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[…]The post Critique On IMF’s Second Review Under Extended Fund Facility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy (Category: Breaking News)
- From Socialism To Success: Sweden’s Economic Evolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Only A Unified Approach Can Solve The Economic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- 600 Articles Over 11 Years: What Did They Tell The Reading Public & Policymakers? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement By Gomi Senadhira senadhiragomi@gmail.com “You might tell fairy tales, but the progress of a country cannot be achieved through such narratives. A country cannot be developed by making false promises. The country moved backward because of the electoral promises made by political parties throughout time. We have witnessed that the […]
- Are we out of touch with reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Five Years on with garbage, myths and lies (Category: Breaking News)
- FTA with Thailand: Need for SL to diversify trade portfolio stressed (Category: Breaking News)
- China shows flexibility on Sri Lanka FTA after temporary halt: Chief Negotiator (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Should The Economic Transformation Bill Proceed? – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Fly Highdream Big (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Two Challenges: Economic Recovery & Political Devolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Elusive Accountability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why A Tamil Common Candidate In The Presidential Election? (Category: Breaking News)
- V. Anandasangaree: The LTTE Vilified Him, But History Has Vindicated Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Historic Crimes Of The Chauvinistic Left: Why Defending Marxist Position Is Important (Category: Breaking News)
- Election Hustling In The South & Boycott Talk In The North (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Plan For Transforming The Economy: Lacking Democratic Policy Governance, Will It Be Another Failure? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi 3.0 In India: What Next For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post G.C. Rodrigo: Friend, Colleague & Comrade: ‘When Alone Think Clearly; When With Others Speak Carefully’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Planning For A Year Of Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s Offer To Form An Interim Administration Is Sensible (Category: Breaking News)
- What Sri Lanka Can Take Away From The US Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- යුද්ධය, සාමය සහ මුසාවාද (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy A bipartisan US congressional resolution, calling for ‘independence referendum’ to Sri Lankan Tamils as the (only) way out of the ethnic conflict is this year’s offering on the 15th anniversary of the ethnic war that lasted twice as many years. Of course, there was also the UNHRC report calling upon the Colombo […]
- A wrong message at a right time? (Category: Breaking News)
- Time for Upcountry Tamils to come together (Category: Breaking News)
- Can the Sangha make a difference to the political impasse, and how? (Category: Breaking News)
- Which bell, what cat, and how to tie it? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Being Meticulously Scrupulous! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Painted Ship In A Painted Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Buddha’s Idea Of Critical Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Bleeding Hearts & Brave Hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economic Growth, National Security, And What Next For Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Growth Lab Experiment Should Be Converted From A Mere Wish To Ground Level Reality (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ignoring The Whale, While Hooking The Sprat appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Just Rewards For Hard Work (Category: Breaking News)
- On Overlooking The Obvious (Category: Breaking News)
- Improvising To Overcome Tragedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Aiyo Sirisena! Cut Out The Bluff! (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr B.J.C.Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was the 35th President of the United States of America. He served as President from 20th January 1961, until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. Though his presidency lasted only a […]
- Six Seconds In Dallas: The Assignation Of President Kennedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Disinformation On Every Front (Category: Breaking News)
- Crocs relocated before kovil festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanks run dry due to sand mining! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Absurdities To Atrocities, Again? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Still On The Rotten Bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Taxing Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Shades Of An Undead Past (Category: Breaking News)
- Still, The Mirage (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Debt, Divestiture & Discontent appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW’s Plea In Paris & Predicament At Home (Category: Breaking News)
- Anti-Terrorism Act To Prevent System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Planning For A Year Of Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is State Owned Temasek A Useful Concept For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Partnership Between NPP & JVP Must Be Emboldened (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Missive To AKD & NPP (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Recovery, Growth & Toxic Imports appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF, ATA & RW’s Consolidation (Category: Breaking News)
- A führer In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Forecasts & Systemic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ballad Of A Sad Trumpet (Category: Breaking News)
- A Painted Ship In A Painted Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- Fleas Dream Of Buying A New Dog (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Demystification Of The Black Box Involving Money Creation By C.A. Abeysinghe appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Contribution Of The Monetary Policy For Overcoming The Current Economic Crisis Faced In Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- Money Market’s Illiquid Status Deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
