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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's central bank governor on Thursday confirmed the country had defaulted on foreign bonds and warned inflation could soar to 40%, but struck an optimistic note that a modicum of political stability was returning. [1]
COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka will temporarily suspend foreign debt payments to avoid a hard default, the central bank governor said on Tuesday, with its limited foreign reserves required for imports of essential items such as fuel. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]
Sri Lanka crisisSri Lanka to build foreign reserves after IMF rescue: central banker Weerasinghe says talks with creditors like China are going well, may drag into 2023 Nandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, speaks at a news... (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]
COLOMBO -- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka suffered another setback on Wednesday, after it failed to clinch a staff-level agreement on the next stage of its bailout from the International Monetary Fund, which did not give a timeline for disbursing a second $330... [4]
NEW YORK -- Welcome to Nikkei Asia's podcast: Asia Stream. Every episode, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of expert interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe. [5]
KANDY, Sri Lanka — Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by ... [6]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election in January, nearly two years ahead of schedule, the government’s spokesman said on Monday, with Mahinda Rajapaksa expected to run for a third six-year term. [7]
COLOMBO — Talks between China and Sri Lanka for a free trade agreement have hit major hurdles, mainly because Beijing will not agree to Colombo’s demand for a review of the deal after 10 years, Sri Lanka’s top negotiator said. [8]
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's central bank governor on Thursday confirmed the country had defaulted on foreign bonds and warned inflation could soar to 40%, but struck an optimistic note that a modicum of political stability was returning.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka will temporarily suspend foreign debt payments to avoid a hard default, the central bank governor said on Tuesday, with its limited foreign reserves required for imports of essential items such as fuel.
Sri Lanka crisisSri Lanka to build foreign reserves after IMF rescue: central banker Weerasinghe says talks with creditors like China are going well, may drag into 2023 Nandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, speaks at a news
COLOMBO -- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka suffered another setback on Wednesday, after it failed to clinch a staff-level agreement on the next stage of its bailout from the International Monetary Fund, which did not give a timeline for disbursing a second $330
NEW YORK -- Welcome to Nikkei Asia's podcast: Asia Stream. Every episode, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of expert interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.
KANDY, Sri Lanka — Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election in January, nearly two years ahead of schedule, the government’s spokesman said on Monday, with Mahinda Rajapaksa expected to run for a third six-year term.
COLOMBO — Talks between China and Sri Lanka for a free trade agreement have hit major hurdles, mainly because Beijing will not agree to Colombo’s demand for a review of the deal after 10 years, Sri Lanka’s top negotiator said.
KANDY, Sri Lanka — Police in Sri Lanka said on Thursday that they had arrested the suspected leader and nine other suspects behind a wave of anti-Muslim attacks by Sinhalese Buddhist hardliners in a central highlands region this week.
NEW DELHI -- Sri Lanka paid back $1 billion of its external debt Monday by tapping its foreign currency reserve, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Gov. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said, after attempts to raise the funds from the international bond market failed.