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By Prabhat Patnaik After Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh has become the third country in our neighbourhood to become afflicted by a serious economic crisis. It has asked for a $4.5 billion loan from the IMF, apart from $1 billion from the World Bank and $2.5-3 billion from multilateral agencies and donor nations. Though the […]
- A stitch in time saves nine - Facing the short-term economic challenges (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- After Lanka and Pakistan, now Bangladesh lines up before IMF for bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
From the viewpoint of the South, the recent visit by a delegation of African political leaders to Russia for the primary purpose of impressing on President Vladimir Putin the need to end the conflict in Ukraine is welcome news. The visit is doubly important for at least two main reasons; first, the mounting economic pressures […]
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s participation in Constitution-making: the South African experience (Category: Breaking News)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Pragmatism likely to be accented in foreign policy of Southern powers (Category: Breaking News)
After much delay, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to China this weekend, hoping to prevent U.S.-China tensions from spiraling further. The bilateral relationship remains the focus of intense attention, but multilateral organizations have long been sites of U.S.-China conflict. The latest arena is UNESCO, which the United States just announced plans to rejoin, largely […]
- India’s Population Surpasses China’s, Shifting the World’s ‘Center of Gravity (Category: Breaking News)
- Purges Don’t Move Policy in China (Category: Breaking News)
- China may not pay for climate change despite being ‘biggest annual emitter’ (Category: Breaking News)
- US House select committee seeks answers from FBI on China police ‘outposts’ (Category: Breaking News)
The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Blinken met China’s President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Mr Xi said they had made progress, while Mr Blinken indicated that both sides were […]
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US diplomat says China balloon over US is ‘unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Xi Jinping defends zero-Covid as party meeting opens (Category: Breaking News)
- China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Caretaker President To King Ranil appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A King’s Coronation & The Old Colonies (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
- Neither North Nor South, Ranil At Home With The Global Right (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Addressing the UN Security Council Minster Abdoulaye Diop accused the force ‘Minusma’ of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling communal tension”. Minusma has more than 13,000 troops. Its decade-old mission has failed to stop […...
- At least 49 civilians reported dead in attack on river boat in Mali (Category: Breaking News)
- UN condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine ahead of anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
By Y P Prakash The growth of regional industries is crucial for India to realize its ambitions of becoming a global manufacturing hub, and India’s potential in this regard is undeniable. The International Monetary Fund predicts that India’s GDP will grow by 6.1% in 2023, surpassing China’s projected growth of 4.4%. Furthermore, India is expected […]
- Air India inks deal for 540 Airbus and Boeing planes in “historic” order (Category: Breaking News)
- Air India takes delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Category: Business)
- Spotlight turns to output as Boeing wins show (Category: Business)
- Emirates’ $18 b blockbuster Boeing order kicks off air show (Category: Business)
Some 110 million people have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says.
