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The International Monetary Fund says its second review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Sri Lanka is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2024, says IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has convened a special press briefing this morning (Dec.13) on the completion of the first review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Sri Lanka.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said its executive board cleared the first review of Sri Lanka's about $3 billion bailout on Tuesday, providing about $337 million in funds to help tackle the fallout from the country's worst financial crisis in decades.The post IMF board approves first review of Sri Lanka’s nearly $3 billion bailout appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking ...
- IMF says Sri Lanka debt deal could help board clear first bailout review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF staff to visit Sri Lanka in September for first programme review (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF board poised to approve $2.9 billion Sri Lanka bailout (Category: Breaking News)
- First review of IMF’s Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka to commence today (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has seen off a Tory rebellion over his flagship Rwanda bill but still faces a battle to get it through Parliament. The legislation comfortably passed its first Commons hurdle with a majority of 44, but there will be further votes in the new year. No Tory MPs voted against but some […]
- Rishi Sunak faces crunch Rwanda vote as Tory MPs split (Category: Breaking News)
- French parliament passes controversial immigration law (Category: Breaking News)
- Bela bill: South Africans face jail if children not in school (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea passes law banning dog meat trade (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando One-time Foreign Secretary Kshenuka Senewiratne and Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne (Rtd.) on Dec 04, 2023 assumed duties at the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi and Islamabad, respectively. It would be pertinent to mention that Wijegunaratne previously served as the First Secretary/Defence Advisor of Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi […]
- Indo-Lanka relations:Shared challenges and ‘Quad’ strategies (Category: Breaking News)
- The Katchatheevu politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Vanni war and Israel-Gaza conflict: Funding catastrophes (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway departs as Indo-Lanka relations enter a new phase (Category: Breaking News)
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of approximately US$ 337 million to Sri Lanka as part of a bailout package. The IMF said the Executive Board completed the first review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, providing the country with access to SDR 254 million […]
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Executive Board approves another US$336 million for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches crucial staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka following first review (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Watch fears IMF loan could erode rights in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its Executive Board on Tuesday (Dec.12) completed the first review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Harin Fernando today (December 12) signed a new gazette notification to revoke the gazette issued by former sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe which appointed an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), headed by Arjuna Ranatunga.The post Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister revokes interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Br...
- SLC interim committee to be dissolved (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC interim committee to continue (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC interim committee to continue (Category: Sports)
- Sport Ministry Secretary appointed as authority to SLC (Category: Breaking News)
Turkish football bosses suspended all leagues after a referee was punched to the ground by a club president following a top-flight game on Monday. Halil Umut Meler was struck by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca, who ran on to the pitch after his team conceded a 97th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 Super Lig draw with […]
- Manchester City make history with Fifa Club World Cup win (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazilian football legend Pele has died (Category: Breaking News)
- Mykhailo Mudryk ‘close’ to £62m Chelsea move from Donetsk (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatar beaten by Ecuador as dream turns into nightmare (Category: Breaking News)
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- Homework For NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP Deserves Fairness From Critics (Category: Breaking News)
- RW, IMF & The Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Paranoia (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured that the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will approve the second tranche of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for Sri Lanka today (December 12).The post Sri Lanka President assures IMF’s second tranche will be approved today appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- 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)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe visits Sri Dalada Maligawa (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured that the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will approve the second tranche of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for Sri Lanka today (12), the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.
Amritha Shvethambari Vidyapathy, 29, a Sri Lankan is the only international student this year at Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, who has bagged a gold medal in Kathak at the university s 13th Convocation to be held on December 18.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to take up for consideration the first review of the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Sri Lanka on today (Dec12).
