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[…]The post President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Govt. woos international community (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation & Archaeological Mischiefs (Category: Breaking News)
- Neither North Nor South, Ranil At Home With The Global Right (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To UK’s Trade Concessions To Developing Countries (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate jumped to 4.2% year-on-year in December driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Monday, although it remains well below record high levels seen at the height of the country's financial crisis.The post Rising food prices drive Sri Lanka inflation up to 4.2% in December appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka consumer price inflation eases to 53.2% in January but impulses still persist (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 50.6% in February (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s July consumer inflation more than halves to 4.6% (Category: Breaking News)
By Prof. Amarasiri de Silva Sri Lanka, renowned for its rich cultural heritage and diverse landscapes, is grappling with an unprecedented macroeconomic crisis. This crisis has given rise to acute shortages and sharp increases in the prices of essential products, creating a complex web of challenges
- Dairy: The mirage of self-sufficiency (Category: Business)
- Egg prices expected to drop, imports unnecessary from next year – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Fix food sectors (Category: Business)
- Achieving food security:Integrated plan necessary (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is showing first signs of recovery as it finds itself in an election year, and therefore, what happens before the elections as well as after them will be crucial for the economic recovery in Sri Lanka, IMF’s Senior Mission Chief, Peter Breuer said on Friday. He said so at a press briefing held […]
- SL hopes for productive talks at IMF WB spring meetings (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank’s IFC emphasizes private sector engagement in crisis-hit Lanka’s growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s debt negotiations stall over GDP growth projections and repayment terms – Nishan de ... (Category: Breaking News)
- India promises further support (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Sri Lanka will face a worse crisis, if deviate from current economic management plan – Se...
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
The State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that the Micro-Finance and Loan Regulation Act was submitted to Parliament in order to establish a proper, strong regulatory procedure as a government.
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- Pyromaniacs On The March (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Addiction (Category: Breaking News)
- Stories & True Buddha Dhamma: What Do Scholars Advise? (Category: Breaking News)
- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
N Sathiya Moorthy It is interesting to note that many international NGOs, and also the UN, have come down heavily on the government’s ‘Yukthiya’ (Justice) operation aimed at cleaning the nation’s streets of drugs, citing rights violations. But they seem to have no problem with the government permitting casinos as a part of the IMF-designed […]
- Taking the nation to a new ‘high’ (Category: Breaking News)
- President issues tough warning against violent street protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to expand controversial mass drug crackdown (Category: Breaking News)
- UN concerned over torture during Sri Lanka’s crackdown on drugs (Category: Breaking News)
The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI) hosted a panel discussion ‘Sri Lanka as a Destination: From Antiquity to Modernity’ as part of its outreach activities to promote ‘Cultural Diplomacy’ in Koggala on Saturday (13 January 2024). Held with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop at the Long Beach Hotel, Koggala, this interactive discussion was organized as […]
- Dinara, Methwan, Achinthya to fight for final spots today (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign policy quagmire (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget, Taxation Turmoil and Policy Blunders – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Election ’24: Rajapaksa Implosion & Ranil’s Red Sea Meddling appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Election Hustling In The South & Boycott Talk In The North (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day Politics: A Pregame To Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Electing A President: Three Against One In The US & Three Against Three In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The economic reform programme, implemented by the Sri Lankan authorities is yielding the first signs of recovery with positive real GDP growth in the third quarter of 2023, low inflation, increased revenue collection, and a build-up of external reserves, the IMF has said. Staying the course on the reform agenda is necessary for this stabilization […]
- Govt. ponders domestic debt optimisation operation (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Deputy MD: Lanka’s economy showing tentative signs of improvement, but recovery remains chal... (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF sees “tentative signs of improvement” of Lankan economy (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement on first review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility arrangem... (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala, Uganda said that Non-aligned nations, once perceived as weak states, have evolved beyond that characterization. He also expressed gratitude to President Museveni and Uganda for hosting the summit. Following is the full speech delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe; “Let me begin by congratulating ...
- President to address 19th NAM Summit and 3rd South Summit (Category: Breaking News)
- President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil to take centre stage at key global summits in Kampala (Category: Breaking News)
- Global disparities between developing and developed nations have grown due to technology gaps an... (Category: Breaking News)
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team led by Mr. Peter Breuer visited Sri Lanka from January 11 to January 19, 2024 to discuss recent macroeconomic developments and progress in implementing economic and financial policies under the EFF arrangement.The post IMF staff concludes visit to Sri Lanka saying debt agreements with creditors critical appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest ...
- IMF Staff concludes visit to Sri Lanka and issued official statement (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s revenue shortfall concerns IMF team – sources (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr Amali Wedagedara In Sri Lanka, public policy lost in the neoliberal haze treats the market as a cure for all ills. Not only is the market omnipresent, but it is also omniscient and omnipotent. The charm of the ‘market’ that research and advocacy lobbyists are creating is so alluring that only a few […]
- IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Dr. Nicholas advises Lanka against swallowing IMF dope (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s crisis seen as highlighting lessons from Greece (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana In this time of moral bankruptcy, on top of an enormous economic crisis, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) is facing a huge challenge; it has had to restore the honour of and respect for the medical profession. It is obvious that corruption has affected all professions
- Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed President of SLMA (Category: Breaking News)
- SLMA Celebrates 125 Years (Category: Breaking News)
- MARKSS Healthcare takes part in the Annual Scientific Sessions organized by SLMA (Category: Breaking News)
- Preventing the Preventable; Preserving healthcare services (Category: Breaking News)
crisis.