[…]The post The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mage Kathava – Autobiography Of Imthiaz Bakeer Markar (Category: Breaking News)
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Looking At The Problem Of The Point Of View Of The State (Category: Breaking News)
- Modern Ramsethu: An Unlikely Bridge (Category: Breaking News)
In the recent Group of Seven or G7 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interactions with several countries’ leaders shows a shift in India’s international diplomacy and also its proactive approach towards its relations with foreign nations, foreign affairs expert Maheep wrote. Maheep is a leading expert of India’s Foreign Affairs and He is the Principal […]
- Modi, combining India’s foreign policy with domestic interest (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- Our ties have entered T20 mode: PM on deepening relations with Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- US President Joe Biden to host PM Modi for state visit in June or July (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy How come a ‘poor’ in Asia is also among the ‘miserable’ in the world? But it is possible, as two economic surveys of nations have shown, coming as they do almost simultaneously. A certain Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022 has ranked Sri Lanka as the 11th […]
- Pulling out the woollens when it is winter elsewhere, still (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Club proposes 10-year moratorium for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Türkiye says tensions between great power rivalries affected Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India surpasses China as largest lender for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, has told the Indian Express. The IE story, filed from Ahmedabad, said: The Modi government, he [Jaishankar] underlined, is working on developing an “extended neighbourhood” that involves islands in the Indian Ocean, Gulf countries and […]
- JVP Leader in India on invitation extended by Indian government (Category: Breaking News)
- India assures continued support for SL at Creditors’ Committee along with Japan and Paris Club (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese ship visit: Sabry contradicts Defence Ministry (Category: Breaking News)
- Asian Century will not happen if China and India could not join hands – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar said. The Modi Government, he underlined, is working on developing an “extended neighbourhood” that involves islands in the Indian Ocean, Gulf countries and nations in South-East Asia. “What we are also trying to do […]
- India, Sri Lanka passenger ferry service launched after 40 years (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi says India greatly sensitive to Sri Lanka’s needs (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s prudence towards Sri Lanka further consolidates the “neighbourhood first” policy of Prim... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
By Natalia Antonova The fact that authoritarian societies are more brutal seems intuitive. Why shouldn’t a coercive state create coercive relationships between its citizens? Yet the mechanisms of how authoritarianism breeds intimate partner violence in particular are rarely considered—even though authoritarian regimes tend also to be reactionary and patriarchal ones. For many years, domestic viole...
- China’s space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- What’s at Stake in Pakistan’s Power Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan: Imran Khan’s high-stakes election gamble (Category: Breaking News)
- Does The Proposed Contempt Of Court Bill Amount To 23rd Amendment To The Constitution? (Category: Breaking News)
India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar stressed on Saturday.The post India did more for Sri Lanka than IMF – Jaishankar appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Live Updates - Sri Lanka News.
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- India exceptional in helping neighbourhood including Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s creditors must take proactive steps to facilitate its recovery: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
China sought to forge closer economic and security ties with its Central Asian neighbours on Friday as the US and its allies met next door to build a common strategy to curb Beijing’s challenge to the Washington-led world order. Chinese President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for his counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in […]
- Have China’s central and eastern European trade ambitions reached the end of the line, and will ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Why China’s new spying law has foreign firms scratching their heads, scrambling like a ‘scared m... (Category: Breaking News)
- US military slams Chinese warship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ manoeuvres in Taiwan Strait (Category: Breaking News)
- Can China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive? (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The foreign ministry cannot be blamed for coming down relatively heavily on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using the 14th anniversary of the end of the ethnic war to play to the gallery in his country. Yes, Diaspora Tamil constitutes a substantial constituency for him, yes, but to over-do the […]
- Canadian PM remembers Tamil victims of Sri Lanka’s war (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM says Sri Lankans deserve peaceful and stable country (Category: Breaking News)
- A wrong message at a right time? (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian PM remembers Black July when Sri Lankan Tamils were killed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Elections Season & JVP/SJB Options appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Iran-Israeli Tit For Tat, India’s Vote Marathon & Lanka’s Long Election Eve (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation, Criminal Accommodation & Election Juggling (Category: Breaking News)
In a vital sense history could be considered as having come full circle in the Ukraine theatre. For those sections of international opinion that began to look upon military invasions of one country by another as things of the past, the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia came as a rude awakening. Power bloc rivalries […]
- Security risks on the rise from intensifying ‘New Cold War’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Ambassador clarifies (Category: Breaking News)
