Sri Lanka Crisis Light of Hope – By Dr harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com The indomitable world around us Nations helping with a mighty rush An island separated by ethnic clashes United, with no more bashes A great future awaits our masses *Tamil Nadu sends aid worth nearly Rs 400MN which includes ...
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Sri Lanka Political Crisis triggered by an economic Collapse – By Dr harold Gunatillake Transcript: *Sri Lanka’s Newly Proposed Constitutional Reforms *Powers of the president will be clipped, and powers of the parliament strengthened *Protesting youth to be invited to be part of governance under political reforms. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ...
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Taking a closer look at ‘aragalaya’ – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The ‘Aragalaya’ or the protest by peaceful demonstrators in front of the Presidential Secretariat has exceeded fifty days and continues. The protesters claim the 6.9 million who voted for a change and for Gotabaya Rajapaksa failed to ...
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Jun 1, 2022
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Articles, Tilak S. Fernando
Tagged Athuraliye Rathana Thera, Ceylon, Chamal Rajapaksa, Galle Face Green, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ramesh Pathirana, Sri Lanka, Wimal Weerawansa
SRI LANKA NEWS (MAY 2022)- By Victor Melder. Tea production in March had slumped by 24% to 22 million kg from a year earlier, marking it as the lowest crop since 2009, Asia Siyaka Commodities said. It also said in 2020 when the country went into complete lockdown in mid-March and ...
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Sri Lanka-current 27th May 2022 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake *Sri Lanka PM to take over as finance minister too. Ali Sabry, previous finance minister, resigns *Wickremesinghe will present an interim budget within six weeks that will slash government expenditure ‘to the bone’. *The PM is seeking $4bn from ...
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May 27, 2022
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Tagged Ali Sabry, Central Bank, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, IMF, Kanchana Wijesekera, Nandalal Weerasinghe, Ranil Wickremesinghe, TokyoLanka
Sri Lanka Is a Small Preview of a Global Default Crisis – By Ruth Pollard The country is already wracked with shortages. The social order may shatter if the economy isn’t infused with cash soon. Source:bloomberg.com High school teacher S. Jeeva has spent two days in the baking sun ...
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May 23, 2022
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Tagged Ahilan Kadirgamar, Colombo, Galle Face Green, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Government, International Monetary Fund, LPG Gas, Political Crisis, Sri Lanka, Tourism, University Of Jaffna, World Bank
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka’s new prime minister faces uphill battle – by George Wright Source:bbc.com News that Ranil Wickremesinghe is the new prime minister has been largely met with dismay and disbelief in Sri Lanka. His appointment is being viewed as yet another arrogant response by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ...
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May 13, 2022
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Tagged Archbishop Of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, BBC, Colombo, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranasinghe Pramadasa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka, United National Party
Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis – by Krishan Francis and Bharatha Mallawarachi Source:ctvnews.ca COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, which is engulfed in a political and ...
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May 13, 2022
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Tagged Catholic Archbishop Of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Central Bank, Colombo, Foreign Currency, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, IMF, Julie Chung, Mahinda Rajakapsa, Sri Lanka
POWER CUT EFFECTS – by Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The Government needs to refrain from obtaining short-term at high interest rates. It will further compound Sri Lanka’s woes and reflect on the foreign debt trap. The country became paralysed by the Covid-19 Pandemic and a global economic crisis. Rather ...
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May 12, 2022
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Articles, Tilak S. Fernando
Tagged CEB, Electricity Board's Union, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Labour Government, London Electricity Board, Power Cuts, Public Utilities Commission Oil Prices, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan president calls second state of emergency in five weeks Police disperse students with teargas and water cannon as national strike over economic crisis takes place Source:theguardian.com Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers as a ...
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