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President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of capital, particularly financial and human, for driving growth.The post President emphasizes the importance of investing in capital and human resources for Sri Lanka’s economic advancement appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Central Bank reports to be discussed in school syllabi in a bid to enhance financial literacy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President calls for legal modernization to propel Sri Lanka’s economic growth (Category: Breaking News)
- President highlights importance of human, financial capital resources to drive SL s growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuban and Sri Lankan Presidents forge stronger ties and mutual support through bilateral talks (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Axacerbation? – Part II appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity, & The IMF: A Solution Or A Worsening Of The Problem? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Newsline | Lakmal Fernando |History repeating itself. Sri Lanka’s electricity crisis
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
More than $1 billion debt owed to India by Sri Lanka will undergo restructuring as part of the International Monetary Fund-led debt restructuring programme for the crisis hit South Asian country, Indian media reported on Thursday.
Hailing the role of New Delhi in Sri Lanka s debt restructuring, Japanese Ambassador to India Hiroshi Suzuki said that India s issuance of financing assurances to the island nation at the time of its economic crisis was instrumental in accelerating the process of its debt restructuring.
The dry spell that is being experienced in Sri Lanka now is a seasonal phenomenon and nobody should attempt to take political mileage out of it, State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said.The post Don’t politicize changes in natural environment and weather including drought – State Minister of Defence appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Sto...
- Acting Defence and Finance Ministers appointed until President s return (Category: Breaking News)
- National Cadet Corps curriculum to be revised to suit emerging trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Don t politicize changes in weather including drought  Defence State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce stricter laws to combat human and drug trafficking (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has cut the statutory reserve ratio for commercial banks by 200 basis points to 2%, effective Aug. 16, it said on Wednesday.The post Sri Lanka Central Bank cuts statutory reserve ratio by 200 bps appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka issues order slashing interest rates on lending products (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank maintains policy interest rates, reserve requirement (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank maintains policy interest rates, forecasts lower economic growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Commercial banks ordered to pass benefit of latest CB Statutory Reserve Ratio reduction on to cu... (Category: Breaking News)
Yahapalana Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s plea for Indian funding to develop Elapathagama in the memory of the late Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera remains a mystery. In terms of an agreement signed on 14 July, 2017, India provided Sri Lankan Rs 300 mn to develop Elapathagama in the Anuradhapura district. The late Sobitha Thera, a controversial character, spearheaded […]
- Where have millions of USD invested in good governance and accountability projects et al gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s foreign policy dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption saga continues (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC, cryptocurrency and repealing of time-tested law (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of Eksath Janaraja Peramuna and SJB MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has said that according to a report submitted to Parliament by the Finance Ministry, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) had been earning profits during the past six months. Therefore, the recent tariff increases couldn’t be justified, the former Minister said, warning […]
- Sri Lanka Water Board employees to protest against politician's threatening actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Water Board employees protest seeking salary increase and arrears payment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Water Board compelled to increase water tariff (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka`s Water Board trade union warns of union action next week (Category: Breaking News)
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Monday visited two schools in Sri Lanka and interacted with students in his role as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador.The post Sachin Tendulkar visits Sri Lankan schools as UNICEF’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sachin Tendulkar visits Sri Lankan schools as UNICEF’s goodwill Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Sachin Tendulkar visits Sri Lanka schoolchildren as UNICEF regional goodwill ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Sachin Tendulkar visits Sri Lankan schools as UNICEF s Regional Goodwill Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country's central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, said at a LSEG FX Community Event on Monday.The post Sri Lanka central bank chief: monetary policy transmission still incomplete appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka signals pause after four rate cuts as IMF loan awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce new central bank law, inflation target (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Chief says Money printing has drastically reduced in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne says the importation of inferior medicine by way of emergency procurement and non-functioning medical, surgical and other test equipment in hospitals have ruined the public health sector. Addressing the Media at the Office of the Leader of Opposition on Sunday (6Aug2023), Wickramaratne said that this pathetic situation in the health sector […]
