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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 Government of Japan is giving essential medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable population as the country grapples with shortages due to an economic crisis. The contribution of US$ 1.5 million will enable UNICEF to procure medicines for over 1.2
- Japan hands over vital medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UNDP and Michelin Foundation partner to procure essential medicines for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian ship with large humanitarian assistance to arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UNICEF and Rotary International partner to deliver critical lifesaving supplies to families impa... (Category: Breaking News)
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)
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)
[…]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)
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)
Lack of parliament majority could drag the new prime minister's economic recovery plans
- Sri Lanka’s main opposition decides to conditionally support to new government (Category: Breaking News)
- Confirmed petrol shipment due on 22nd of July (Category: Breaking News)
- President urges China to change tune on debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s new finance minister faces challenge of winning back international confidence (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has defended the decision to impose a State of Emergency saying it was done to ensure political stability. The Government says political stability is a vital condition in overcoming the current socio-economic crisis in the country thereby assuring public safety and uninterrupted
- Ranil calls for a new political system (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP decides to vote in support of 2024 budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal seeks to build confidence towards the Government (Category: Breaking News)
- President says 2023 critical for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Delayed IMF Assistance & The Fertilizer Ban: President Rajapaksa’s “Two Mistakes” That Pauperized Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka on brink of food crisis after economic meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s president requests help from Indian, Chinese, Middle East envoys – PMD (Category: Breaking News)
- What The President Can Do Before He Goes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum recommends 10 proposals to overcome food crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: How Colonial Ceylon Did It? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (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)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
Calling the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka “unfortunate”, Israel’s envoy to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Naor Gilon said that the country can use its potential in tourism and agriculture to come back to stability. “Very unfortunate. I visited Sri Lanka
- Maldives Speaker to coordinate relief assistance for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India not sending troops to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India will be guided by the best interest of the Sri Lankan public (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Japan to cooperate to address crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Lack Of Accountability, Ability & Credibility appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Concepts, Solutions & Actions (Category: Breaking News)
- President Must Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Debt Trap, Lack Of Accountability & Blunders (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Pillows To Cure Headaches: Politicians—Constitutional Amendment Mess (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The First Step Of Aragalaya Is Completed: What Is Next? (Category: Breaking News)
- What’s The Country Need Now? (Category: Breaking News)
Indonesia has provided humanitarian aid worth US $1.6 million to Sri Lanka. The Indonesian Embassy in Colombo said that the Indonesian Government has provided humanitarian aid of essential medicines and medical equipment to Sri Lanka to the value of LKR 517.5 million (around US $1.6 million), due to the severe shortage in Sri Lanka caused […]
- Second consignment of Indonesia humanitarian aid arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- EU provides €200,000 in humanitarian funding for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Children in Sri Lanka still require critical lifesaving support (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesian aid for needy Sri Lankan families (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (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)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo: India continues help its close neighbor Sri Lanka which is facing the worst economic crisis in its history, by lending economic support and assistance. Indian Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman told The International Monetary Fund recently to help Sri Lanka by extending its rapid aid
- Sri Lanka has miles to go for IMF debt relief and salvaging the payments crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China leaves crisis-ridden Sri Lanka in the lurch to fend for itself (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s response to debt restructuring request expected by Jan end: SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thanks India for giving assurances to IMF for USD 2.9 Billion bailout package (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? 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)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
- 600 Articles Over 11 Years: What Did They Tell The Reading Public & Policymakers? (Category: Breaking News)
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban caused not only political crisis in the country but also uncertainty in business and unemployment. The private sectors were “hit hard” as the businesses were halted and put to uncertainty, according to the latest survey
- Magnitude 4.4 quake reported off Hambantota (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate of ransomware attacks decline slightly across APJ in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Migrant maids from Sri Lanka at risk of being duped in Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- Nine out of 10 Sri Lankans want Rajapaksa family out of politics (Category: Breaking News)
Three leading international firms are among firms seeking to provide financial advice to Sri Lanka to help revamp $12 billion in external debt. According to Reuters, Ayres Investment Management LLP, DecisionBoundaries LLC and Perella Weinberg LP are among firms seeking to provide financial advice to Sri Lanka’s creditors as the country heads towards a revamp […]
- Airtel Lanka official telecommunications partner for Daraz 11.11 (Category: Breaking News)
- Jagath Samarawickrama takes oaths as new MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas on IUSF protest near Education Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Another 15 Sri Lankan refugees arrive in Rameswaram (Category: Breaking News)
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- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
CNHI Statehouse Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s teachers are paid too little for the work they do but raising their salaries to be competitive will cost an estimated $600 million, according to the state’s highly anticipated Teacher Compensation Report. “There’s a sizable gap between what Indiana teachers are currently … Read More
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Group Suggests Boosting School Revenue Through Different Sources (Category: USA, Indiana)
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- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
CNHI Statehouse Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s teachers are paid too little for the work they do but raising their salaries to be competitive will cost an estimated $600 million, according to the state’s highly anticipated Teacher Compensation Report. “There’s a sizable gap between what Indiana teachers are currently … Read More
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Group Suggests Boosting School Revenue Through Different Sources (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…] The post 2020 Was The Year Of Doctors. Which Profession Would It Be In 2021? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
- The Budget & The Virus (Category: Breaking News)
CNHI Statehouse Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s teachers are paid too little for the work they do but raising their salaries to be competitive will cost an estimated $600 million, according to the state’s highly anticipated Teacher Compensation Report. “There’s a sizable gap between what Indiana teachers are currently … Read More
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Group Suggests Boosting School Revenue Through Different Sources (Category: USA, Indiana)
Reuters: The Central Bank believes the rupee can strengthen to around 125 per US Dollar due to high foreign inflows into the economy, the Head of the country’s monetary authority said of Monday. Since April, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry have repeatedly said the rupee should stabilise at around 125 per dollar, given the ...
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- CB says rupee outlook unchanged from 125 (Category: Business)
- Pressure on rupee to ease on inflows: CB (Category: Business)
- Rupee’s value: Out goes 125; welcome 132 (Category: Business)
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