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Monday 18th September, 2023 Some henchmen of the Rajapaksa family, which is responsible for ruining the economy, have taken upon themselves the task of investigating the causes of the country’s bankruptcy! They are all out to absolve their political masters of wrongdoing in a bid to shore
- President Ranil vows to build debt-free economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Barks of crooks (Category: Breaking News)
- President: Those who try to dictate terms to IMF have Montessori-level knowledge (Category: Breaking News)
- Exercise in futility (Category: Breaking News)
Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been accused of making a comment which could threaten the relationship between West Bengal and Sri Lanka. Adhikari had reportedly made the comment on social media, the Thaiger website reported According to the website, Adhikari found himself in the middle of a controversy following […]
- Ranil asks West Bengal CM on opposition alliance leadership (Category: Breaking News)
- Public cautioned over threat of lightning and strong winds (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF MD and Ranil review progress on restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Kaffir community to be used to attract tourists (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
- Economics Of Recovery & Politics Of Reconciliation (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Political Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is in New York, USA to attend the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The President reached New York after attending the G77+China Summit in Havana, Cuba. Wickremesinghe will address the General Assembly on 21 September. His speech will revolve around the theme ‘Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: […]
- Debt restructuring to be completed before polls (Category: Breaking News)
- President orders Police protection for Israelis in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President calls for meeting with opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil writes to Modi congratulating him on moon landing (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Is Not The Ultimate Arbiter, The People Are! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Calm Before The Storm! Aragalaya -’22 Has Rested Enough!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockiness; What Price? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Relief Is Momentary, Blackhole Of A Gulf Between ‘Haves’ & ‘Have-Nots’ Is Widening! (Category: Breaking News)
- Intervention Or Flirtation: America’s Interest: Good Governance Or Economic Stability? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Unthinking Nation appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Smell Of Terror (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Addiction (Category: Breaking News)
- Still, The Mirage (Category: Breaking News)
- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Meteor Shower Of Novel Terms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Prospects For Global Capitalism: 2023 & After (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Strategic Manoeuvres: But Global Capitalism Is At A Tipping Point (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Exploring The Silent Wilderness Of Self-Discovery (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) leader and Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development, Jeevan Thondaman, plans to bring the grievances of his community before Global Union Federation Public Services International in Geneva and other international fora, such as the World Economic Forum and International Labor Organization, next month, he said. “I […]
- MAS dominate Inter-Firm Table Tennis (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Thondaman raises concerns about Lankan migrant workers with ILO Director General (Category: Breaking News)
- Going to court? RW offers legal aid to estate workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Hot Air and Ruffled Feathers (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Sri Lanka’s economy contracts by 3.1% in second quarter of 2023 (English)
- 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)
Video: Sri Lanka’s economy will be driven by private sector in future - Shehan Semasinghe (Engli...
- 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 Sri Lankan economy has contracted by 3.1% in the second quarter of this year against the value reported in the same quarter in the previous year, according to data released by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS).
[…]The post ‘Strictly Justify’ The Refusal To Give Info On Adani Power Project – RTI Commission Orders BOI appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Power Project In The Dark; RTI Voices Concern Regarding Transparency Around The Adani ‘Green E... (Category: Breaking News)
- RTI Commission Directs Release Of List Of MPs’s Who Had Submitted Applications For Compensation ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Release Of Port City Tripartite Agreement Will Disclose What Sri Lankan Citizens Have Lost (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL Comes Within The Right To Information Act, RTI Commission Rules (Category: Breaking News)
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe states that the country s economy will be driven by the private sector in the future, and that the government will only act as a regulatory authority.
[…]The post An Avalanche Of Oratory In Padayatra – To Move The Polity To Mutiny & Rage appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Changing Perspectives & Parametres In Annamalai’s Padayatra (Category: Breaking News)
- Rebounce Of Padayatra Phase 3 After A Respite Of 18 Days For State President Annamalai (Category: Breaking News)
- Phase 1 Of The 10 Phase Padayatra – En Mann En Makkal (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
China’s factories picked up their pace and retail sales also gained momentum in August, according to government data, suggesting the economy may be gradually recovering from its post-pandemic malaise. However, despite busy activity in restaurants and stores, the figures released on Friday
- Large number of students fail A/L exams (Category: Breaking News)
- More Brazilians buy into President Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 vaccine skepticism (Category: USA, New York)
- More Brazilians buy into President Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 vaccine skepticism (Category: USA, New York)
- More Brazilians buy into President Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 vaccine skepticism (Category: USA, New York)
By Jayantha Somasundaram When Dr Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile in 1970 at the head of a coalition that included the Socialist and Communist Parties, and with a mandate to nationalise foreign capital, carry out land reform and implement sweeping welfare measures, his government was targeted by Washington and opposed by Chile’s business […]
- “The film kills Neruda” (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Make The Economy Scream’: Whither The Asian 21st Century? (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- To Be Or Not To Be (A US Military Base) (Category: Breaking News)
Why we, the public, need to understand Climate Change (Part 3) by Dr. Ranil Senanayake Another largely unaddressed fact that frames Climate Change is that global Oxygen concentration is falling. According to two graphs, one from the US and the other from Australia, this loss is global. The only process that can add free molecular Oxygen […]
- Forget The politicians & Their Bureaucrats, This Is Why We The Public, Need To Understand Climat... (Category: Breaking News)
- Understanding required system change (Category: Breaking News)
- An Oxygen Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Of that proposed ‘Climate Change University’ (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 15th September, 2023 Nobody dared trifle with Gotabaya Rajapaksa when he was the Defence Secretary. It was jokingly said then that he exercised 50% of President Mahinda Rjapaksa’s executive powers! Many a true word is said to be spoken in jest. Even senior Cabinet ministers used to bow and scrape before him. Never did […]
- President and SLPP parliamentary group to meet today (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP MPs write to President calling for his resignation (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPP requests President to facilitate Gotabaya s safe return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Warning shots and reassurances (Category: Breaking News)
Senior Advisor to the President on National Security Sagala Ratnayaka maps out ambitious strategy at high-level discussion in Colombo.