- SJB: State audit vindicates no-faith motion against Keheliya, remedial measures urgently required (Category: Breaking News)
- Health sector strike to resume on 01 Feb. (Category: Breaking News)
- 72 health sector unions to resume strike from Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
- Ousting govt. only way to solve country’s problems – Women for Rights (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 8th August, 2023 Former Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Mahinda Deshapriya, who serves as the Head of the National Committee on Delimitation of the Divisions of Local Government (LG) Bodies, seems to be full of optimism. He is reported to have said he expects either the local government polls or the Provincial Council […]
- PAFFREL accuses government of vote buying (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. misusing state property to bribe voters ahead of crucial election – PAFFREL (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme court nudges govt., to democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Dullas chides silence of Election Commission when govt. floats doubts about polls (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy If someone thought that President Ranil Wickremesinghe was funny about it, he was not. If anything, it sounded more Quixotic than possibly predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s misadventure with ‘organic farming’. According to reports, at an official meeting the other day, Wickremesinghe asked Health Ministry officials to devise a strategy to seek compensation […]
- GMOA Presents Proposal to President addressing Healthcare Challenges and Brain Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka can pay in INR (Category: Breaking News)
- Catholic priest claims key information shared with CID (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil assures to protect rights of children and elderly (Category: Breaking News)
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Monday visited two schools in Sri Lanka and interacted with students in his role as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador. Tendulkar was appointed UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia in 2013 to advocate good hygiene and sanitation across the region. He toured the southwestern Sabaragamuwa province’s Kegalle district on Monday, visiting selected […]
- Sachin Tendulkar visits Sri Lankan schools as UNICEF’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia holds talks with Sri Lanka’s indigenous community (Category: Breaking News)
- Girl, 10, ‘marries’ boyfriend days before losing leukemia battle (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia hands over package worth LKR 2.5 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
A 29-year-old Sri Lankan woman, who was staying at the Mandapam Rehabilitation Centre since April 2022, has been reported missing since July 27. Mandapam police on Sunday said a woman missing case had been registered following a complaint from Pradeep, 32, husband of the missing woman, Kasturi, 29. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Kasturi, who was […]
- Four Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu on illegal vessel (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian coast guard rescues 8 Sri Lankan refugees stranded at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- ICRC notes families of missing in Sri Lanka still suffering (Category: Breaking News)
- Woman and three children found dead in Malabe (Category: Breaking News)
By Eng. Thushara Dissanayake Water is often undervalued and insufficient attention is paid to its pollution. The water quality degradation is a blooming environmental issue in Sri Lanka. According to World Bank findings, the invisible crisis of water quality degradation is reducing potential
- Dire weather forecast for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- People in five districts advised to wear masks due to toxic air blowing from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Country smothered by air pollution from subcontinent (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Excellent water' at more beaches (Category: Technology)
Monday 7th August, 2023 Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha has said the government will take action to fill the vacancies created by the unprecedented migration of university dons. Circumstances may have left it with no alternative but to do so in a bid to mitigate the ever-worsening crisis
- Dons blame themselves (Category: Breaking News)
- Lecturers oppose decision to close down universities (Category: Breaking News)
- University teachers to stage protest opposite UGC today (Category: Breaking News)
- Unions threaten to strike again (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Brain drain is the worst manifestation of the country’s economic crisis, Freedom People’s Congress (FPC) member and MP, Prof. G.L Peiris, said on Thursday.Prof. Peiris said that a large number of academics had left state universities. In recent years, the number of students
- University teachers to stage protest opposite UGC today (Category: Breaking News)
- FUTA warns of severe brain drain within universities (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith: Brain drain has deprived universities of more than 50 percent of their dons (Category: Breaking News)
- Little chance of Lanka becoming knowledge hub: FUTA (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Convenor of ‘Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance’ Ananda Palitha yesterday (06) alleged that the bankrupt country was being exploited to the hilt by the powers that be and external powers. The one-time director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government increased diesel and petrol prices on 30th […]
