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Sri Lankans are still waiting in long queues for days to buy fuel and cooking gas amid power cuts as the crisis deepens.
- Transparency International wants Sri Lanka’s presidential hopefuls to declare assets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka opposition MP says agreed with rival on post-presidential vote economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka CEB ex chair’s letter to be tabled for discussion at next COPE meeting (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite denials Maldivian journalist insists MR, family were to flee (Category: Breaking News)
Talks will continue over the next few days with an IMF delegation already in the island nation, he said.
- Sri Lanka constitutional reforms won’t be in effect till next parliament: opposition leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka justice minister calls for opposition support for his 21st amendment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka PM must present fiscal consolidation plan, go for SOE reform: opposition MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must not overlook Russia in favour of IMF, says MP Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka On The Cusp Of Implosion! White Vans Have Become ‘Black Marias’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka In The Chalk Circle (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Gota Come Home’ – The New Paradigm: I Repeat; RW Will Make GR Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Lasantha’s 66th Birthday: Who Was Lasantha? (Category: Breaking News)
- Life After This Death? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Aragalaya: Manufactured Economic Crisis & Peoples’ Suffering appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Unelected & Unconstitutional MP Becoming The President? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Despot President Was Replaced By A Tyrant In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Anarchy & Abuse Of Power By Politicians (Category: Breaking News)
Unlike in the past, Japan has been very slow in responding to Sri Lanka calls to help it financially, analysts say.
- Sri Lanka’s assistance to Japan still remembered - Minister Hirano Hirofumi (Category: Breaking News)
- Ocean Study (Category: Business)
- Tea Award (Category: Business)
- Yen Loans (Category: Business)
The US’ influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee has urged the Quad nations to take a “more proactive role” in addressing Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis, while praising India’s role in providing humanitarian assistance to the government in the island nation to avoid a meltdown. Quad nations comprises the US, India, Australia and Japan. In […]
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- Samantha Power urges Sri Lanka to take corrective measures (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Japan to cooperate to address crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have fallen amid economic crisis and protest-led political crisis since March.
- Sri Lanka eyes Chinese tourism to help ease debt crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects to attract 2 million visitors from India this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka aims to welcome 1 million tourists this year- Harin (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects one million tourists this year (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy At a time when the nation is steeped in the three C’s, of food, fuel and forex crises and not necessarily in that order, comes the UN threat of an impending ‘catastrophic hunger’ in many parts of the world, particularly Africa, whose effects would be felt for a long time, even […]
- Ranil leading talks to form all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil appointed Acting President (Category: Breaking News)
- President demands report on bonus given to SriLankan and CPC (Category: Breaking News)
- President decides not to extend State of Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Depart From The Comfort Zone! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (Category: Breaking News)
- Abolition Of The Executive Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Deepening Crisis & Political Muddling appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP & SJB Issue Ultimatums After Ranil’s Hint At Being A Full Term PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Today’s Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What I Wish To See In The NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- Never-Ending Political Games; Country Is At Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Evaluation Of Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- An Open Letter To All Parliamentarians (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Economic, Political & Human Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Bleak Future For Sri Lanka : 75 Years After Independence (Category: Breaking News)
- Is President Wickremesinghe Following In The Footsteps Of His Uncle, President Jayewardene, In 1... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Typical Propaganda By A Corrupt Nefarious Regime! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Playing Games With Constitutional Reforms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Abolishing The Executive Presidency – Is Time Running Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (Category: Breaking News)
- 22nd Amendment: People Are Never Fooled (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Immediate Governmental Actions Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is expected to propose to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to shift the Asia Cup, scheduled from August 27 to September 11, out of the country as the island is currently reeling under the economic and political crisis.
Normal and expected levels in the Port of Colombo, despite the economic and political crisis
- Box Trends (Category: Business)
- Ferry service to Colombo from Indian port resumes after 20 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Port to attract Rs 3 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- 3 Japanese warships arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has hired Lazard and Clifford Chance as financial and legal advisers respectively to represent the Government in talks with international creditors, three sources familiar with the situation said. The sources asked not to be named because talks are private. A spokesman for Clifford Chance did not immediately reply to a request for comment. […]
- Sanath Jayasuriya warns of threat of anarchy taking over (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas on protesting university students (Category: Breaking News)
- Key operations come to a halt in support of hartal (Category: Breaking News)
- Horu Go Gama established near Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Need For Changing The Awful Old System appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anarchy & Abuse Of Power By Politicians (Category: Breaking News)
- Immediate Governmental Actions Needed (Category: Breaking News)
- The Despot President Was Replaced By A Tyrant In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Preventing Crooks From Entering The Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
In our expectations the economy will contract at the highest rate than in any other year in history
- Rate Status (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka may see $1.2b balance of payments surplus in 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank warns on economic growth of SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate Direction (Category: Business)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Chennai 22 May 2022 At a time when the anti-Gota protests is acquiring the characteristics of a Greek tragedy, for the Canadian Parliament to remind this nation of alleged ‘war crimes’ has gone mostly unnoticed. While sections of the Tamil Diaspora is as euphoric as ever, the Foreign Ministry, by issuing […]
- Those forgotten final days (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM remembers Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s war (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM says Sri Lankans deserve peaceful and stable country (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten independent groups to support new Government (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka In The Chalk Circle appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP & SJB Issue Ultimatums After Ranil’s Hint At Being A Full Term PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Deepening Crisis & Political Muddling (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Inflation – Public Enemy Number One (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- The Contribution Of The Monetary Policy For Overcoming The Current Economic Crisis Faced In Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president, PM, opposition leader support proposed UN-monitored reforms: Victor Ivan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed Enactment Of The Economic Transformation Bill (Category: Breaking News)
"Government celebrates War Heroes Day,," while Tamils observe 'Tamils Genocide Day'
- Next Tamil Nadu chief minister wants to declare Sri Lankan President a "war criminal" (Category: Breaking News)
- Declare Rajapakse a war criminal: Jayalalithaa tells Centre (Category: Breaking News)
- A nation-building speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka maintains no genocide stance, rejects allegations by Canadian Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today said that Sri Lankans deserve a peaceful and stable country. Issuing a statement to mark the 13th anniversary of the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, the Canadian Prime Minister said that his thoughts are with the families and loved ones who continue to live with the […]
- Canadian PM remembers Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hits back at Canadian Prime Minister over comments (Category: Breaking News)
- Jagath Samarawickrama takes oaths as new MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Work from home encouraged to manage energy crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his message for the 13th anniversary of National War Heroes Day, says various local, and foreign groups and individuals are attempting to use the economic...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post Holding President And Prime Minister To Their Promises appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- JVP Proposal Points To Consensual Way Forward (Category: Breaking News)
- A Coalition Of Power To Stay In Power Is Not What Country Needs (Category: Breaking News)
- System Change Plus Politician Change Through Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Divergence Grows Between Appearance & Reality (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Whither Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Playing Games With Constitutional Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Whoever wields power under 22-A, will Mahinda continue to ‘rule’? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Saying No To Authoritarian Governance (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has sought details from Indian intelligence agencies over Indian media reports that the LTTE is planning an attack in Sri Lanka on 18th May. The Ministry of Defence said that The Hindu newspaper in India had published a report on 13 May 2022 quoting Indian intelligence that the LTTE is planning to launch […]
- Pakistan accused of trying to revive the LTTE (Category: Breaking News)
- Delisted Tamil groups face ban if financing terrorism resumes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka repatriates 19 Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- India not sending troops to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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