Thursday 18th January, 2024 Various remedies are being tried for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, prominent among them being exponential tax and tariff increases and the divestiture of state ventures. The SLPP-UNP government is making the public undergo untold suffering in the name of economic recovery
- Laws made to be broken (Category: Breaking News)
- A cosmetic reshuffle (Category: Breaking News)
- If wishes were horses … (Category: Breaking News)
- Field Marshal warns of another major revolt on 09 August (Category: Breaking News)
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- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- Monk’s Imprisonment: Aragalaya Victory No. 2 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF’s Prescription: Panacea Or Palliative? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya, Political Buddhism & Ranilocracy (Category: Breaking News)
Chairman of the United National Party, Member of Parliament Wajira Abeywardena during a media briefing held at the Presidential Media Center (PMC) on Tuesday (16), said that the main purposes for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to get the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act No 3 of 2023 passed in Parliament early last year was to track […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivuthu Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (16) insisted that health sector trade union coalition’s demand for Rs 35,000 allowance shouldn’t be granted under any circumstances. The former Power and Energy Minister said that those trade unions should realise that their demand for Rs 35,000 allowance because the Disturbance, Availability, […]
- DAT allowance for doctors and study allowance for uni. lecturers increased (Category: Breaking News)
- 72 health sector unions to resume strike from Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
- DAT allowance for doctors temporarily suspended  Health Services DG (Category: Breaking News)
- GMOA says DAT allowance not enough (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Pragmatism Needs Fairness To Be Statesmanlike appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- President Positions Sri Lanka To Win International Support (Category: Breaking News)
- Human Rights Protection Requires More Inclusive Approach (Category: Breaking News)
- The Choice Of Consensus Or Confrontation (Category: Breaking News)
- Political Solution Is Missing Part Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The government’s decision to commit the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) for patrol duties alongside the US-led ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ patrol of the Red Sea against Houthi attacks on ships belonging to what they perceive as pro-Israeli nations is something that Colombo can do without at the moment. Apart from the high […]
- 4 exciting city breaks in the Middle East (Category: Breaking News)
- Weapons found in Mullaittivu (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil says Policemen can no longer drive his vehicle (Category: Breaking News)
- Three injured at shootout in Maligawatta this morning. (Category: Breaking News)
By M. Rodwan Abouharb Associate Professor in International Relations, UCL and Bernhard Reinsberg Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow Sri Lanka received a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March amid soaring inflation, debt and a sovereign default. In exchange for US$3 billion (£2.4 billion), the government committed to spending cuts and tax […]
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Where have millions of USD invested in good governance and accountability projects et al gone? (Category: Breaking News)
- Costly UNDP ‘lessons’ for Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
The Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Commission of Jurists have joined over 30 international human rights organisations to pressure the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government to halt the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation. The grouping has expressed serious concern over what it called “drastic intensification” of anti-drug operations in Sri Lanka leading to significan...
- Only a temporary reprieve (Category: Breaking News)
- UN slams Sri Lanka’s mass arrests in drug crackdown (Category: Breaking News)
- UN criticises Sri Lanka Police for arresting thousands in war on drugs (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-HR Commissioner moves SC against Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy 2024: More Challenging Than The Two Previous Years appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Colombo University Business Economic Summit 2024: Keynote Address (Category: Breaking News)
- The Magic 2048: What Is To Be Done To Make Ranilnomics A Reality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating The Economic Reawakening & Sustainable Growth (Category: Breaking News)
- SOE 2023: IPS Offers Some Inputs To Proposed Growth Lab (Category: Breaking News)
The United Nations and rights organisations have condemned the ongoing anti-narcotics crackdown in Sri Lanka that has led to the “arbitrary arrest” of 30,000 suspects.The post UN criticises Sri Lanka Police for arresting thousands in war on drugs appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- UN experts call on Sri Lanka to immediately suspend and review “Yukthiya” anti-drug operation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to expand controversial mass drug crackdown (Category: Breaking News)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about Anti Terrorism Bill, Online Safety Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- UN concerned over torture during Sri Lanka’s crackdown on drugs (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why Step Motherly Treatment Of The Oppressed Segments Of Society Via Micro Finance Bill? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Is Post-Crisis Essential Reforms Being Effectively Progressed? If Not What Is The Way Forward? (Category: Breaking News)
- Citizens Need A Snow White To Prod The Dwarfs In Governance & Society! (Category: Breaking News)
- Micro finance: As India moves forward, Sri Lanka stagnates (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
… USD 5 mn paid to Iran a month By Shamindra Ferdinando Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has confirmed that consumers of petrol and diesel have been made to pay Rs. 50 to Rs. 55 per litre since the middle of last year to settle what the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owed its creditors. […]
- SJB unionist: IOC and Sinopec benefit from special levy on fuel to recover CPC losses (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. flayed for jacking up fuel prices despite Rs 120 bn profit since last Sept. (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC reduces price of petrol and diesel (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB questions Kanchana over suspension of fuel pricing formula, USD 3 bn debt to suppliers (Category: Breaking News)
by Susantha Hewa A Shramadana (collaborative work) in a village is a good example of participatory democracy in action, where it is “of the villagers, by the villagers, for the villagers”. Of course, a few would organize and lead but they don’t stand to benefit more than the others. The coordinators would get their due praise for […]
- Welgama warns Gota against returning to active politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Better thinking on legitimacy of Aragalaya protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sirisena Cooray: An Epilogue to a Life in Deeds (Category: Breaking News)
- Are we so bad? (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has proposed to reduce the electricity tariff by 3.34 percent from February 1 after it recorded a profit last year following a long lapse of nine years.The post Electricity rates to be reduced by 3.34 percent from next month appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- CEB Revenue less than anticipated (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity tariffs up by 69 percent from next month (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL Chief: Power tariff can be reduced by 27% (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest to be held in Colombo calling for 40% decrease in power tariff (Category: Breaking News)
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