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. Wasantha Athukorala of Department of Economics of the Peradeniya […]
- Woman arrested over murder of father-son duo, 31 years later (Category: Breaking News)
- Two persons arrested in connection with host of crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- Man arrested for defrauding businessman of Rs. 16mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Cache of weapons found in Thihagoda (Category: Breaking News)
Having lost out to China considerably in its efforts to expand its influence in the global South and the ASEAN region, the West is giving every indication of making-up for lost time. While the US is in a stepped-up drive to cultivate the African continent, the EU is intensifying efforts to strengthen its economic ties […]
- EU pledges $10bn investment in Southeast Asia during ASEAN summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Troubled EU eyes ASEAN boost (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to bag yet another ASEAN MoU (Category: Business)
- Japan, wary of China, boosts ties with ASEAN (Category: Business)
India’s much-awaited Digital Rupee currency (e-Rupee) was launched in the country a few days back. Its wholesale segment commenced from November 1, 2022, and Retail on December 1, 2022. In one way it is a very important historical event and in another, it is a minor one. Minor thing is that the digital transaction of […]
- Sri Lanka arrest 3 more locals over cryptocurrency fraud – police (Category: Breaking News)
- Public awareness needs to be raised of virtual currencies in Sri Lanka – CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL reminds public of significant risks in using and investing in cryptocurrencies (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL warns public with regard to risks associated with cryptocurrencies (Category: Breaking News)
Institutions remain the most important factor for strengthening productivity and the investment climate in a country. Good governance, rule of law, and socio-political stability are crucial determinants of long-run economic growth. As famously described by Douglas North, “Institutions are the rules of the game in a society; more formally, they are the humanly devised constraints […]
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- President at Nikkei Forum: Asia needs a single voice at 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- International financial institutions and development in Asia (Category: Business)
[…]The post The Retold South Korea Success Story: How Should Sri Lanka Emulate It? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Prema-Chandra Athukorala Chinthana On Import Substitution (Category: Breaking News)
- Good Governance & Economic Development – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Complex Economy System (Category: Breaking News)
by Rajan Philips President Wickremesinghe has a charming or annoying way, depending on who is listening, of switching between flippancy and seriousness no matter what the occasion is. Addressing the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2022, an annual event organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, with ‘Resetting from turmoil to opportunity’ as this year’s theme, […]
- The Next 25 Years: From Where Will The Economy Takeoff & Where Will It Land? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka awaiting assurances from India, China, says Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- China leaves crisis-ridden Sri Lanka in the lurch to fend for itself (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Next 25 Years: From Where Will The Economy Takeoff & Where Will It Land? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The next 25 years: How will the economy takeoff and how will it land? (Category: Breaking News)
- New Year Questions & Dilemmas (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Debt Driven Growth Strategy (Category: Breaking News)
BY DR. Asoka Bandarage On September 1, 2022, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 48-month Extended Fund Facility of $2.9 billion, which hardly covers the country’s outstanding debt, nor its immediate survival needs. Nevertheless, IMF structural adjustment requires the country to meet its familiar debt restructuring […]
- Experimenting with State-Owned Enterprises (Category: Breaking News)
- Surpassing neoliberal fictions towards mission-oriented state (Category: Breaking News)
- Godahewa sounds alarm over attempts to privatise profitable Insurance Corporation (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt to conclude most SOE sales by August; Srilankan by Sept (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Domestic Debt Restructuring: Another Time Bomb Clicking Down? (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax! Tax!! Tax!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 24: High Aspirations Amidst Mounting Challenges But Options Are Limited (Category: Breaking News)
- The Role Of National Defence In A Crisis-Ridden Economy (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post An Unstable & Unusual New World: Survival Strategies For Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Next Round: Ranil Versus The JVP (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sino-Indian Economic Competition (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Neither North Nor South, Ranil At Home With The Global Right (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya In Israel, IMF In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Budget Politics & Presidential Options (Category: Breaking News)
I am pleasantly surprised and marvel too most times I read the editorial in The Island. Why? Because they are so very apt on the most current issue in the land. The editor has the clever knack of hitting the nail right on the head and is fearless even when the nail represents a VVIP. […]
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
[…]The post RW’s Oracle For Peace, Stability & Growth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Summons Youth For Economic Marathon (Category: Breaking News)
- Systemic Drain (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s One Policy Framework, Debt & The System (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Elections Are The Democratic Way To Maintain Political Stability appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Supreme Court Shows Democratic Route To Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Change Flight From Stability With Stagnancy (Category: Breaking News)
- No Democratic Logic To Hold Provincial Council Elections In 2025 (Category: Breaking News)
- Second Aragalaya In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
By Jehan Perera President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s warning that he is prepared to declare a state of national emergency and use the military to suppress any public protests for change of government would reflect the pressures he is under. The manner in which he has used the security forces to deal with the protest movement has […]
- Rebuild trust with people to revive economy (Category: Breaking News)
- PRESIDENT’S NEED TO BUILD TRUST AT ALL LEVELS TO GET REFORMS THROUGH (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. actions must be for people’s benefit (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Who Has Printed The Biggest Quantity Of Money? Lakshman, Cabraal Or Nandalal? 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)
- Four Popular Fallacies Relating To Central Banking (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mahindāgamanaya 3 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economic Gloom, LG Polls & Coalitions Of Clowns (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Prelude To Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
“Templeton Freedom Award has been won by Advocata Institute Sri Lanka. The CEO is our Dhana. It is with great pride I send this message to you to celebrate our dear friend Dhananath’s leadership victory of Advocata. Horekale and St Sebastian’s College man has really shown class.” That was Elmo Jayawardena’s email to me since […]
- Dhananath Fernando – determined to do much for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Current State Of Sri Lankan Economy, According To Dhananath Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
by Rajan Philips Ranil Wickremesinghe is the third President to sequester the finance portfolio instead of assigning it as an exclusive portfolio to a cabinet minister, but he is the first, perhaps after Ronnie de Mel, to prepare and author most or the entirety of the budget speech. He is also the first leader of […]
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 70% salary hike for CBSL employees: Gevindu demands explanation from FM (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB will support NCM against Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- PTA unconstitutional, says TNA (Category: Breaking News)
Although the prevailing high interest rate regime may discourage investments, Central Bank (CB) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe asserted that curtailing inflation is more critical for the survival of businesses over low interest rates and to avert a Zimbabwe-like scenario.The post Curtailing inflation critical to avert Zimbabwe-like scenario – CBSL Governor appeared first on Sri Lanka News...
