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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said the Sri Lankan Government should work with relevant financial institutions and partners to establish a new social protection system and obtain debt relief, […]
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Global civil society alliance concerned over State of Emergency in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India offers scholarships for Sri Lankans in Yoga and other subjects (Category: Breaking News)
Kishido said he would like to work in concert with Wickremesinghe to “further develop the cordial ties".
- SL could get affected - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- SL could get affected - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- RW Asks For Time In Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lana PM laments unilateral termination of Japan, India-funded projects (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will not extend a state of emergency imposed to control anti-government protests as the situation in the impoverished nation has "stabilised", the president's office said Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka to end state of Emergency appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Parliament approves emergency regulations (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Meeting between SLFP and President Ranil Wickremesinghe on forming all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
"For the first time we have defaulted on foreign debt repayment. But we cannot avoid debt," he said.
- Business Poll (Category: Business)
- Cannot support Sri Lanka’s IMF-bound “caretaker” president: MP Vasudeva N (Category: Breaking News)
- On Track (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka seeks another IMF bailout after record loan (Category: Breaking News)
by Saman Indrajith The main Opposition SJB yesterday said the Speaker and Leader of the House had conspired to deprive the Opposition of the chairmanship of the Finance Committee in Parliament and they must be held responsible for the present crisis situation, prevailing in the country. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office, in […]
- Australia ousts Scott Morrison govt after decade in power, elects new PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Chandrika, Ranil, Mangala in India (Category: Breaking News)
- Johan Amarathuga appoited as opposition leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader visits India (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post It’s Time To Untether The Kite! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
- Purchasing Power Parity (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Gota Come Home’ – The New Paradigm: I Repeat; RW Will Make GR Look Like A Boy Scout! (Category: Breaking News)
Interest on several International Sovereign Bonds have been missed.
- S&P downgrades two Sri Lanka sovereign bonds to ‘D’ (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P lowers Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating to Select Default grade (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P marks Sri Lankan bonds as ‘default’, deepening junk status (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P pushes Sri Lankan bonds deeper into junk territory with ‘default’ rating (Category: Breaking News)
Global ratings agency S&P Global has slashed its rating on Sri Lankan bonds to ‘D’, representing default, following missed interest and principal payments. The South Asian nation, which had defaulted on a bond payment earlier this year and has $12 billion in overseas debt with private creditors, has been battling the worst financial crisis in […]
- National anthem to be sung in Tamil at 75th Independence anniversary celebrations (Category: Breaking News)
- Udayanga questioned on MiG deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka appeals to UK to lift travel advisory (Category: Breaking News)
- CID grills swimming champion Julian Bolling (Category: Breaking News)
Global ratings agency S&P Global on Monday slashed its rating on Sri Lankan bonds to 'D', representing default, following missed interest and principal payments.The post S&P pushes Sri Lankan bonds deeper into junk territory with ‘default’ rating appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung meets Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel quota to be reserved at selected filling stations for Sri Lanka Police Department (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Minister Tariq Ahmad calls Sri Lankan President to discuss security and economic situation in... (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines says paid interest on US$ 175 million bond after sovereign debt default (Category: Breaking News)
"We cannot support Wickremesinghe who operates within the IMF framework."
- IMF delegation assures support for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Parties opposed to Sri Lanka seeking IMF help must offer alternatives: minister (Category: Breaking News)
- USTPAC Calls for Holding off Reinstatement of IMF Loan to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic Czar (Category: Business)
[…]The post Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk To Rescue Sri Lanka From IMF Debt Bondage? (Category: Breaking News)
By SUSHANT SAREEN The bye-elections to 20 Punjab Assembly seats on 17 July have sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s fragile political and economic system. It would be an understatement to claim that the results were entirely unexpected. On the eve of the elections, there was virtually a consensus amongst political pundits that the ruling Pakistan Muslim […]
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
[…]The post The Aragalaya & Morality appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
The European Union (EU) has told President Ranil Wickremesinghe to focus on GSP plus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and human rights. The EU tweeted saying: -Had a constructive meeting w/ Pres. @RW_UNP today.is a partner in challenging times. For us, protection of civil & #humanrights
- India holds talks with SLPP dissident MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- President speaks to Putin and asks for credit to get fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- India delivers another 40,000 MT of petrol to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Public urged not to queue up for fuel over next 3 days (Category: Breaking News)
with the International Monetary Fund, the government should adopt a strategy […]
- Risky Loans (Category: Business)
- Debt Berg (Category: Business)
- Staff-level agreement with IMF likely to be reached - CBSL governor (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
2029 bonds sold at 26.91-pct
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- Bond Sale (Category: Business)
- Bond Sale (Category: Business)
- Bond Offer (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka has recently been trying to rebuild relations with Japan.