Peter Breuer, Chief of IMF Mission to Sri Lanka has claimed that the Sri Lankan economy is showing signs of progress. The monetary and fiscal measures like tax increases and particularly the debt moratorium may have resulted in giving some breathing space for the country to recover from the period of extreme hardship caused by […]
- Crashing economies and the South’s narrowing foreign policy options (Category: Breaking News)
- Need for new economic policy for poor countries (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Nicholas advises Lanka against swallowing IMF dope (Category: Breaking News)
- Pitfalls of export-led growth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ronnie De Mel: A True Democrat & An Economics Philosopher To The End appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021: A Reversion To JR Jayewardene Policies Of 1940s? (Category: Breaking News)
In a welcome development in relation to Sri Lanka’s regional policy, some state functionaries of the Ranil Wickremesinghe regime have gone on record as having stated that Sri Lanka would be taking notable cognizance of India’s security concerns, going forward. This is as it should be. None of India’s immediate neighbours could afford to overlook […]
- Impact of security considerations on foreign policy crafting (Category: Breaking News)
- Baglay reiterates India’s commitment in line with ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- India underscores inclusivity on 75th anniversary of Independence (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘The fascist threat’ and the South’s mounting travails (Category: Breaking News)
A 16-year-old boy with Sri Lankan roots, described by his parents as a “golden boy” took his own life in the UK after being blackmailed over nude photographs, an inquest heard. Dinal De Alwis, 16, was found by a coroner to have killed himself in Sutton, south London, in October 2022. A Metropolitan police investigation […]
- Ten-year-old child suspected to have been raped and murdered (Category: Breaking News)
- Public Finance committee wants CBSL to defer pay hike (Category: Breaking News)
- University student arrested over Race Course murder remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- FAO Director-General arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Drive Itself From Bankruptcy To Prosperity In 2023? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Without A Code Of Ethics & Principles Of morality, No Meaning In Social Market Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Target 2048 – Social Market Economy Ideology Need Be Clarified & Signed Off (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Economic Democracy Principles Should Be Followed To The Letter (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Will Karu Jayasuriya Be Suitable As An Interim President? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Quo Vadis? – Feeding The 225; Don’t Wait For The State; Let’s Act On Our Own (Category: Breaking News)
- Sangha-Led Buddhist-Tamil Dialogue Takes Shape (Category: Breaking News)
- From Anyone But Karu To No One But Karu (Category: Breaking News)
- Globally, A Rightward Political Shift Is Visible (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy For the uninitiated in Sri Lanka, AKD in politico-strategic circles in the neighbouring India’s capital, New Delhi, refers to Ajit Kumar Doval, the nation’s all-important National Security Advisor (NSA). For counterparts in India, who are even less initiated, the initials stand for Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the centre-left Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna […]
- Ungoverned, ungovernable? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura insists visit to India will not change party policy (Category: Breaking News)
- Can this ‘centrist path’ take JVP up there? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is there a ‘next time’ violence? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Flight Of Human Capital – A Catastrophic Fait Accompli appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Indian HC explains how Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict expanded India’s role in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Genocide Day’ controversy : SL registers protest with Canadian HC (Category: Breaking News)
- SL economy, IMF claims, and reality (Category: Breaking News)
- New Australian HC launches landmark educational programme (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Challenges In The Forthcoming Presidential Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Let Us Know Who Are Contesting? What Are Their Policies? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Ranil Wickremesinghe Unelectable? (Category: Breaking News)
- Election ’24: Rajapaksa Implosion & Ranil’s Red Sea Meddling (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
In the global political landscape of 2024, Reuters provides a comprehensive overview of key elections shaping the economic and geopolitical landscape across diverse regions. From Europe, where the rise of Eurosceptic far-right parties poses challenges to the European Union’s integration, to Russia, where Vladimir Putin is set for another term amid heightened tensions with the […]
- Nexus between money, exchange rate, money printing and inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘SL’s inflation reduced to single digit levels in 2023 along with restoration of price stability’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Inflation – Public Enemy Number One (Category: Breaking News)
- Isn’t cleansing hearts a political issue? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Bleak Forecast For 2024 & Beyond: Politics (Security), Economics & Military appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Russian Presidential Election Results (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ugly New Face Of Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- Gathering Storms Cloud On The Horizon; Military, Political, Strategic & Economic Uncertainties A... (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post AKD & The JVP-NPP Should Tick All The Boxes To Win, Not Risk A Third Defeat appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD Avoids Ranil’s Trap, Rejects Collaborationism (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Repression Will Hit The JVP-NPP While It Indulges In Political Narcissism (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP-NPP & Lankan Left Populism’s Lacunae & Lapses (Category: Breaking News)
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