Ceylon Wire - English https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Sri Lankans Leave for Low Wages While Foreign Workers Enter for Higher Pay, Ravi Says Ravi Karunanayake Says 10% US Tariff Is Not Enough to Give Sri Lanka an Advantage Ravi Karunanayake Urges Government to Reject Property Tax Pressure from IMF Ravi Karunanayake Calls for Lower Taxes and a Broader Tax Base to Increase Revenue Only 30% of Registered Companies Pay Taxes, Ravi Says Ravi Karunanayake Warns High Taxes Could Worsen Economic Inequality Ravi Karunanayake Stresses Importance of Protecting Sri Lanka’s $6 Billion US-EU Export Market Ravi Karunanayake Says Sri Lanka Remains Competitive Despite 10% US Tariff Ravi Karunanayake Criticizes Central Bank and IMF Policy, Warns Recovery Could Take Until 2027 Ravi Karunanayake Criticizes Central Bank and IMF Policy, Warns Recovery Could Take Until 2027 Ravi Karunanayake Calls for Lower Inflation Target to Boost Economic Recovery Domestic Tax Pressure and Policy Uncertainty Threaten Sri Lanka’s Competitiveness, Ravi Says 47% Fuel Price Hike and Supply Disruptions Have Hit Economy, Ravi Says Ravi Karunanayake Warns of Inflation Risk, Calls for Immediate Monetary Policy Revision Ravi Karunanayake Warns Inflation Has Exceeded Central Bank Target Firearm Licence Renewal for 2027 Begins Tomorrow PM Harini Amarasuriya Arrives in Bhutan for Global Food Systems Summit Nearly 30,000 Houses in High-Risk Landslide Areas Require Relocation Sri Lanka Customs Collects Rs. 1.83 Trillion in Revenue in First Eight Months Political Debate Erupts in Tamil Nadu Over Calls for Vijay to Become PM Candidate World’s Largest Telescope Nears Completion in Search for Alien Life Giant Orchid Blooms at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens After 16 Years New Plant Conservation Centre and Eco-Tourism Zone Planned for Hakgala Botanical Gardens 40 Professional Bodies and Trade Unions Oppose Proposed 22nd Amendment UN Warns of Above-Average Rainfall and Flood Risks in Sri Lanka Due to El Niño PAKISTAN’S HARD STATE IN A FRAGMENTING WORLD China reports 522,000 new COVID-19 cases, one death in July amid fluctuating upward trend HRW: Pressure on Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Increases The Securitisation Trap: How Military’s Defacto Rule Deepens Pakistan’s Regional Conflicts After criticism of PoK crackdown, Pakistan restricts foreign journalists with new travel permit rules The Prisoner of Adiala China’s Push for Openness Comes with Tighter Security Controls Europe silent as Pakistan strangles media rights further Is Bangladesh Facing a Crisis of Liberalism? Amir Baram’s Vision: A Strategic Arc from India and Israel to Greece and Cyprus A Tale of Two Kashmirs: As J&K Rises Through Integration, PoK Sinks Deeper into Crisis Beijing’s Bid to Control Faith China can build AI, but it can’t install trust What’s driving the rising unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir? PoJK Faces Pakistani Bullets as J&K Records Broad-Based Development Elections Without Choice: Democracy Under Constraint in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir India Is Quietly Splitting Into Multiple Silicon Valleys China patrols ‘deeply destabilizing’: US A hard state? Balochistan Has Become a Nightmare for the Pakistani Army Why Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Is in India and Why the Visit Matters Taiwan and Japan: A Strategic Defence Imperative A State of Devolution: Is Pakistan Outsourcing Security? Bangladesh’s future depends on the military distancing itself from politics HOME ENG