- Sri Lanka needs to boost entrepreneurship to overcome ongoing crisis – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- CB Governor says biggest bugbear for businesses is high inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL governor says 2023 Budget focuses on economic recovery and stability (Category: Breaking News)
- Businesses with dollar income sources will only survive this crisis – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Government’s Attempt To Redefine The Political Discourse & Direction Through Suppression (Category: Breaking News)
- Restoring Parliamentary Government (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's central bank is expected to keep rates steady as inflation shows signs of easing and as authorities focus on discussions to secure a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout to stabilise its crisis-hit economy.The post Sri Lanka to hold rates as inflation slows slightly, focus on IMF bailout appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA Ne...
- Sri Lanka Central Bank to hold rates as inflation worries persist (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to hold rates as inflation stays high (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka unexpectedly raises rates to fulfil IMF bailout requirements (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 2023 Budget: Wickremesinghe Economics & Post-Rajapaksa Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Budget Politics & Presidential Options (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranilnomics: Learning Nothing, Forgetting Everything (Category: Breaking News)
India and Indonesia think tanks – The Centre for Global Affairs and Public Policy (CGAPP) and Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) respectively, held a discussion on “G20 and Global Dynamics” and recognized the impact of close bilateral cooperation. Indonesia
- Crisis in multilateralism affecting developing nations most: PM at G20 meet (Category: Breaking News)
- HAL hands over advanced light helicopter to Mauritius ahead of schedule (Category: Breaking News)
- China may not pay for climate change despite being ‘biggest annual emitter’ (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF asks China to boost vaccination, recalibrate strategy to fight Covid (Category: Breaking News)
The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change.The post World population projected to hit 8 billion today appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- 2 films offer 2 tales ahead of Wuhan lockdown anniversary (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- 2 films offer 2 tales ahead of Wuhan lockdown anniversary (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- 2 films offer 2 tales ahead of Wuhan lockdown anniversary (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- 2 films offer 2 tales ahead of Wuhan lockdown anniversary (Category: USA, South Dakota)
by Prof. Aruna Shanthaarchch (Department of Economics and Statistics Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka) Who are the Middle Class? The term, middle class, has been defined in a variety of ways. Historically, it was a social class characterised by intellectuals, who were neither capitalists nor
- Budget, Taxation Turmoil and Policy Blunders – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Personal income tax shock dims economic activities (Category: Breaking News)
- Only one income taxpayer paying over Rs. 300 mn. a year says Aluthgamage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax hike likely to discourage small time investors into stocks – analysts (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Strategic Strides From A Strategy Guru: Prof Ajantha Dharmasiri appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
- A Cyber Cooperation Agenda With The US (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Need To Restrain The Power Of Shadow Finance appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- End Casino Capitalism: Sri Lanka To Join The Global Minimum Tax Agreement (Category: Breaking News)
- Failed Economy: Bribery & Corruption To Maintain Power (Category: Breaking News)
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Debterioration Of Nations Social Security & Protection (Category: Breaking News)
Leader of the 43 Brigade and SJBP MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has called on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to retire from politics.Speaking at a meeting in Colombo, on Thursday, Ranawaka said: “I request Mahinda Rajapaksa not to enter politics again or at least say he will do so. Many people have already left the country. […]
- CR declares creation of his new party (Category: Breaking News)
- People have forgot the LTTE attacks: Champika Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Citizenry should prepare for an invasion by US’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Hold referendum for Dravidastan and Kashmir (Category: Breaking News)
From the time we heard that Rishi Sunak was to be the next Prime Minister of Britain and read all the wondrous things about him, I wanted to know what Sashi Tharoor would have to say about this momentous-for-Indians turn of events in the biggest colonial country the world had seen. I had two friends […]
- Rishi Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Boris Johnson pulls out of race (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak to become Britain s next prime minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain to stop those arriving illegally from staying (Category: Breaking News)
- UK PM Sunak reportedly said just let people die , COVID inquiry hears (Category: Breaking News)
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