The Government last week obtained approval from Parliament for its Domestic Debt Restructuring Plan now referred…
Category: Economic Crisis
Existing laws sufficient enough to take action against economic criminals: AKD
While reiterating that existing laws are sufficient enough to take action against criminals involved in economic…
Exercise in futility
A Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) has been set up to probe how the country became bankrupt.…
Involuntary & Inequitable DDO By Ameer Ali –
Domestic debt restructuring (DDR) is the second half of the debt restructuring (DR) strategy mooted by…
Naysayers of domestic debt restructuring: What is the alternative?
Parliament on Saturday approved a domestic debt restructuring program that would rework nearly half of the…
Health sector woes need emergency treatment
Saying Sri Lanka’s health sector is in crisis would be an understatement. It is not only…
Sri Lanka: Health Workers Action Committee holds meeting at Kandy General Hospital
On June 24, the Health Workers Action Committee (HWAC) held an important meeting at the Kandy…
Opposition slams govt. over domestic debt restructuring
Champika & GL Expressing strong opposition to the proposed domestic debt restructuring programme announced by the…
Repaying our debts. and the unthinkable alternative
Up to December 2022, our external debt stood at US$ $49.7 billion. By April 2023 we…
Sri Lankan economy not out of the woods yet Five things that could make or break it
Mahinda Rajapaksa swelled the government service from 700,000 when he came to power to over 1.5…