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[…]The post Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Is A ‘Blackhole’: IMF Should Be Worried About The (225+1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Machiavellians Tend To Be Demonic: Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of Common Sense Of A Time-Expired President (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan tea prices that had been piping hot have cooled off as production in the world’s fourth-largest tea grower begins to recover.The post Sri Lanka tea prices dip 40% from record high on production rebound appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Prices of cup of plain tea and milk tea reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Leaf Trend (Category: Business)
- Crop Condition (Category: Business)
[…]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)
[…]The post Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Influence Of Sirima Bandaranaike & Ranil Wickremesinghe On The Foreign Policy Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Prioritising National Interest In Navigating Geopolitical Waters (Category: Breaking News)
- The East Asian Disanalogy, Or Why Sri Lanka Cannot Be A Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
- The East Asian Disanalogy, Or Why Sri Lanka Cannot Be A Singapore (Category: Breaking News)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be among 20 world leaders who will participate in the “Voice of the Global South Summit” (VGSS) next week hosted by India virtually, Indian media reported.The post President to participate in India-hosted Voice of Global South Summit – report appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in S...
- Ranil to participate in Indian summit virtually (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President arrives in New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General... (Category: Breaking News)
- President to participate in India-hosted Voice of Global South Summit - report (Category: Breaking News)
- President addresses second Voice of Global South Summit (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Idiot’s Guide To Global & Domestic Debt (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 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)
Sri Lanka approved legislation on Tuesday to let companies from oil-producing nations import and sell fuel as it attempts to cope with a steep oil bill that deepened its worst financial crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka approves law to liberalize petroleum imports appeared first on Sri Lanka
- Price of 92 Octane Petrol increased in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel consumption in Sri Lanka drops 50% in December (Category: Breaking News)
- First two Sinopec fuel shipments to arrive in Sri Lanka in August (Category: Breaking News)
- National Fuel Pass to be introduced today in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Must Become More Than Just A Debt Collector For Private Creditors appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Hedge funds holding up vital debt relief for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Some creditors want to restructure Sri Lanka’s debt without China (Category: Breaking News)
- The Paris Club, Dollar Debt Colonialism & Asia’s New “Donors”: Reforming The International Aid A... (Category: Breaking News)
- China holds key to Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring to ease economic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Devapriya Sri Lanka’s economic woes have not cast a shadow over its complex foreign relations. On August 16, the southern port of Hambantota welcomed the Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel from China. While Colombo had asked for a deferral of the visit, it eventually relented and allowed the ship to dock until […]
- Milinda pushes for Indo-Lanka strategic-level partnership (Category: Breaking News)
- “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Sri Lanka’s praise for India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka may allow Indian rupee to be used in local transactions (Category: Breaking News)
- First things first (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do It? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- New Central Banking Bill: Positive But Gaps Need To Be Filled (Category: Breaking News)
- New Central Bank Bill: Gaps Need To Be Filled (Category: Breaking News)
- Deciding On New Central Bank Act Is Too Precious To Be Left Only To Politicians (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
in its worst financial crisis in […]
- Octane 95 Petrol available for 6 weeks (Category: Breaking News)
- Only limited amount of petrol available till 23rd June (Category: Breaking News)
- Final shipment of fuel under Indian Credit Line arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Transportation of fuel temporarily suspended (Category: Breaking News)
China on Wednesday praised India for making “great efforts” to help Colombo to tide over its worst financial crisis even as it refuted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s remarks that Beijing has shifted its strategic focus from South Asia including Pakistan to South East
- China willing to help Sri Lanka deal with debt burden (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka virtually let down by China in securing a $2.9 billion IMF loan in December (Category: Breaking News)
- As Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Chinese Projects, India Moves to Recover Influence (Category: Breaking News)
- The IMF standoff and the China factor (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Elections, Bond Scams & Money Politics: The Anatomy Of Default @75 (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Dimensions In ‘Power’; The Role Of India & China & Sri Lanka’s Predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Dimensions In ‘Power’; The Role Of India & China & Sri Lanka’s Predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Changing Dimensions In ‘Power’; The Role Of India & China & Sri Lanka’s Predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
The first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote 75 years ago: “It would be absurd to say that the profit motive does not appeal to the average Indian, but it is nevertheless true that there is no such admiration for it in India as there is in the west. The possessor of ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- Impunity: Unequal before the law (Category: Business)
By Shamil Samsul Mueen 1. Introduction The global financial crisis has raised imperative issues concerning the stability and reliability of existing financial systems. This has driven an extensive global re-examination on the competence of the existing financial architecture and the search
- HNB launches Al-Najah Islamic banking unit (Category: Business)
- Islamic finance: Challenges and opportunities (Category: Business)
- Islamic banking and finance advisory services to assist financial institutions (Category: Business)
UAE businessmen are rushing to Sri Lanka as the country opens up its doors for competitive trade. More than 50 business personnel from Dubai and other emirates are camping in Sri Lankan to explore business opportunities. President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated Expo 2012, where over 370 exporters are showcasing a wide array of goods and services. ...
