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[…]The post Human Rights Compliant Recovery Measures Critical To Stop Spiraling Hunger & Poverty In Sri Lanka: Amnesty International appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Human rights compliant recovery measures critical to stop spiraling hunger, poverty in Sri Lanka... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka urged to ensure adequate nutrition for all pregnant, breastfeeding women (Category: Breaking News)
- AI: Lanka at brink of humanitarian crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis Deepens Without Rescue Plan (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid Architecture? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is struggling to secure dollar earnings and that has threatened its fuel, gas imports.
- Pension Plan (Category: Business)
- State Control (Category: Business)
- Circular issued for state sector workers on taking no-pay leave for foreign jobs (Category: Breaking News)
- When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
Exporters' main challenge is meeting orders due to fuel and power shortages and policy uncertainties.
- Steady Exports (Category: Business)
- Solutions Mechanism (Category: Business)
- Smooth Trade (Category: Business)
- Air Cargo (Category: Business)
Claiming that a recent report indicated that at least 32 Sri Lankan citizens go abroad every hour, Chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society Karu Jayasuriya said it was a sign of a country’s rapid decline.The post Recent report shows 32 Sri Lankans migrate every hour; sign of country’s rapid decline – Karu appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka ...
- Karu Jayasuriya bestowed with the country’s highest civil honour – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya’ Award (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President meets Sri Lankan Diaspora in United Kingdom (Category: Breaking News)
- From Anyone But Karu To No One But Karu (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition files petition in courts against party decis... (Category: Breaking News)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is desperately looking for tourism earning to finance its imports
- Lankan exports to Poland increase (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 150mn additional cost dampens exports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka continued strong economic recovery says IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka police offered Rs. one million reward for information that could lead to an arrest of ... (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe also met King Charles III on Sunday September 18.
- Sri Lanka president meets Commonwealth secretary general in London (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president confident of strengthened ties with UK under new PM Rishi Sunak (Category: Breaking News)
- President urges SL diaspora in the UK to invest in their motherland (Category: Breaking News)
- President returns after London visit (Category: Breaking News)
A food crisis in Sri Lanka looms as the island nation faces its worst economic disaster in decades. With food price inflation higher than 90%, even staples like rice have become almost unaffordable for many Sri Lankans. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that about 30% of the population is food insecure and that one out of […]
- Sri Lanka urges farmers to plant more rice amid crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to introduce anti-hoarding laws for food stocks – PM (Category: Breaking News)
- FAO to provide Urea, cash for crisis-hit Sri Lankan small-hold farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Those who claimed that privatisation was the panacea for Sri Lanka’s economic ills had to present information about privatise institutions first, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday at a conference on privatisation of state assets. Dissanayake said that the SLPP had campaigned in 2019 and 2020 on a […]
- AKD: JVP-led NPP will not undermine India’s national security (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB opposes blanket privatisations (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP urges youth not to leave country, but to stay and fight (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. resorting to uncivilised measures to delay polls – JVP (Category: Breaking News)
"Sri Lanka needs to work collectively to solve the food issue in the face of the global food crisis."
- UN Food Programme, FOA warn Sri Lanka of acute food shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Food insecurity improves in Sri Lanka but prevails within specific regions- report (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Sri Lanka debates elephant capture (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Sri Lanka debates elephant capture (Category: Technology)
An online crowdfunding platform titled ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is now live providing the opportunity for global citizens to contribute to alleviating the impacts of the crisis in the island nation, the UNDP said.The facility can be accessed at www.undp.org/srilanka/donate. Sri Lanka is undergoing its worst economic crisis […]
- ÂRebuild Sri LankaÂ- UNDP-led crowdfunding platform launched (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP launches ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ crowdfunding platform (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP appeals for assistance to help rebuild Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Government and UNDP map out SDG investment for private sector to support recovery (Category: Breaking News)
Interested parties can contribute to two ailing sectors: healthcare and food.