While the progressive empowerment of people and their steady liberation from the forces of state repression could be regarded as being at the heart of democratic governance, it is imperative that the defenders of democracy everywhere ensure that these basic aims are achieved and protected by governments claiming loyalty to the fundamental ideals of democracy. […]
- Sri Lankan democracy enters new phase of forced retreat (Category: Breaking News)
- CPA survey claims JVP Leader most popular with 48.5% of those surveyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Epitome of administrative excellence (Category: Breaking News)
- A people trapped in fake democracy (Category: Breaking News)
India has urged the Sri Lankan government to “work meaningfully” towards early implementation of its commitments to ensure fundamental freedoms and human rights of all its citizens, including Tamils, are fully protected. “As a close neighbour and friend of Sri Lanka, India has consistently supported Sri Lanka’s efforts towards relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction process […...
- India notes inadequate progress in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Progress made so far to meet aspirations of Tamils ‘remains inadequate’ – India (Category: Breaking News)
- Abstention at UNHRC in Line with India’s Practice of Not Voting on Country-specific Resolutions:... (Category: Breaking News)
- Hold Provincial Councils elections, devolve power – India (Category: Breaking News)
Former State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, MP, says that the ruling party politicians were labouring under the misconception that the very individuals responsible for the unprecedented economic crisis could be the architects of the economi recovery process. The Gampaha District MP said that unless that notion was challenged and publicly disapproved it could lead the […]
- Harsha hints at Chinese hurdle in debt relief talks (Category: Breaking News)
- China dithers over IMF s Sri Lanka debt plan, leaves Colombo in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
- Info about USD 4.2 bn debt deal with China shared with other creditors – CBSL Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy improving, VAT can be reduced – RW (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 13th September, 2023 There has been a surge in serious and organised crimes over the past several months, if media reports are any indication. Hardly a day passes without several incidents of violent crimes being reported from different parts of the country, which is awash with illegal firearms and narcotics. The Western and Southern […]
- Cops arrested for mugging drug pusher (Category: Breaking News)
- Cops raid drug racket operating under the guise of a hotel (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 20,000 arrested for drug dealing and other criminal activities in 14 days (Category: Breaking News)
- Operation Yukthiya - Another 771 arrested within 24 hours (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post System Change Happening In Wrong Direction appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Overstressing The Proposed Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- From Demand For Systems Change To Systems Break (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday called on the G20 members to lead by example and deliver on the promises of $100 billion per year for climate finance supported by strengthening the Multilateral Development Banks. Speaking at the conclusion of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on Sunday, the IMF […]
- SL a warning sign to world:IMF Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- India greatly sensitive to needs of Lanka – PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says changes to G20 Common Framework required for debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF flags debt restructuring hurdles for distressed economies (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post ZeroPlastic Global Movement: A Beacon Of Hope In The Battle Against Plastic Pollution appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Recovery, Growth & Toxic Imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Political Liberation Movements Be Called Fascists? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Interplay Of Climate Change & Water Shortages In Sri Lanka’s Ecosystems (Category: Breaking News)
- Is It Religious Extremism & Propagated For What? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mind Of Junious II: A Look Into July 1983 After Channel 4 Revelations appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Rooster Coop & Its Impact On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- With Impunity Remaining Normalised, What Hope For Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- 1983: It Haunts Us Still! (Category: Breaking News)
- A Reflection On Forty Years Since The ‘Black July’ Anti-Tamil Pogrom In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economy, Easter Phoenix & Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Politics Of Easter Investigation In A Wriggling Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Regime Failure, Grassroot Anger & Ineffective Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
G20 world leaders have committed to redouble efforts to resolve ongoing debt distress cases—like Ghana and Sri Lanka, the US White House said in a statement. The White House statement said that US President Joe Biden called on the G20 which met in India, as leaders in the global economy to provide
- Biden warns China over threats to US sovereignty in State of the Union address (Category: Breaking News)
- UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Extends Diwali Wishes in Hindi (Category: Breaking News)
- US House passes Bill allowing US to borrow more money (Category: Breaking News)
- PM Modi calls for ‘human-centric globalisation’ at Voice of Global South Summit (Category: Breaking News)
By HIMAL KOTELAWALA ECONOMYNEXT – If Sri Lanka allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilization and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Speaking at a forum organized by Cal, a Colombo-based investment banking group, Coomaraswamy said […]
- SL economy on right track: Ex-CBSL Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Weerawansa says President has no mandate to sell strategic assets (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka crisis would deepen if creditors disagree, IMF says amid China concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- GL accuses govt. of encouraging chaos to prevent peaceful Presidential election next year (Category: Breaking News)
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