In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the side-lines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe responded...
Crisis-hit Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over $3bn (£2.4bn) of funding. The deal, which still needs to be approved...
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) will celebrate its 80th anniversary early next month. That will mark the 80th birthday not...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be among more than one hundred heads of state to attend the above conference in Paris from 22 to 23 June. Ad hoc debt restructuring...
(IANS) Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar continued with his “contradictory” approach with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), alleging that geopolitics was behind a stalled loan programme...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Sri Lankan economy has not been doing well for the last few decades. Consistent balance of payment issues due to dwindling exports...
It was important for Sri Lanka to restructure its debt and relax import restrictions by the end of this year, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India,...
By Akitha Perera Investors will not come to a country that does not adhere to the rule of law, Chief Opposition whip Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday,...
By Upali de Seram The government is pushing forth the controversial Broadcasting Regulatory Commission Act to curb anti-government media and when people oppose such moves, they...
The Lankan economy is showing tentative signs of improvement, in part due to the implementation of critical policy actions, says Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of...