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[…]The post Connectivity Or Captivity? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
- Saffron Army & RW’s Political Calculations (Category: Breaking News)
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) During one of my visits to Colombo I got a call to see the President at ‘Breamar’. Gamini Dissanayake had told him of my friendship with Parathasarathy and he wanted me to help him repair the damage done to their friendship due to the abuse heaped […]
- No deal yet on Singapore GP renewal (Category: Business)
- Organisers predict Indian GP sellout (Category: Business)
- Perez shines in unpredictable Malaysian GP (Category: Business)
- Australian GP hails more competitive season (Category: Business)
[…]The post Economic Reforms, Corruption & Reconciliation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
Targeted opening of Cinnamon Life Hotel and Mall expected to bode well for JKH Leisure business By Sanath Nanayakkare John Keells PLC is expected to recover from some of of its downbeat numbers with the overall pickup in the economy, according to a Review issued by First Capital Research, based
- Healthcare, Consumer and Agri propel Sunshine Holdings’ strong FY23 performance (Category: Breaking News)
- SL has fifth highest food price inflation in world (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch affirms JKH at ‘AAA’ (Category: Business)
- JKH hopes to soon finalize gaming deal for Cinnamon Life (Category: Breaking News)
Through the eyes of Sena Thoradeniya: Sena Thoradeniya discussed successful US operations here taking into similar interventions in the past and present. The examination of the Egyptian and Iranian scenarios is surely useful. Those genuinely concerned about what went wrong for Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who didn’t really receive the backing of any section of the international […]
- US hand in GR’s ouster: Speaker finally confirms allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya: Only Ranil could have restored law and order (Category: Breaking News)
- CP Chief calls for re-alignment of political forces to thwart Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-SLAF officer sheds light on developments leading to Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A French Spring Amid IMF Mission Creep: Ranil Tangoes In Paris As Macron Pivots To BRICS appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
Debt-laden Sri Lanka will unveil its domestic debt restructuring strategy this week, central bank chief P Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Sunday (Jun 25), as the island navigates its worst financial crisis in decades. Sri Lanka will also likely obtain Cabinet and parliamentary approval for the debt restructuring strategy this week, Weerasinghe told local TV channels […]
- CB warns of catastrophic consequences if banking sector collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s sovereign lenders yet to outline debt talks plans (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor refuses to resign over pay hike issue (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Plea In Paris & Predicament At Home appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Separation Of Powers, Rule Of Law, Corruption & SL Bankruptcy (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Stands For Sheep Loom: Obedience Above Intelligence (Category: Breaking News)
- SL Debt Justice Collective Writes Open Letter To IMF On DDO (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Two Challenges: Economic Recovery, Political Devolution – V appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery, Political Devolution – II (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery, Political Devolution – III (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution – IV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala-Buddhism & The Nation State Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 4th May, 2023 Government politicians, save perhaps a few, and their backers are still cock-a-hoop over the IMF bailout which they naively think is a kind of economic panacea. They went so far as to paint the town red when the IMF approved the much-awaited extended fund facility, in March, lighting as they did […]
- Cabinet nod for President’s proposal to make Parliament underwrite foreign investment agreements (Category: Breaking News)
- Hot Hand (Category: Business)
- Sirisena boasts of his successful foreign policy to current rulers (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez: Cumbersome investment laws to be revised to make country attractive to investors (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Warning To Be Heeded (Category: Breaking News)
- People Called On To Play Direct Role To Sustain Democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliamentary Support Required For Effective Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera Slowly but surely the ruling party is beginning to reassert itself. An indication is the removal of Prof G L Peiris from the chairmanship of the ruling party. In the aftermath of the economic collapse last year he has been one of the few members from the SLPP to have adopted a […]
- Govt.’s economic narrative gains business support but Little else (Category: Breaking News)
- Elect a Prez capable of restoring constitutionalism, Church of Ceylon tells MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- An opportunity to break with the past (Category: Breaking News)
- Missing factor in roadmap to recovery (Category: Breaking News)
To tackle the enormous economic challenge that Sri Lanka is facing, everyone must come together to support the recovery and promote stable and inclusive growth, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer.The post Everyone must come together to support Sri Lanka’s recovery and inclusive growth – IMF appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Lates...
