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[…]The post Debterioration Of Nations Social Security & Protection appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Covid-19 Vaccination: Who Gets, When And How? (Category: Breaking News)
- Failing Banks, French Turmoil & Sri Lanka’s Contraction & Confusion (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: Social Security In A Stake (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
- 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)
Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country s central bank, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, said at a LSEG FX Community Event on Monday (Aug 7).
As Sri Lanka embarks on debt restructuring negotiations with key lenders in parallel to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) initiatives, it is useful to consider China’s importance as one of Sri Lanka’s top lenders. China has so far not joined the common platform of negotiators on Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring, though it has joined as […]
- Sri Lanka completes debt restructuring talks with Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has miles to go for IMF debt relief and salvaging the payments crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Some creditors want to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt without China (Category: Breaking News)
- President urges China to change tune on debt (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF, ATA & RW’s Consolidation (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP & Its Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Stability With SOE Reforms Need System Change (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the United National Party (UNP) May Day celebrations held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo yesterday (May 01) through video technology.The post Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka Breaking News and Top Headlines - ONLANKA News.
- Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- Let us collectively join hands to make 2048 the year of development in Sri Lanka – President (Category: Breaking News)
- President to intensify focus on national unity, youth aspirations (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections will be held in accordance with the Constitution, Presidential poll in 2024 – President (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Exit Of The Old Guard & The Arrival Of The New (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi-Wickremesinghe Tamil Drama (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- 40 Years After The Anti-Tamil Pogrom Of July 1983: Root Causes Remain Unaddressed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Bailout: Why This Concern About Good Governance, Anti-Corruption Laws & An Independent Central Bank? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Bailout Conditions Plus New Central Bank Act Will Close Doors To Modern Monetary Theory (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Bailout Conditions Plus New Central Bank Act Will Close Doors To Modern Monetary Theory appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Biggest Woe: What To Do When Fiscal & Monetary Policies Have Failed & Are Still Falling? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ‘Contemporary Issues In Socio-Economic Development’: A Timely Publication By Kelaniya University appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sriyani Hulugalle’s ‘Shadows Of Hantana’: A Romantic Experience For Readers (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To UK’s Trade Concessions To Developing Countries (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Economy (Category: Breaking News)
A key factor that needs to be borne in mind when introducing electric vehicles (EV) to Sri Lanka is the need to allow only manufacturer authorized brand-new vehicles of this kind into the country, it was revealed at a recent forum organized by the Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) and the Association of International Marketing […]
- Sri Lanka could benefit from global trend towards EV use – IPS study (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan ambassador to Viet Nam in warm discussion with leading Southeast Asian EV manufacturer (Category: Breaking News)
- Volt Charge: A visionary JAT Holdings joint venture redefining the Global EV charger industry (Category: Breaking News)
- It is time to support EV freedom (Category: USA, Arkansas)
[…]The post Unmasking The Likes Of Cabraals; A National Imperative! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- With Impunity Remaining Normalised, What Hope For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Continuing Corruption: Begging IMF: Increasing Taxes appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
- Government-Sponsored Terrorism In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Downward Spiralling Economy: Increased Govt Spending & Reduced Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Go Set A Watchman appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Qualified Candidates Essential For System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Chasing The Mirage Of National Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Musings On A New Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Futility Of “Ranilnomics” Without Systemic Change (Category: Breaking News)
- Glocalization Without Financialization (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
India's Jay Jay Mills already has factories employing 9,500 workers
- Fabric Fate (Category: Business)
- Margin Effect (Category: Business)
- Fabric Fortunes (Category: Business)
- Fabric Fortunes (Category: Business)
Race between Ranil and Dullas
- Sri Lanka opposition move to express parliament’s dissatisfaction with president defeated (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka ruling party MP Ranjith Bandara appointed COPE chair (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian shipment of rice, milk powder, medicines worth 2bn arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s US$74 rice grant to reach Sri Lanka by end June (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Economy Heading Towards A Dangerous Phase appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka-Arab Relations (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that the next three weeks will be tough for Sri Lanka. Speaking in Parliament today, the Prime Minister said that the public must use fuel and gas as carefully as possible. He also said that unessential travel should be limited as much as possible. “Therefore, I urge all citizens […]
- PM warns Sri Lanka facing threat of hitting rock bottom (Category: Breaking News)
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 (Category: Breaking News)
- Special Statement Delivered By President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
The keynote address delivered by Dr. Kalpana Kochar, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for South Asia, at the recently-concluded CCC Economic Summit, highlighted three fundamental flaws in Sri Lanka’s growth model. It will not be possible to achieve sustained growth of 8% without addressing these effectively. The Pathfinder Foundation, and others, has emphasised the need ...