- UNDP launches ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ crowdfunding platform (Category: Breaking News)
- Helping Hand (Category: Business)
- Rebuild Effort (Category: Business)
- ÂRebuild Sri LankaÂ- UNDP-led crowdfunding platform launched (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned home after seven weeks in exile following protests over economic hardships, could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional immunity, a lawyer said. Rajapaksa flew to Colombo around midnight Friday from Thailand and was escorted under military guard […]
- Air Force evacuates President Rajapaksa to Maldives (Category: Breaking News)
- MR sees foreign hand in economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- President declares State of Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP demands protection for Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
(PTI) The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva yesterday (4) said she is pleased the Washington-based lender and the Sri Lankan government have reached a staff-level agreement to provide about $2.9 billion to help the bankrupt country, terming the deal as an “important step forward.” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday announced that it will provide […]
- Sri Lanka to brief creditors on IMF deal for economic recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka awaiting assurances from India, China, says Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says 2.9bn loan bailout for Sri Lanka tied to debt relief from bilateral creditors (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka crisis would deepen if creditors disagree, IMF says amid China concerns (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in New Delhi, Milinda Moragoda, has declared that the preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), under which Sri Lanka could receive $2.9 billion to tackle the ongoing economic crisis, is a “first step” in the long haul of economic recovery, but would provide the country and investors “confidence” to […]
- SL must restructure debt and ease import restrictions by year end says Morgoda (Category: Breaking News)
- Milinda: Sri Lanka should stabilise economy, relax import restrictions (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhala translation of Quran presented to Bharain Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Moragoda and ICCR Prez review Indo-Lanka cultural relations (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks.The post Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns home after fleeing appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Latest Breaking N...
- Sri Lanka’s ruling party asks new president to help with ex-leader Rajapaksa’s return (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s ousted president expected to go to Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa concludes holiday in Dubai and returns to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Wickremesinghe through interim budget expects 2.5 million tourists in 2023.
- Spending Plan (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to issue development bonds to cover the costs of the first quarter of 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka can earn more targeting experiences, sustainability (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s president to cut spending in interim budget (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe is budgeting in a sea of monetary instability
- Sri Lanka tax revenues grow 29-pct up to May amid inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka banks cut foreign borrowings, see more deposit dollarization (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plans to cut deficit to 6.8-pct of GDP in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy After a steep, 75-per cent hike in power-tariffs, the government has now announced increased charges for water and drainage charges. Though brought down after a steeper increase at the peak of fuel-shortage, the transport fares
- Ranil leading talks to form all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet to resign after agreement reached on all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to provide free food to 10% of the population (Category: Breaking News)
- President wants uninterrupted power (Category: Breaking News)
The United Kingdom (UK) has relaxed the travel advice on Sri Lanka. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that the UK no longer advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka. The updated travel advice notes that Sri Lanka is experiencing a severe economic crisis which has led to shortages of basic necessities including […]
- Some countries maintain travel advice on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Some countries maintain travel advice on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK relaxes travel advice on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka cross 200,000 in December (Category: Breaking News)
"This is a positive step and I am positive that the winter tourism season will perform well."
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
The UK no longer advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka
- Normal Status (Category: Business)
- Travel Show (Category: Business)
- UK revises travel advisory on Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Travel Destination (Category: Business)
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday for talks to finalise a bailout package, including restructuring debt of about $29 billion, amid the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.The post IMF team to holds talks with crisis-hit Sri Lanka on debt restructuring appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Update...
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan – sources (Category: Breaking News)
Workers who appeared for the test will also be given the opportunity to appear in another field next year.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
"We are seeing the pressure on the rupee easing as a result of exports growing and imports contracting."
- Emergency Package (Category: Business)
- Lanka Bond issue oversubscribed (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy recovering from flood impact - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- China emerges as Sri LankaÂ?s top lender in 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
‘Inflation will not be as high as initially expected’ Inflation will not be as high as initially expected and there are signs of economy stabilising, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.Dr. Weerasinghe said that during the past few months a number of initiatives had been made to improve the economy and they were yielding […]
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- CB Governor says biggest bugbear for businesses is high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor says inflation could rise to 7% this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Governor shares Sri Lanka’s inflation success story (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Looking At The Problem Of The Point Of View Of The State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of The Attorney General In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
After much thought and careful consideration of the emerging geo-political scenario in the Indian Ocean region, Sri Lanka has asked China to defer the arrival of the Yuan Wang 5 research and survey vessel to the Hambantota port. Initially, the Yuan Wang 5 received permission to dock at the southern Hambantota Port through a Foreign […]
- Chinese Survey Vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Yuan Wang 5 triggers a moot point of contentious politics between India and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka asks China to delay sending ship after India pressure (Category: Breaking News)
90 percent of fuel distribution in Sri Lanka is done by the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.
- Despite protests, Sri Lanka to allow more fuel competitors after shortage ousted president, govt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cabinet clears plan allow new foreign fuel distributors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka state sector workers called back to work on Fridays (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cabinet overwhelmed, claims spokesman defending new appointments (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Protest Movement Can Rebound Unless Government Legitimacy Is Restored appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Legitimate Demands Of Protestors Need To Me Met (Category: Breaking News)
- Representative Democracy Is To Heed The Voice Of The People (Category: Breaking News)
- President Needs To Implement Pledges Before Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminalising Public Protest Will Only Delay The Inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
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