- SJB unionist: IOC and Sinopec benefit from special levy on fuel to recover CPC losses (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB TU accuses CPC, LIOC and Sinopec of making unconscionable profits (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. increased fuel prices to please Sinopec – Trade unionist (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT on fuel already subjected to several taxes unfair – SJB trade union wing (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity, & The IMF: A Solution Or A Worsening Of The Problem? (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part VI (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring, Austerity & The IMF: A Panacea Or An Exacerbation? – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka President Wickremesinghe’s diversion is working. There is more chatter in the media and political society about the 13th amendment than there is about the agreements that will alter for the worse the fundamental conditions of our collective existence, namely the land bridge to India. There is much to debate about the 13th amendment but […]
- HC Moragoda pushing for land connectivity with India (Category: Breaking News)
- PM Modi’s comments: ‘Ensure dignity and respect for Tamils’ (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Constitutional constraints prevent President from holding snap presidential election (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF agreement gives us confidence, grateful to India: Lankan envoy (Category: Breaking News)
Japan has asked Sri Lanka to secure a debt restructure deal with China before any discussion on reviving the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project scrapped by former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, diplomatic sources said. Foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi made it clear during his brief visit to Colombo last week for talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe that […]
- Japan wants Sri Lanka to repay due for LRT cancellation to resume stalled projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to revive scrapped Japan-funded LRT project (Category: Breaking News)
- State sector reforms: Herath endorses Ranil’s agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan ready to support debt restructuring – Japanese Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is in talks with a Singapore based company to transform Colombo and give it a new look. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the vision to transform Colombo into a beautiful city is already in motion, with plans provided by Surbana Jurong. Surbana Jurong Group is a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting […]
- Heat in Colombo still at ‘caution’ level despite rain (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to push ahead with plan for Trincomalee Port (Category: Breaking News)
- Wijeyadasa not ruling out contesting presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil loses his cool when questioned on Channel 4 video (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post To Be Realistic, There Are Only Two Options appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Economic Strategy: Will His Prioritisation Of Targets Misfire? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is State Owned Temasek A Useful Concept For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Triangular Contest: To Be Realistic, There Are 3 Options: Response To Prof Kumar David (Category: Breaking News)
Joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project four years ago was a “hasty and disastrous” decision. This statement is from the Minister of Defense of Italy. An interview with Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto was published on Sunday, in which he said China’s involvement in the project was a “disastrous decision.” He also explained […]
- China warns against ‘undermining’ Belt and Road plan after Italy withdraws (Category: Breaking News)
- China-Sri Lanka trade agreements ‘speed up’ amidst debt restructuring negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s BRI leads to debt sustainability problems, excludes locals from decision making in Nigeria (Category: Breaking News)
- Europe’s Growing Skepticism towards China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Deepening Rift in Global... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s inflation rate, which dropped to single digits for the first time in months in July, may still face headwinds from rising water, food and energy prices, analysts say, in a challenge for a crisis-hit country seeking to foster growth.
Friday 4th August, 2023 Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Hardly a day passes without some controversy, and issues crop up at such a rate that one cannot keep track of them, the latest being what has come to be termed the ‘distortion’ of the national anthem at a sports event. Popular singer, Umara […]
- Singer under fire (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- Unwanted Issue (Category: Business)
- SLC calls for report on Sri Lanka s heavy defeat against India (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr K. M. Wasantha Bandara This is a humble effort to build up on the article titled, ‘Medical negligence or error’, published in The Island on 18th July. The author of the article, Professor Susirith Mendis, who is a well reputed medical professional and an academic, has drawn our insight into unfortunate events taking […]
- Healthcare system in crisis due to corruption and mismanagement (Category: Breaking News)
- Nursing in Sri Lanka: A Journey of Dedication, Challenges, and Trends (Category: Breaking News)
- High out-of-pocket expenditure seen as affecting healthcare access of local households (Category: Breaking News)
- The American Healthcare System The world’s Best and Worst (Category: Breaking News)
New Delhi and Colombo are set to begin technical discussions that could pave the way for a multi-product petroleum pipeline between the two South Asian nations, Mint has learnt. The project, which was announced during president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India in July, is expected to help Sri Lanka improve its energy security at an […]
- Japan attaches importance to ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka to join India –Bangladesh-Nepal tripartite energy grid to avoid energy problems and develo... (Category: Breaking News)
- India working on LNG pipeline from Kochi to Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and India to begin talks on petroleum pipeline (Category: Breaking News)
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