Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio Nearly 90% (33 of 38) of central banks monitored by the Bank for International Settlements raised interest rates in 2022, a dramatic shift away from the loose financial conditions that characterized the previous decade. With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy error is high, with […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් Lanka Lead News දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජ දවස සංඝමිත්තා තෙරණින් වහන්සේ ප්‍රමුඛ පිරිස අත ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධීන් වහන්සේ දඹකොළපටුනට රැගෙන පැමිණි පසු අනුරාධපුරයට වැඩම කරන ලද ගමනේ දී තැන්පත් කළ එක් ස්ථානයක් වශයෙන් ප්‍රකට තිස්ස විහාරය එ සමයේ ඉඳි කරන ලද්දකි.යාපනයේ බහුලව තිබූ හිරිගල් යොදා නිර්මාණය වූ තිස්ස විහාර බිමේ ශ්‍රී මහා බෝධි ශාඛා […]

Dilrook Kannangara It has been 14 years since Sri Lanka promised 13 Plus to the UN (May 29, 2009) but no government since then implemented it as a Constitutional amendment. For good reasons. When the President visited India recently, the Indian PM made it very clear that Sri Lanka must devolve more powers to Tamils. […]

Malinda Seneviratne Tragedy of any kind can yield tears. Tragedy of any kind can also yield resolve. There are other harvests too. Apportioning of blame, absolving responsibility, anger, revenge-intent and collapse of one kind or another for example. It’s seldom just one thing. And so, in this country where there has been so much death, […]

Courtesy Tasnim News TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry said his country is eager to attract investment from Iran. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Saturday, Sabry praised Iran for its progress under the pressure of sanctions. We want to have good relations with […]

Courtesy The Financial Express The core objective of the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity Project (SL-UDI) is to gather biographic and biometric information, such as facial, iris, and fingerprint data. India has extended crucial financial support to Sri Lanka’s unique digital identity project with an advance payment of INR 450 million. The project is a […]

Courtesy Mehr News TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iran and Sri Lanka agreed to take action regarding the release of prisoners of the two countries in a humane way in the near future, the Iranian Foreign Minister said Today the potential of the Asian continent has attracted the attention of the world powers, and Asian […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India has sparked both excitement and concern among the citizens of Sri Lanka. The visit, aimed at strengthening economic ties and exploring various cooperation opportunities, has the potential to bring about much-needed development to the island nation. However, there are concerns that this visit may compromise […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The vision to transform Colombo into a beautiful city is already in motion, with plans provided by Surbana Jurong while similar plans have been prepared for Trincomalee, aiming to enhance the development in that region as well, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. He said Surbana Jurong is also actively involved in creating […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ports, Shipping and Aviation Ministry has planned to re-construct the Talaimannar Pier to facilitate passenger vessels from Rameswaram, India after 37 years. The pier was destroyed and had been abandoned to deteriorate during the conflict era in the north. Accordingly, under the instructions of Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the […]