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The suspects along with petrol and the vehicles used for the illegal act were handed over to the Kalpitiya Police.
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- 400 new teachers for the Central Province (Category: Breaking News)
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka: Protesters Must Not Be Detained Under The Draconian Anti-Terror Law: Amnesty International appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Drop Terror Charges Against Student Leaders Detained For 90 Days: Amnesty International (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Authorities’ Crackdown On Protest Rights Must End: Amnesty International (Category: Breaking News)
- End Arbitrary Detention Of Student Activist: Wasantha Mudalige Held 150 Days Under Draconian PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights Groups Urge Strong UN Resolution On Sri Lanka: UNHRC Should Enhance Mandates, Address Gro... (Category: Breaking News)
Imports and transshipment both down
- Box Moves (Category: Business)
- Box Business (Category: Business)
- SLPA Container volumes hits a record (Category: Breaking News)
- DP World sells stake in container services firm (Category: Business)
The apparel sector are calling for trade deals with the EU, US and the UK that suit Sri Lanka’s realities. Secretary General of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) Yohan Lawrence emphasized the importance of retaining GSP+ post December 2023 as regional peers such as Vietnam and India have already signed or gained renewed focus […]
- Apparel sector to lose USD 494 million if Sri Lanka loses GSP (Category: Breaking News)
- October sees 20% decline in apparel exports from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says Sri Lanka failed to meet obligations linked to GSP+ scheme (Category: Breaking News)
- Apparel industry in Sri Lanka calls for more FTAs (Category: Breaking News)
GL: Govt. is using PTA, having promised not to extend Emergency By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris, MP, has issued a dire warning to President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the SLPP administration over the continuing crackdown on anti-government protesters.Addressing the media, in Kandy, after paying homage to senior Kandy-based Buddhist monks, on Saturday […]
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez would not have taken on judiciary without SLPP’s backing – GL (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
- Bid to use private member’s motion to put off LG polls alleged (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Child’s Guide To UK’s Trade Concessions To Developing Countries appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Demand Of 182 Academics For Cancelling Sri Lanka’s Foreign Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Proposed Debt Restructuring Will Pose More Issues Than Answers (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Need Is Going For IMF Plus (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that public servants must either work or go home. He said that public servants must work or go home and not expect to be paid for not working. The President expressed these views at the District Development Council meeting held in Anuradhapura today. Parliamentarians and others from the United National […]
- Gota’s resignation and Ranil’s appointment gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- Military placed on standby to maintain law and order (Category: Breaking News)
- Specific areas made available for non-violent protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhammika Perera ready to accept Cabinet portfolio (Category: Breaking News)
The consignment was handed to the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
By N Sathiya Moorthy Canvassing their support for his prime ministerial candidacy, Indian-origin Rishi Sunak told Tamil Diaspora Conservatives that he would consider ‘targeted sanctions’ on war-crimes and accountability issues in Sri Lanka as applicable now to Russia for ‘invading’ neighbouring nations that had once formed a part of the erstwhile Soviet Union. In the […]
- Will Sri Lanka’s Rishi Sunak stand up? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil confident Rishi Sunak will strengthen UK ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- We condemn the opinion of Chinese Ambassador who supports the genocides: Jaffna University Stude... (Category: Breaking News)
- Eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind… (Category: Breaking News)
Ten members of the U.S. Congress have stated that they remain deeply concerned by the unprecedented and disastrous economic crisis currently facing Sri Lanka.The post Ten U.S. Congress members urge additional support for Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates
- Ten U.S. congressmen urge additional support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- United States will continue to support Sri Lanka – Victoria Nuland (Category: Breaking News)
- United States provides 9,300 tonnes of urea fertilizer to paddy farmers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary holds talks on bilateral relations with U.S. Under Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
Four more international flights from Sri Lanka had a stopover at Thiruvananthapuram airport for refuelling on Friday. Of them, three flights, operated by SriLankan Airlines, then proceeded to Melbourne, Sydney and Paris, while the fourth, an AirArabia flight, left for Sharjah.The post 204 Lankan flights stopped for refuelling at Thiruvananthapuram airport appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lank...
- Two SriLankan flights forced to land in India due to bad weather (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis turns blessing for Indian Airports (Category: Breaking News)
- 208 Sri Lanka flights stopped in Kerala for refuelling since May (Category: Breaking News)
- Adding Wings (Category: Business)
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)
Sri Lanka s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando on Saturday said as things get back to normal after the recent political crisis in the island nation, the government aims to receive at least 1 million tourists this year, mostly from India.
