Sri Lanka Solicits Bank Bids for Potential Dollar-Bond Exchange: Sri Lanka is working on a proposal to exchange its existing dollar bonds for new securities and ...
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Debt crisis: Developing world pays the price: Developing countries have taken on more debt than they can handle. That was less of a problem when interest rates ...
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How Is Sri Lanka Navigating Its IMF Bailout Program?: Examining Sri Lanka’s approach to fiscal targets and SOE reforms amid continued economic turbulence.
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Sri Lanka, Official Creditors Seal Debt Restructuring Deal: Sri Lanka struck an in-principle deal to restructure debt with a committee of official creditors ...
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Sri Lanka Bondholders’ Proposal Sees Government Pushback: Sri Lanka is taking an unfavorable view toward a proposal by foreign dollar bondholders for ...
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The Ministry of Finance on Friday issued a rebuttal to Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian’s criticism of its economic policy ... Show more More
Pakistan wants early conclusion of 9th IMF review: Dar: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan desires immediate conclusion of the 9th Review of the International Monetary Fund ...
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Senators join call for Treasury’s autonomy: They say this will end ‘unfairness’ witnessed in disbursement of funds to counties.
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Sri Lanka Government Develops Cold Feet, Calls Off Local Elections: Fearing that it will be routed in elections, the ruling party unleashed a propaganda campaign ...
thediplomat.com/2023/02/sri-lanka-government-develops-cold-feet-calls-off-local-elections/
Demystifying China’s Role in Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring: Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring is deeply embedded both within a global emerging market debt crisis ...
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IMF forcing privatization, land and resource grab on Sri Lanka: On September 1, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with the International ...
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Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring, IMF bailout plans to creditors: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will make a presentation to its international creditors on Friday ...
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Sri Lanka to unveil debt restructuring plan to creditors: Sri Lankan authorities will formally hold talks with international creditors on Friday to start the ...
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85% of Global Population Set to Live Under 'Deadly' Austerity Measures Next Year: "In the worst of times, austerity is the worst possible choice ...
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What's next for Sri Lanka as angry protesters occupy their leaders' luxury houses?
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agrees to resign amid unrest: The home of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who also said he would step down ...
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Quick Glance: Sri Lanka's President and Prime Minister to Resign Following Protests
- Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe indicated he will stand down once a new administration is formed, while President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation hours afterwards.
- Protesters later broke inside and set fire to the prime minister's private residence, according to Wickremesinghe's office.
- In a broadcast announcement, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said he informed Rajapaksa that parliamentary leaders had gathered and decided to request his resignation, and the president agreed.
- Rajapaksa appointed Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister in May, hoping that the professional politician would use his diplomacy and contacts to revive the country's economy.
Sri Lanka crisis live updates | Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as new Prime Minister
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IMF closely monitoring situation in Sri Lanka; hopes for political crisis resolution to resume bailout deal talks
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Quick Glance: Shinzo Abe's Party Wins Parliamentary Vote, Extending Legacy
- The Liberal Democrats, who are in power, are striving for a supermajority.
- TOKYO — Two days after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated at a campaign stop on Friday, his Liberal Democratic Party and its allies surged to victory in a parliamentary election, giving them the opportunity to pursue Mr. Abe's long-held dream of amending Japan's pacifist Constitution.
- Aside from party power struggles, the main question may be whether Mr. Kishida has his own vision in the end.
- Ayumi Sekizawa, 31, a real estate agent in Tokyo, said he voted for the Liberal Democrats in part to demonstrate his support following Mr. Abe's death.
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