning with “Billions of Entrepreneurs; How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours”. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce using video conference facility of the American Centre, is scheduled for the 22nd of May 2012. from 6.30 to 8.30 ...
- Harvard expert at Pathfinder seminar on how China, India reshape their futures (Category: Business)
- Billions Of Entrepreneurs; How China And India Are Reshaping Their Futures And Ours (Category: Breaking News)
- Harvard lays bare Sri Lanka newspaper's distorted reporting (Category: Breaking News)
- How putting particles in the stratosphere might just slow global warming video - CNET (Category: Technology)
The PF is organizing the second series of seminars, beginning with “Billions of Entrepreneurs; How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours”. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce using video conference facility of the American Centre, is scheduled for the 22nd of May 2012. from 6.30 to 8.30 ...
- Harvard expert at Pathfinder seminar on how China, India reshape their futures (Category: Business)
- Billions Of Entrepreneurs; How China And India Are Reshaping Their Futures And Ours (Category: Breaking News)
- Harvard lays bare Sri Lanka newspaper's distorted reporting (Category: Breaking News)
- How putting particles in the stratosphere might just slow global warming video - CNET (Category: Technology)
Mr. Thilak Karunarathne Chairman, Securities Exchange Commission,Colombo. Dear Sir, Re: SEC inquiry connected with the stock exchange transaction where the National Savings Bank acquired shares of The Finance Company I wish to hail your expressed commitments to initiate with urgency a comprehensive inquiry connected with the stock exchange transaction where the National Savings Bank acquired ...
- Economic management and the way forward (Category: Business)
- Govt. to consider tightening laws on white collar crimes (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal’s stench spreads! (Category: Business)
- Wijetilleke backs calls for tough action on NSB-TFC deal (Category: Business)
Below is an exclusive interview given by Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara to the Gulfnews.com, where he has spoken on a range of issues impacting the game of cricket. Sangakkara is currenly playing in the IPL, leading the Deccan Chargers team, which struggling at the bottom of the table, only winning two games out of the ...
- Malinga says, he is developing a new delivery (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 300 cricketers are forced to stay at home doing nothing because of the IPL – Arjuna (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahela wanted Murali to play in the upcoming World T20 – Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilshan says Dilscoop will keep his name alive (Category: Breaking News)
Exporters are entrepreneurs that look for new markets, create new offerings for new conditions, and work with new clients. These three characteristics require exporters to continually modify resource deployment and business strategies to meet variable customer needs influenced by international cultures, governments and environments. Innovation, risk taking, and proactive capability determine...
- Sri Lanka’s DFCC to enhance its foreign currency lending and fund raising (Category: Breaking News)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
- 18th Annual Export Awards ceremony on a grand scale (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Banking Industry face ‘economic & Industry’ risk – S&P (Category: Breaking News)
By Indika Sri Aravinda The Sri Lankan Cricket Board had requested the Galle Municipal Council not to charge the entertainment tax on tickets sold for the first Test between England and Sri Lanka held at the Galle International Cricket stadium last week. Galle Mayor Methsiri de Silva said that the tax exception was sought as ...
- Cricket-Sri Lanka v England, 1st test scoreboard - tea (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia Closes in on Victory in Opening Test Against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket-Sri Lanka v England, 1st test scoreboard - lunch (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahela and Herath - the shining stars in the Galaxy (Category: Breaking News)
By Cheranka Mendis Even if the status of the world economy seems to have found a rather fragile equilibrium with Europe over the past six weeks, the world is no closer to being immune from the risks that have cropped up as a result of the European and USA led recession and changes in world ...
- S&P says Asia will pull through hard times (Category: Business)
- Emerging Asia’s 2012 growth cut to 6.8% from 7.4% (Category: Business)
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
Capital Alliance, a full-service investment bank will be hosting one of Asia’s foremost Investor Relations experts, Jonathan Zax, in Colombo this week. Zax’s investor relations efforts have been frequently recognised by the international financial community through top rankings in polls by Asiamoney, Finance Asia, Lafferty Group and Investor Relations Magazine. Last year, he received a...
- Capital Alliance, CT CLSA win top Sri Lanka’s CFA capital market awards (Category: Breaking News)
- HNB continues capital raising spree; gets $ 25 m for Tier 2 funding via DEG Germany (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be an Islamic finance hub (Category: Business)
My column today is an attempt to focus our attention on a few less spoken or untold developments that may have a profound influence on how we carve our way through in creating a desirable social, economic and political future for mankind on this only planet of ours. While I will not specifically touch on ...