- IMF approves disbursement of the delayed loan to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s exports to Singapore clock highest growth in 1H (Category: Business)
- FDI from India to touch $1 b in two years, says EDB Chief (Category: Business)
- New monetary policy, IMF comments today (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Economic Association or SLEA, the long-standing professional body of economists of Sri Lanka, has published some selected papers presented at its Annual Sessions in October 2011 in a volume titled ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the Midst of Global Challenges,’ the theme of the sessions. The volume, edited by two veteran economists – ...
- SLEA to release book on ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the midst of Global challenges’ (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Challenging year for Asia Pacific: UNESCAP report (Category: Business)
Standard and Poor’s yesterday fired a fresh warning on Sri Lankan banking system, relegating it to a risk prone grouping that includes Nigeria. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has assigned Sri Lanka to its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) group ‘8’. At the same time, it assigned an economic risk score of ...
- Understanding Standard & Poor’s BICRA Assessment Of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Banking Industry face ‘economic & Industry’ risk – S&P (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s banking industry reflects a “very high risk” assessment of economic resilience and credit risk in the economy, and a “high risk” assessment of economic imbalances, says the Standards and Poor’s. The Rating agency in its latest Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment, assigned Sri Lanka’s Banking sectors economic risk score of ‘8’ and an industry ...
- Understanding Standard & Poor’s BICRA Assessment Of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- S&P fires warning on Sri Lankan banking system; ranked along with Nigeria (Category: Business)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
- Standard and Poor assesses SL as ‘high risk country’ (Category: Breaking News)
The main Opposition UNP yesterday charged that people are suffering due to the inequitable economic policies of the Government. The UNP said that the Central Bank has stated in its latest monetary policy review that “The policy measures adopted by the Central Bank and the Government during the period February to April 2012 to curtail ...
- What happened to the Cabraal roadmap? (Category: Business)
- The blame game and accountability (Category: Business)
- Harsha claims Govt., CB lack credibility (Category: Business)
- Economic policy governance: Listen to sane voices before it heads for disaster (Category: Business)
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Do people prefer coffee over tea? (Category: Business)
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am privileged to have been given this opportunity to be with you this morning. My task before you is to brief potential investors of my personal experience of doing business in Sri Lanka and about the prevailing circumstances there. Therefore, I am not going to focus on the economy ...
- SLSBC trade and investment promotion mission to Singapore a success (Category: Business)
- Brand ‘Sri Lanka’ valued $ 23 b; ranks 76th globally (Category: Business)
- Fair winds for Sri Lanka maritime hub (Category: Business)
- Boosting business with Bangladesh (Category: Business)
Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana felicitated The legendary Economics Guru of Peradeniya vintage for more than four decades, Emeritus Professor of Economics Buddhadasa Hewavitharana, was felicitated last week by the country’s top policy think-tank, Institute of Policy Studies or IPS and the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Peradeniya by releasing simultaneously tw...
- Two books on Sri Lankan economy launched (Category: Business)
- State of SL economy according to IPS: Grow but make it inclusive (Category: Business)
Multilateral donor emphasises devaluation should help exports, reserves Opines 2012 Budget consistent with earlier plans Withholds eighth tranche of $ 2.6 b loan; mission in Jan The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka’s devaluation of its currency was a “step in the right direction” that should favour export competitiveness and preserve foreign ...
- Devaluation divide (Category: Business)
- November annual inflation eases to 4.7% (Category: Business)
- No timing yet for Sri Lanka review prior to next loan disbursal: IMF (Category: Business)
- IMF to discuss Sri Lanka loan follow-up (Category: Business)
Union Bank of Colombo PLC (UBC) together with ShoreCap II Limited of USA, an International foreign investment Fund, has acquired over 98% of the voting shares of The Finance and Guarantee Company Ltd. (TF&G), infusing Rs. 1.1 billion in new capital to resurrect one of Sri Lanka’s oldest finance companies. Previously Union Bank acquired National ...
- UBC and ShoreCap buy TF&G (Category: Breaking News)
- Fresh start for TF&G with Union Bank acquisition (Category: Business)
- UB Finance endeavours to deliver a unique proposition of economic and social value (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi Insurance partners with Union Bank for bancassurance (Category: Business)
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