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India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar has urged all Indians to visit Sri Lanka, emphasising the strong ties between the two nations.The post ‘The next time you want to take a holiday, go to Sri Lanka’ – Jaishankar to Indians appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- India remains committed to assist Sri Lanka in its economic recovery – Jaishankar tells Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP Leader Anura Kumara meets India’s Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar in Delhi (Category: Breaking News)
- India will continue developmental assistance to Sri Lanka in every possible area: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended an invitation to all political party leaders in the Parliament to engage in discussions with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the implementation of the agreement with the IMF. Emphasizing the importance of unity in leading the country to success, he reiterated that withdrawing from the agreement […]
- President invites party leaders for ‘collective dialogue’ with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- President seeks opposition support to implement IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to reach IMF staff level agreement, debt restructuring framework by end July: PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka likely to go ahead with new income tax regime, but president “ready to discuss” (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2% year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country's financial crisis.The post Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka consumer price inflation eases to 53.2% in January but impulses still persist (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr Amali Wedagedara In Sri Lanka, public policy lost in the neoliberal haze treats the market as a cure for all ills. Not only is the market omnipresent, but it is also omniscient and omnipotent. The charm of the ‘market’ that research and advocacy lobbyists are creating is so alluring that only a few […]
- IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Dr. Nicholas advises Lanka against swallowing IMF dope (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis seen as highlighting lessons from Greece (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The headline on page one of the Sunday Island of 07 January 2024 read, “CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue.” The article was based on an interview with Governor Nandala Weerasinghe (NW) hosted by the President’s Media Centre. NW is quoted to have said, “If the public […]
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Opening tax files for everyone over 18: IRD officials point out difficulties, costs (Category: Breaking News)
- Efficient tax administration critical to generating expected revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Harsha finds many drawbacks in VAT system, ‘including lot of confusion even at highest echelons’ (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Forty-eight-year-old Batticaloa District MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, popularly known as Pillayan, has been shaping the Eastern Province’s political narrative since he was a teenager. He was just 16-years old when he joined the LTTE in 1990 as a child soldier. Since then, he continued to rise in the ranks of the LTTE until […]
- Lanka needs a national liberation movement, not mere regime change:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- R. Sampanthan: ‘We cannot go on like this’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister warns of emerging racism ahead of elections (Category: Breaking News)
In recent weeks, missile and drone attacks on cargo ships crossing the Red Sea have caused the biggest disruption to global trade since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite delayed supplies, however, oil prices have remained surprisingly stable. In response to Israel’s war on Gaza, Houthi rebels – the Iran-aligned Shia movement that controls northern Yemen and […]
- Oil supply tightens in Europe over Red Sea disruptions (Category: Breaking News)
- Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone (Category: Breaking News)
- An SLN Red Sea deployment? (Category: Breaking News)
- Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked two more vessels in the Red Sea (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe urged the public to become informants to broaden the tax net and thus reduce both overall direct and indirect taxes. The government has raised Value Added Tax (VAT), an indirect tax to 18 percent from 15 percent with effect from January 1. The move also will see some VAT […]
- SHOULD WE BE INFORMANTS TO BOOST TAX REVENUE? (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax payers look to tighten belts further or migrate as progressive taxes bite (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith defends progressive taxation, highlights inequality (Category: Breaking News)
- Death and taxes: inevitabilities of life (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lanka 2023: Bouquets & Brickbats appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Ultimate Betrayal; Ranil’s Last Hurrah! (Category: Breaking News)
- President RW’s Priority In 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- India-Sri Lanka Economic Partnership & Ethnic Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today defended the revision of the Value Added Tax (VAT) which has already resulted in an increase in the price of gas and fuel. The President said that the Government’s commitment to a comprehensive program aimed at strengthening the country’s economy remains
- Oman Air decides to cancel flights to Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan investors invited to invest in Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP-led alliance invited for talks in Delhi for the first time (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet gives nod to establish investment zones in North (Category: Breaking News)
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