[…]The post Intrusions From Departed Relatives During “Bed-Business” appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Case For (And Against) Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s Offer To Form An Interim Administration Is Sensible (Category: Breaking News)
- Manikavasagam’s News Experience, A News Textbook (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Toronto-Based Writers Short-Listed For Top Literary Award In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ground Discontents Not Removed By Reconciliation Moves appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Don’t Disregard The Less Privileged (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise & Fall Of Nationalism In North & South (Category: Breaking News)
- Spirit of reconciliation in the air (Category: Breaking News)
- The Hardware & Software Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a battle to persuade Tory MPs to back his flagship Rwanda bill, ahead of a key vote today (12). The legislation seeks to revive the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to the east African country.MPs on the right of the party have said the bill does not […]
- Rishi Sunak sees off Tory rebellion in Rwanda bill vote (Category: Breaking News)
- French parliament passes controversial immigration law (Category: Breaking News)
- Bela bill: South Africans face jail if children not in school (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Attacks?: A Follow-Up appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Catholic Church To Declare Easter Sunday Attack Victims As Saints: A Comment (Category: Breaking News)
- Will AKD Make The Cut? (Category: Breaking News)
- International terrorism expert tells govt. to rethink lifting ban on five Islamist organisations (Category: Breaking News)
Tuesday 12th December, 2023 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has lashed out at a section of the media for floating a story that he is planning to patch up differences with President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Premadasa has alleged that the journalists who are spreading that story are in the pay of the government. His consternation is understandable. […]
- SJB: JVP’s call for RW’s participation in proposed debate diversionary tactic (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential polls cannot be delayed by advancing general election – EC (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential election- SJB floats potential backing of UNP for Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Sajith-Ranil alliance’ against NPP: GL denies Chung’s intervention (Category: Breaking News)
by Jehan Perera A group of Tamil Diaspora members from western countries have been in Sri Lanka for the past several days. They have been engaging in a series of meetings, with religious clergy in the main, but also with civil and political leaders and with their friends and relatives. The highlight of their meetings […]
- GTF won’t support separate state, Surendiran tells MPs (Category: Breaking News)
- Ground Discontents Not Removed By Reconciliation Moves (Category: Breaking News)
- Groundwork for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation Commission underway (Category: Breaking News)
- A Maha Sanga-led reconciliation initiative in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Opposition spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (11) said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s controversial decision to thwart a move by the Constitutional Council to introduce rules on the discharge of its duties and functions was grounds to bring forth an impeachment motion against him. Addressing the media at the SLPP rebel group’s office at […]
- Appointment of new EC may disrupt upcoming LG polls, GL tells CC (Category: Breaking News)
- IGP appointed in violation of Constitution: Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP rebels: President’s strategy may jeopardise appointment of CJ, SC Judges, others (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez undermining EC ahead of elections: SLPP rebel group (Category: Breaking News)
The first T20I between West Indies and England on Wednesday will see a stop clock used for the first time in international cricket. Part of a six-month experiment announced last month by the ICC, the stop clock will aim to restrict the time taken between overs and quicken the pace of play. The bowling team […]
- Chennai Super Kings sink sorry Delhi Capitals to roar into playoffs (Category: Breaking News)
- YAMU (Category: Business)
- Kokua Line: Extra $600 for child hinges on parent’s eligibility (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Kokua Line: Extra $600 for child hinges on parent’s eligibility (Category: USA, Hawaii)
Australia will impose tougher English-language tests on international students in a bid to fix its “broken” migration system and halve its intake over the next two years. Visa rules for foreign students and low-skilled workers will also be tightened under the new plan, which aims to slash the number of people settling in the country to 250,000 […]
- Australia grants permanent residency to Sri Lankan who walked 1,000km (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans fear deportation under proposed Australian migration bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister has said. It hit at about 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) – Kenya’s third countrywide blackout in the past four months. The outage disrupted several services, including at the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, where two […]
- Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya – reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya mid-air collision kills student pilot and trainer (Category: Breaking News)
- Beijing subway crash leaves 102 with broken bones (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
An individual was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle over 20,000 sticks of foreign cigarettes worth more than Rs. 2 million into the country, police reported.
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a Âbroken migration system.
by Rex Clementine Colombo Colts Cricket Club celebrated its 150th anniversary at the club premises on Saturday with President Ranil Wickremesinghe and first lady Prof. Maithree Wickremesinghe gracing the occasion. It’s been a glorious 150 years for the Park Road club that was only the third cricket club to be established in Sri Lanka and […]
- Hayleys support for Colts CC (Category: Sports)
- Colombo Colts Cricket Club 6-A-Side cricket tournament on 10th and 11th (Category: Breaking News)
- NCC struggle v. Colts (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka earned 205.3 million US dollars from tourism during the month of November 2023, which is over twice the amount in the corresponding month in 2022, the latest data by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have revealed. The revenue from tourism in November 2022 was 81 million dollars, according to official data.The […]
- Travel Trend (Category: Business)
- Tourist arrivals increase in November (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Keynote address delivered by Prof. Premakumara de Silva at a recent ceremony to mark the launch of Prof. C. R. de Silva Felicitation Volume on ‘Essays on History and Society’ at the Senate Hall, University of Peradeniya. I am sure all of you will agree with me that Prof. C.R. de Silva is one of […]
- Book in honour of Prof. K. Kailasapathy: Early Historic Tamil Nadu c. 300 BC -300 CE (Category: Breaking News)
- Sinhalese Society Through The Prism Of Religion: An Appreciation Of Gananath Obeyesekere’s Work ... (Category: Breaking News)
- LKI ED Aryasinha Chairs Scholarly Panel on ‘Sri Lanka as a Destination: From Antiquity to Modern... (Category: Breaking News)
- Book Review: Gananath Obeyesekere – Stories And Histories (Category: Breaking News)
The ‘Civil Society Initiative on Anti-Corruption Reform for Economic Recovery,’ led by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) and comprising Verité Research, Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), and National Peace Council (NPC) yesterday said that there was an urgent need for political will and genuine [...
- CSI calls for inclusion of IMF identified actions in programme (Category: Breaking News)
- US envoy meets civil society to discuss core anti-corruption issues (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF should oppose restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Civil Society Groups (Category: Breaking News)
- CSCD takes up battle cry for elections (Category: Breaking News)
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