- Sri Lanka prime minister meets US, Japan, China envoys (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan PM congratulates Sri Lanka president, hopeful of improved relations (Category: Breaking News)
- Trade union action caused 125Mwh, Rs 320 mn loss: Sri Lanka utility regulator (Category: Breaking News)
- High-level Indian delegation due in Sri Lanka for talks on assistance: PM (Category: Breaking News)
To face confiscation of goods under the Customs Ordinance and Import and Export Control Act and additional fines
- Easier Access (Category: Business)
- Smooth Trade (Category: Business)
- Customs Info (Category: Business)
- Smooth Trade (Category: Business)
“Human Rights Watch is extremely concerned by the draconian and abusive state of emergency currently in effect."
- Ranil urged to adopt measures to protect basic rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
- EU Shocked By Video (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published todayThe post Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- UN Chief António Guterres extends well wishes to Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the basic rights of all Sri Lankans, Human Rights Watch said in a letter published today outlining key human rights concerns. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president on July 21, 2022, after then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down after months of widespread protests against [...
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe needs to end crackdown – Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- Some Sri Lankan EdTech products have tracking technology (Category: Breaking News)
We cannot create another problem at the expense of solving an existing problem
- Deficit Warning (Category: Business)
- Greek Lesson (Category: Business)
- US Battle (Category: Business)
- Rescue Deal (Category: Business)
by Shamindra Ferdinando Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath yesterday (07) said that though the prorogation of the Parliament led to the dissolution of the watchdog committee it shouldn’t hinder a planned inquiry to identify those responsible for the current economic chaos. Prof. Herath said that the COPE was […]
- Govt. institutions must submit annual reports within stipulated time period COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. institutions must submit annual reports within stipulated time period COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. institutions must submit annual reports within stipulated time period COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. institutions must submit annual reports within stipulated time period COPE (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris says that whatever the political arrangement, envisaged by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to address the developing political-economic-social crisis, the expansion of the Cabinet-of-Ministers wouldn’t be acceptable to the public, under any circumstances. “It would be a grave mistake on the part of political parties re...
- Herath: COPE dissolution must not hinder probe into economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed all-party govt: Prez wins support from unexpected quarters (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB alleges Prez under SLPP pressure to give up power to dissolve Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Unite! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan completely justified: CTA’s Penpa Tsering (Category: Breaking News)
- China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida says he is hopeful for political stability in Sri Lanka and quick progress in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for development.
Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.The post Sri Lanka considering restructure of local and sovereign debt appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka resumes bailout discussions with IMF, finance ministry says (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka leader says IMF agreement pushed back after unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to restart IMF bailout talks, president calls for unity Government (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's tax revenue is one of the lowest in the world in terms of GDP ratio.
Wickremesinghe says if no alternative, the govt will have to go with the IMF programme
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Prime Minister holds talks with IMF chief on economy (Category: Breaking News)
- PM tells Parliament Sri Lanka has paid foreign debt for 2020 (Category: Breaking News)
- PM tells Parliament Sri Lanka has paid foreign debt for 2020 (Category: Breaking News)
‘Don’t forget Japanese Embassy raised issue at hand with GR’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Top SJB spokesman Mujibur Rahuman, MP, yesterday (04) said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government owed an explanation regarding the re-appointment of SLFPer Nimal Siripala de Silva as Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister in spite of serious bribery accusations directed at him. Colombo […]
- Nabbed while taking bribe (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. formed by Ranil-Rajapaksa camp not an all-party arrangement – JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- Kanchana’s warning to restrict fuel supplies irrelevant, all imports already disrupted-SJB (Category: Breaking News)
- Bribery claims involving Japanese contractor: Lawyer asks govt. to come clean over allegations l... (Category: Breaking News)
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