ECONOMYNEXT –Overall selling prices of apartments in Sri Lanka increased by 45.17 percent when compared to June 2021, according LankaPropertyWeb’s housing price index.Devaluation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar which has resulted in shortages of raw materials for construction has in turn led to skyrocketing costs of construction and rising interest for […]
- Selling price in Sri Lanka’s apartments increase by over 47 pct: property tracker (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation declines marginally in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka inflation remains low, Central Bank maintains interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Inflation moved up in February due to flood damage, Central Bank says (Category: Breaking News)
public anger over the island nation’s unprecedented economic crisis. […]
- Rs. 85 mn for former Presidents in 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Two ex-Presidents say people will find it impossible to live under new VAT regime (Category: Breaking News)
- House belonging to ex-President Sirisena’s daughter burgled (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena seeks divine intervention to bring about political stability (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Witch-Hunting Mudalige, Ranil-Rajapaksa Repression & the Opposition’s Convoluted, Collaborationist, Confusion appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Aragalaya After Ranil: Re-Booting The Revolution (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Policy Train-Wreck, Opposition Own-Goals, Dullas-GL Game-Changer (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Privatizing Sri Lanka Ex-Ante IMF Bailout Of BlackRock: Adani Greenwash In Mannar & Pooneryn appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpo... (Category: Breaking News)
At the centre of the Cooperation Framework is a focus on investing in people. the statement said.
- UN, Sri Lanka sign Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP Executive Board approves Sri Lanka’s CSP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka renewable businesses form association (Category: Breaking News)
- Green economy possible through resource management (Category: Breaking News)
Gunasekara said, under the current circumstances, the production cost per egg is 49 rupees which is above retail price.
- Eat eggs, eggs and more eggs as prices fall to lowest in decades (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should focus on locally sourcing animal products: poultry association (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s bakers call for price controls on wheat flour after hurting egg farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. makes a killing from egg imports’ (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Elections & Economic Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka Heading Towards The Myanmar Model Of Governance? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption & Lack Of Common-Sense; Presidential Brutalities (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Sri Lanka from August 24 to 31 for talks on “financial reforms and policies” which would bring the country closer to a staff level agreement, the Washington based lender said.“The objective is to make progress towards reaching a staff-level agreement on a prospective IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement...
- IMF staff plans to visit Sri Lanka August 24-31 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects to wrap up staff-level agreement with IMF end-August: CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt restructuring strategy out in April (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF to visit Sri Lanka in late August for staff-level agreement – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund said it will need "adequate assurances" from Sri Lanka's creditors for a new program as it prepares a visit to Colombo later this month.The post IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- IMF delegation to arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF remains hopeful of Sri Lanka securing all financing assurances soon to unlock funding (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF insists on creditor assurances to unlock $2.9 Billion Sri Lanka bailout (Category: Breaking News)
By Samarakoon Bandara A large number of persons with Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) are not taking prescribed medicines due to economic difficulties, and thus hospitals are filling up due to complications, Dr. Palitha Rajapaksha, the assistant secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) says. There were about three million people, over 60 years, and […]
- Lack of accountability costs SL more than corruption – PAFFREL (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Govt. lacks mechanism to recover USD 40 billion spirited out of SL from 2008 to 2018’ (Category: Breaking News)
- GMOA: Politicians lie when they deny shortages at state-run hospitals (Category: Breaking News)
- Health experts call for enhanced trauma network and data-driven solutions to tackle high acciden... (Category: Breaking News)
Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, on Thursday, said that Sri Lanka needed aid but with clear-cut conditions to preserve democracy, the rule of law, honesty and safeguard human rights.The prelate said that Sri Lanka had suffered a serious erosion of democracy, which had been caused by three factors. “The first one is the gradual […]
- Cardinal calls for cleansing of hearts to take country forward (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal decries lack of conscience among Lankans despite their religiosity (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF or World Bank assistance will be useless if same crooks run the country says Cardinal (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal welcomes Supreme court verdict (Category: Breaking News)
Bangkok:External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the relationship between India and China is going through an “extremely difficult phase” after what Beijing has done at the border and emphasised that the Asian Century will not happen if the two neighbours could not join hands. Jaishankar made the remarks while responding to a […]
- India has done more for SL than IMF: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- India maintains ‘loud silence’ on Taiwan crisis, its ‘One China’ policy (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Sabry praises India for being first country to support Lanka’s debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘India tries to ensure ties across the world, except with China, Pakistan’ (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Fuel Crisis: Sri Lankan fishermen continue protests for fuel to power their boats
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
The Australian government will lift emergency aid to Sri Lanka to AU$ 75 million as the south Asian island grapples with an economic crisis that has triggered a new surge of people fleeing on boats for Australia.The post Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka appeared
- Australia kicks in extra $25 million emergency aid to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan provides additional US$ 6.6 million for food and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten U.S. Congress members urge additional support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- U.S. sends Medicines and Medical Supplies worth over USD 12 million to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
In August alone 2,924 new cases were recorded in Sri Lanka, with 84 deaths attributed to the disease.
- Dengue cases steadily rising in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Mobile Awareness (Category: Business)
- Health Sourcing (Category: Business)
- Immigrant Health (Category: Business)
Market has risen in 14 sessions out of the last 16.
- 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)
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