Amid an escalating political crisis in a country already reeling under its worst financial crisis in decades, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives on Wednesday, July 13, from where …
Dhananjaya de Silva makes Pakistan play by his tune
It was Dhananjaya de Silva who topped that poll for Sri Lanka, no doubt having won over a fair few Pakistanis across the previous three days. He’d come in with Sri Lanka struggling on day one, and …
IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring
The island of 22 million is currently engulfed by its most severe economic and political crisis in recent history …
Myanmar Says It Has Enough Funds to Avert Sri Lanka-Like Crisis
Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka’s, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the Southeast Asian nation …
Myanmar Says It Has Enough Funds to Avert Sri Lanka-Like Crisis
Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka’s, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the Southeast Asian nation …
Bangladesh seeks $4.5 bln IMF loan as deficit widens, newspaper says
Bangladesh has sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Daily Star newspaper reported on Tuesday, joining South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in seeking help to …
Laos’s China problem is ominously similar to crisis-ridden Sri Lanka’s
Laos faces bankruptcy, but like another crisis-ridden Asian state, Sri Lanka, its future is not in its own hands. That role is played by China, whose aggressive lending has helped to take one country …
Laos’s China problem is ominously similar to crisis-ridden Sri Lanka’s
Laos faces bankruptcy, but like another crisis-ridden Asian state, Sri Lanka, its future is not in its own hands. That role is played by China, whose aggressive lending has helped to take one country …
What lies ahead for Sri Lanka?
SRI Lanka, an island nation with a population of 22 million, is in serious trouble both economically and politically. The country has run short of fuel, electricity, food and medical supplies. Its …
What lies ahead for Sri Lanka?
SRI Lanka, an island nation with a population of 22 million, is in serious trouble both economically and politically. The country has run short of fuel, electricity, food and medical supplies. Its …