Colombo International Tea Convention discusses trade and marketing of the beverage By Cheranka Mendis Nestled in the dynamic Asian region with a hot beverage to its name, Sri Lanka could benefit well from becoming a ‘tea hub’ in the future, Commonwealth Secretariat Economic Affairs Division Former Director Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Addressing the Colombo International Tea ...
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Tea tales (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea: To blend or not to blend? (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Tea Board, the apex authority of the tea industry in Sri Lanka, will be hosting the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 20th Session of the Inter-Governmental Group (IGG) on tea from 30 January to 1 February 2012 in Colombo. At the 19th session held in May 2010 in New Delhi, Sri ...
- UN meeting on tea opens in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Cheers for FAO/IGG (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka kicks off 20th session of FAO/IGG (Category: Business)
- Plantation Problem (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka businesses and their leaders are optimistic of prospects for 2012 whilst they are also confident the country will progress in the New Year according to key findings of a CEOs survey done by MTI Market Research. “Despite concerns about the global economic outlook, Sri Lankan businesses seem confident that the local economy and ...
- Time for Sri Lankan businesses to tighten their belts says MTI CEO (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Economic Summit to bring the economy in perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Commerce Excellence awards next week (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
The Top 100 Nation Brands have been ranked by Brand Finance plc with the USA, Germany and China topping the report Eurozone crisis affects the Nation Brand vales of Greece, Ireland and Japan who are ranked as the Top 3 biggest Losers Further chaos in Europe has seen the brand values of Spain, Austria, Italy ...
- Brand ‘Sri Lanka’ valued $ 23 b; ranks 76th globally (Category: Business)
- Nation branding: A holistic perspective (Category: Business)
- The ‘real’ problem with brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Will the deal hurt brand NSB? (Category: Business)
We are still stuck in the winter of our discontent! By Jude Fernando Groundviews.org: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organisations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against ...
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Making Sri Lanka a ‘democratic hub’ for ‘Wonder of Asia’ (Category: Business)
The Group of 20 heads of state met in France in early November launching an annual group meeting of the heads of State. The G20 is made up of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK and the US. ...
- G20 countries fail to lead in trade openness, ICC Index indicates (Category: Business)
- World powers eye emergency food meeting; action doubted (Category: Business)
- Asia Pacific trade and investment (Category: Business)
By Uditha Jayasinghe Brewed by external demand reductions and local policies, Sri Lanka’s value-added tea exports are declining while bulk shipments are increasing, resulting in a possible drop in earnings, industry experts warned yesterday. Terming the reduction in value-added tea as a “disturbing trend,” Asia Siyaka Commodities said in a review report that Sri Lanka’...
- Syria shock for tea (Category: Business)
- Tea Trials (Category: Business)
- VALUE ADDED TEA EXPORTS ON THE RISE (Category: Breaking News)
- Negative start for tea exports in 2012 (Category: Business)
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