KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, SRI LANKA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Courtesy The Globe and Mail Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, its Prime Minister told lawmakers Wednesday, in comments underscoring the country’s dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament the […]

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Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Wellington , NZ Sri Lanka needs Dollars. The quickest route to earning and owning  dollars now are tourists and foreign remittances into the banking system , not to the money exchangers.  Each tourists on average brings $1000, dollars. 3000 tourists are worth 3 milion dollars , the money required to clear […]

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රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් උඩරට වියළි කලාපයේ ත්, නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ මඩකලපුව මායිමේත් වී ගොවීන් අස්වනු නෙලා ගැනීමට ඩීසල් නොමැතිකම නිසා අන්ත අසරණ තත්වයකට පත්ව ඇත. කොළ මඩිය යන්ත්‍ර සඳහා ඉන්ධන නොලැබේ නම් නිසි කලට නෙලාගත නොහැකිව වී අස්වැන්න විනාශ වී යන්නේයැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි.    පිලිලුමලේ, වෙල්ලාවලි, මණ්ඩූර්, එරාවුර්, ඔට්ටමාවඩි යන මඩකලපුව කලාපයේ […]

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මනුෂ මාධ්‍යය පුද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයින්ගේ අවම වැටුප සහ වතු කම්කරුවන්ගේ වැටුප ඉහළ දමන බවට කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා සහතික විය. ජීවන වියදමට සරිලන ආකාරයට පුද්ගලික අංශයේ සේවකයින්ගේ අවම වැටුප සහ වතු කම්කරුවන්ගේ අවම වැටුප ඉහළ දමන බවත්, ඒ සදහා අවශ්‍ය වන නීති රීති පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන බවටත් ඇමැතිවරයා සහතික විය. ඒ […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Business magnate Dhammika, who took oath as a Member of Parliament this morning, says he is better at bringing in dollars than taking loans. Speaking to the media, MP Perera said he would reveal his plans to bring in foreign exchange to the country within two weeks. With regard to his decision to […]

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Sanjeewa Jayaweera | New Delhi Courtesy The Statesman When employees are in fuel queues and not reporting to work, there is zero productivity. The fuel shortage, currently being experienced across Sri Lanka, is causing severe distress and incredible frustration to the public. It has graduated to an extent previously not experienced nor seen in at […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the programme for a bailout package would be finalized by the end of July. The first in-person talks with the IMF on Sri Lanka’s bailout request commenced in Colombo on Monday (June 20) and are going on for […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman has assured Sri Lanka of her fullest support” and cooperation for its recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. Sitharaman conveyed the assurance to Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda when the envoy met her on Monday. The Finance Minister of India assured the high commissioner of her […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Youth activists Rathindu Senaratne alias ‘Ratta’, Lahiru Weerasekara and five others have been remanded until July 01 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Social activist and YouTuber Rathindu Senaratne, the national organizer of ‘Youth for Change’ Lahiru Weerasekara and actor Jagath Manuwarna, who were wanted over the incidents unrest in early June, had […]

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