- Proxy wars make unsettling comeback (Category: Breaking News)
- East-West tensions heighten and take on new dimensions (Category: Breaking News)
CPC, CEB need to recover costs until end of Fund’s loan package By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had to recover costs until the end of the IMF programme, Sarwat Jahan, IMF Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, told a press conference in Colombo yesterday. The IMF also wanted the […]
- Uncertainty over impending elections could risk Lanka’s economic recovery: ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka can be on path to recovery by 2024: IMF official (Category: Breaking News)
- New IMF funds for Sri Lanka may be delayed as review sees revenue shortfall (Category: Breaking News)
- More than a quarter of Lankans living in poverty – World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Global Technological Developments & How Sri Lanka Should Reframe Its Growth Strategies appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka’s Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka’s Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka’s Future (Category: Breaking News)
Pope Francis has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he is constantly praying for peace after the two met privately at the Vatican. The pontiff also stressed on the urgent need to help “the most fragile people, innocent victims” of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia last year. Zelensky earlier met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni […]
- ‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope Benedict XVI: Lying in state at the Vatican begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
AP photographers Eranga Jayawardena and Rafiq Maqbool were named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for images capturing anger over economic collapse in Sri Lanka. The AP images from Sri Lanka captured the full range of human emotion with protesters pumping their fists in the air shouting anti-government slogans, and also shielding […]
- EC: Prez poll can’t be put off (Category: Breaking News)
- OPA panel discussion: The Role of Domestic Aviation in Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- UK, US pressure Lanka to repeal PTA (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Inflation, Interest Rate & Imperialism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Forecasts & Systemic Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s National Policy & National Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Buddhism & Corruption: The Unholy Twins (Category: Breaking News)
Japan welcomed the coordinated debt restructuring program for Sri Lanka. Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki acknowledged the higher risks faced by low- and middle-income nations concerning debt vulnerabilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He welcomed the recent launch of a coordinated debt restructuring program for the bilateral creditors of crisis-hit Sri Lanka...
- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Finance Minister calls for talks on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan puts preconditions to support Sri Lanka’s debt issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan finance minister says he discussed debt restructuring progress with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Asian region’s steady rise to economic, political and military dominance in the current world order is bound to have substantial foreign policy implications for the global South in particular. For the more prominent of the region’s powers these foreign policy dilemmas could prove to be considerably challenging. This is particularly so in the case […]
- Taxing challenge of strengthening IOR security (Category: Breaking News)
- Advisability of SL addressing India’s security concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- Quandaries for world community from Mid-East tangle (Category: Breaking News)
- Relevance of Non-alignment or ‘dynamic neutrality’ to SL’s foreign policy (Category: Breaking News)
As he kicks off his reelection campaign, President Biden is doubling down on his push for economic engagement with Beijing. Seeking such dialogue makes political sense, but it risks lifting U.S. pressure on China without achieving real gains in return. Biden begins his run for president in a chaotic political environment. The Ukraine war slogs […]
- Does The Proposed Contempt Of Court Bill Amount To 23rd Amendment To The Constitution? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan: Imran Khan’s high-stakes election gamble (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals: Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Lahore sees surge in crime rate amid inflation spike (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is It 1848 Again? Unrest This Time Is Global appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- Waiting For Godot: Can Some Developing Nations Unite & Transform The Planet? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gathering Storms Cloud On The Horizon; Military, Political, Strategic & Economic Uncertainties A... (Category: Breaking News)
- Snivelling Won’t Combat Corruption; Are We Waiting For Sri Lanka’s Nelson Mandela? (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to three of the […]
- Western powers back move to put off national elections indefinitely, warns Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- ETCA, Indo-US strategy detrimental to Lanka’s independence – Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- Wimal uses Imran’s ouster to bolster his claim that US was behind GR’s removal (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya: Only Ranil could have restored law and order (Category: Breaking News)
India, in the last nine years, has been making big strides following Buddha teachings, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Speaking at Global Buddhist Summit 2023 in New Delhi, Modi said that India has followed Buddha’s teachings including the path of Theory, Practice and Realisation. India has progressed rapidly on all these three points. […]
- India taking new initiatives based on Buddha’s teachings: PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Vesak: A Revered Buddhist Festival (Category: Breaking News)
- “Buddha teachings relevant when nature playing havoc with mankind” (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhism: A True Gift from India to the World (Category: Breaking News)
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