- Development-led globalisation (Category: Business)
- The ‘Doha Mandate’ (Category: Business)
- UNCTAD should address challenges faced by developing world (Category: Business)
- Global trends in investment (Category: Business)
is going through troubled times, exacerbated by rising government spending and a global financial crisis...
- UBS cuts China 2011, 2012 GDP forecasts amid global slowdown (Category: Business)
- Financial Roadmap for 2012 unveiled (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Bourse third best in the world (Category: Breaking News)
- Increase In Per Capita Income (Category: Breaking News)
By: Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe In the mid nineteen eighties, the Philippines was rocked by a sustained people’s resistance movement that finally deposed of the hated and corrupt dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, who had to flee the country in a US Air Force helicopter. The Catholic Church, representing the majority of the people, played a critical role ...
- SJB offers free legal assistance to anyone to be charged under OSB (Category: Breaking News)
- What does ‘strategic partnership’ with the US entail? (Category: Breaking News)
- The need of the hour is a broad civil rights movement uniting all progressive forces (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP’s message for International Workers’ Day 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received the representative of Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, in Ramallah, and informed him of the recent developments in the peace process. Abbas also noted the current crisis in the peace process due to the Israeli refusal to recognize the 1967 borders of the Palestinian state and to ...
- Palestine president visits SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal Rajapaksa hold discussions with Palestine president (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal Rajapaksa in Ramallah (Category: Breaking News)
- Barack Obama 'will veto' Palestinian UN bid (Category: Breaking News)
President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received the representative Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, in Ramallah, and informed him of the recent developments in the peace process, the Palestinian news agency reported. The website reported that Rajapaksa conveyed a letter to Abbas from the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in which he stressed the depth of the bilateral relations between Sri Lank...
- Orchid named after the President and First Lady (Category: Breaking News)
- President Rajapaksa casts his vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Stop the self-glory seek a solution now (Category: Breaking News)
- Red carpet welcome for President in Seoul (Category: Breaking News)
Regulatory pressure mounted further over the course of 2011 – bad news for financial services firms, but good news for the consultancies to which they turned for help. Ernst and Young topped the Operational Risk and Regulation consultancy rankings again in 2011 (http://www.risk.net/operational-risk-and-regulation/feature/2135016/orr-consultancy-rankings-2011), and the New York-based head of ...
Srilankamirror - The Treasury has granted Rs. 50 million to cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to help its current financial crisis. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has said the money granted by the Treasury would be used to pay the salaries of the SLC staff. He has added that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is to give US$ 2 million to ...
- Thilanga to run for cricket presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC to appoint new selectors (Category: Breaking News)
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Treasury had on Friday (9) approved a grant of Rs. 50 million to bail out the cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the Treasury has given the monies to SLC as a grant to help overcome the current financial crisis
- Treasury approved Rs.50 million for cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket gets Rs. 50 million from the Treasury to help its financial issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Take a holistic approach (Category: Business)
- SLC financial crisis to end in Feb. (Category: Breaking News)
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage says Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was now receiving money and that the current financial crisis at the board would be resolved by February next year. He has told parliament that 65 percent of the payments due to the Sri Lankan cricketers would be paid
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have not been paid for months as a result of financial crisis it is facing since hosting the World C...
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Tennakoon to be replaced by Ranjith Fernando? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ashantha de Mel reappointed chief selector (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
A Sri Lankan Central Banker has authored a book under the title of “Analysis of Basic Economic Principles”. Written by P. Samarasiri, who works as an assistant Governor of the Central Bank, the book which is written in Sinhala helps the reader to understand and analyze the workings of an economy. It covers topics such as operational ...
- Plans afoot to distribute school text books (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka selects four international Banks to raise US$ 1 billion via a bond (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s 10 year dollar bond heavily oversubscribed – Cabraal (Category: Breaking News)
- EPF value doubles (Category: Breaking News)
Rajapaksa Family already planning more land grabbing Kleptocrat: A ruler who uses power to steal the country’s resources. Oxford Dictionary By Tisaranee Gunasekara Mindless-extravagance; land-grabbing; media-muzzling: the three Rajapaksa preoccupations are intimately interconnected. The Ruling Siblings need money to strengthen their power and to sustain their voracious appetite for exhibitionism, ...
- Kleptocrats Strike Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Land acquisition seminar in Canada: TNA MPs to present (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal reveals alleged land grab plot (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal reveals alleged land grab plot (Category: Breaking News)
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