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The new government yet come up with some concrete steps to come out of Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis
- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Haycarb March net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs80bn in mostly 3-month bills, down 18bp (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)
Food suppliers have been willing to extend credit to local importers due to strong relationships spanning generations
- New rules for food importers (Category: Breaking News)
- Camel milk and ostrich eggs could fill Sri Lankan food gap (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President seeks support of the traders to regulate prices of essential food commodities (Category: Breaking News)
- Precautions against melamine contamination (Category: Breaking News)
Injections despite severe fuel and cooking gas shortages
The banned stations are in Makola South, Naalla, Pethiyagodda and Mirigama.
- Gas muzzlers (Category: Technology)
- Why 'feed' a car? (Category: Technology)
- 'Miracle material' (Category: Technology)
- Gas Only (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka sees long queues for fuel around the country
- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Haycarb March net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs80bn in mostly 3-month bills, down 18bp (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)
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (Category: Breaking News)
In the rupee interest rates we can give central bank financing to the primary market and through open market operations
- Pressure mounts on overnight rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka import controls are temporary: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- High interest rates have prevented contraction of economy – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has tightened monetary policy sufficiently: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay Alive appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recent Political Violence And Its Consequences (Category: Breaking News)
People have started street protests demanding cooking gas from the government.
- Sri Lanka PM asks COPE to summon Litro Gas officials over distribution delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas acquires 100,000MT of LP gas using World Bank funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s state-run Litro Gas to settle World Bank loan by December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s sate-run Litro Gas chairman Vijitha Herath resigns (Category: Breaking News)
[…]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)
"Yesterday we received 160 million dollars from the World Bank. We cannot use it for fuel but we are discussing it."
- Sri Lanka’s CPC owes US$730mn for past oil, in talks for petrol ship (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel price drop in the world market can be considered only after six weeks – Petroleum Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister suspends fuel payment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka petrol shipment delays by another day – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
The current crisis is having far-reaching implications on the ability of women and girls to live in dignity
- More effective mechanism needed to regulate gender-based violence on digital platforms – Women P... (Category: Breaking News)
- Legislative roundup, Jan. 30, 2021 (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Police: Yakima serial groper returns (Category: USA, Washington)
- Rapes and molestations of women rising in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
We have to keep in mind that printing money will depreciate the rupee
- Overshooting (Category: Business)
- Forex Policy (Category: Business)
- Forex Trend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Rupee ends firmer against USD (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today painted a gloomy picture for Sri Lanka saying the country will face an even more difficult time period in the short term. In an address to the nation today, the Prime Minister said that there are petrol stocks only for a single day, there is a possibility that the daily power […]
- PM warns fuel situation to get worse over next few weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel stocks sufficient for only around five days (Category: Breaking News)
- Leadership of Gota and Ranil rejected (Category: Breaking News)
- India focusing on ways it can help Sri Lanka economically (Category: Breaking News)
New Prime Minister reveals the grim reality of the economy
- Gas Strike (Category: Business)
- Gas Demand (Category: Business)
- Fuel Switch (Category: Business)
- Litro decides not to increase domestic LP gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (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)
Sri Lanka is sliding into a default as the grace period on two unpaid foreign bonds ends on Wednesday, the latest blow to a country rattled by economic pain and social unrest. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed last week following violent unrest, will provide a “full explanation” of Sri Lanka’s financial crisis on […]
- Political risks still challenge Sri Lanka s emergence from default- Fitch Ratings (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Ratings downgrades Sri Lanka to ‘Restricted Default’ from ‘C’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch affirms SLT at B+ Revises outlook to positive (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch Affirms Sri Lanka Telecom Debt Ratings with Positive Outlook (Category: Breaking News)
It will then be presented to the cabinet of ministers for approval, the PM’s office said in a statement.
- 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)
[…]The post Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
In the next few weeks we will face the most difficult time
- Sri Lanka continues monetary financing of imports, pegging after ‘running out’ of reserves (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank busts US$9.8bn since Feb 2020 to suppress rates, for stimulus (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank US$4.0bn in debt by March 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka infotech, mobile telephony in a fix after import ban (Category: Breaking News)
"I also wish to inform you that we will extend our support as a responsible opposition to correct decisions."
- Conviction Concern (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Opposition Leader calls on President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Opposition Leader questions the planned extension of the parliamentary complex (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress may withdraw support to the government over the Dambulla mosque issue (Category: Breaking News)
"Every day that passes, the future of this country is put at greater risk."
- Sri Lanka's cash crisis could overshadow tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president urges ‘courage’ on National Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's main opposition says country moving from crisis to crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- FEB officials Jordan bound to settle worker dispute (Category: Breaking News)
“After I speak to [friendly nations], there will be help coming from there. They won’t allow people to starve.”
- SL must help toward peaceful settlement in the Maldives: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to cut short UK visit (Category: Breaking News)
The CEB has not operated any thermal power plant in the last two days because there was no fuel - PUCSL chief
- Sri Lanka schedules 5-hour power cut for May 13-14 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka schedules powercut of 5-hours for May 12 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka schedules power cuts of up to 3 hours for June 4 and 5 (Category: Breaking News)
- Power Plot (Category: Business)
Power cut duration has gradually increased to 5 hours after the curfew lifted partially
- Power back on for parts of downtown Toronto (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Line damage cuts power (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Roozendaal flees his dud power deal (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Govt. still provides 24-hour uninterrupted electricity to the public (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – Power cuts up to 5 hours have been approved for Sri Lanka for May 12, Public Utilities Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said as money printing by the central bank triggered forex shortages, disrupting fuel imports. All areas (ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW) will have power cuts of 3 hours
- Power cuts again (Category: Breaking News)
- Power cuts starting from tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Power cuts to continue today (Category: Breaking News)
- Power cuts to be imposed tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has been facing a severe economic crisis since the beginning of 2021 and was trying to cushion the effect of the financial instability by seeking help from almost all friendly countries. Sri Lanka sought the intervention of the good offices of the political hierarchy of Bangladesh and Pakistan, apart from India, for much-needed […]
- China assures will not harm Sri Lanka’s interests (Category: Breaking News)
- China only observer in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring platform (Category: Breaking News)
- by Arundathie Abeysinghe U.S., Japan, India and Australia ready to intervene to prevent Sri Lank... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s attitude puzzles Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Galle Face Struggle – A Short Resume Of Recent Events! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- BASL; Altruistic Union That Does Not Stand For Its Members’ Sake But For The People (Category: Breaking News)
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: Role Of Protests In Political Change (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Defiance & Desperation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- The Road Ahead For RW & Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Echoes Of Aragalaya In Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
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