- Everyone must come together to support Sri Lanka s recovery and inclusive growth  IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka on second review (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite signs of stabilization, full economic recovery not yet assured – IMF Mission (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF and Sri Lanka reaches Staff-Level Agreement for US$ 2.9 Billion Programme (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 1st March, 2023 Sri Lanka finds itself in the same predicament as a gang rape victim being forcibly kept in the custody of her rapists. Those who are responsible for stealing public funds, mismanaging the economy and bankrupting it continue to be in power. Worse, while living
- Vroom mania – II (Category: Breaking News)
- Neutralise this threat to democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament tells SLC bigwigs to go home (Category: Breaking News)
- When will they ever learn? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpowers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- A führer In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
Reforms to be introduced to end ‘media abuses’ President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the government was not in a position to lower the taxes. Delivering his second government policy statement to inaugurate the Fourth session of the Ninth Parliament, the President said: “Some people say that the primary taxable income should be raised from […]
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez insists on IMF approved new tax regime, warns of dire consequences unless fully implemented (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).The post Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil tells Parliament he will continue with unpopular decisions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that he will continue with his unpopular decisions. Making his throne speech, Wickremesinghe said that he is not here to be popular. He said that the unpopular decisions he takes will have positive results in the years to come. The President said that Sri Lanka expects to recover from […]
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Policy Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Taxing Without A Mandate appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Semiotic Aspects Of The Discourse On Ethnic Conflict In Sri Lanka; A Re-Reading Of Modern Mega-T... (Category: Breaking News)
Digitally Transformed Sri Lanka – Measure Your Digital Readiness Using FITIS Digital Excellence Framework Theme for the event: Focus. Fix. Future-Proof: A Guide for CXO’s The Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) the apex body for the ICT industry in Sri Lanka – Software Chapter formally known as Sri Lanka Association for […]
- ‘DigiGo.lk’ over 1 Million SMEs to Go Digital (Category: Breaking News)
- ADSTUDIO.CLOUD bags Silver at FITIS Digital Excellence Awards Ceremony 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- FITIS announces Mini INFOTEL Matara in June (Category: Business)
- Infotel 2011 to ‘Accelerate IT’ (Category: Business)
[…]The post The TGTE; Past, Present & Future appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sinhala Colonisation Of Ancient Tamil Hindu Sites & The Importance Of Muslim, Christian, Hindu U... (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)
- The Ground Situation In The Sri Lankan North & East; The Possibility Of A Resurgence Of Tamil Mi... (Category: Breaking News)
business leaders to take on the challenges of the global economy. […]
- Stax Academy celebrates second class of graduands (Category: Breaking News)
- Stax Invests in the Next Generation of Business Leaders with Launch of ‘Stax Academy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Stax acquires boutique consulting firm in London to expand its global footprint (Category: Breaking News)
- Sir Vivian Richards joins Lanka Premier League as brand ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s One Policy Framework, Debt & The System (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Has Printed The Biggest Quantity Of Money? Lakshman, Cabraal Or Nandalal? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- Four Popular Fallacies Relating To Central Banking (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, launched a campaign to reclaim the Oval Office on Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected his hand-picked candidates in several pivotal Senate races.The post Former President Donald Trump launches 2024 presidential campaign appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ON...
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Trump Hurting GOP And His Own Legacy (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Donald Trump to contest 2024 presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks Works To Refine GOP Agenda After Trump (Category: USA, Indiana)
Senior lawyer S. A. Cader sayas that it was the responsibility of Parliament to enact legislation to enable the country to seek UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets.Cader, senior partner at Julius & Creasy emphasised the urgent need to address the issue at hand as part of the overall efforts meant to […]
- ‘Revenue raised from new taxes, too, will be robbed, wasted’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. eyes criminal asset recovery law by April under IMF program (Category: Breaking News)
- Laws made to be broken (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament rejected two anti-corruption propoals (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post RW’s Rocky Road To Export Driven Valhalla appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Warning Signal To RW’s Transformation Agenda (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Rating & Fitch’s Credit Rating (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Budget Of Hopes & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Beyond 22 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Tale Of Two Addendums & Ekwa Negitimu Miscarriage (Category: Breaking News)
- Pohottuwa’s Suicidal Plunge (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
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