Sri Lanka says will begin official talks with IMF next month
COLOMBO (Reuters)— Sri Lanka will start official talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, a cabinet spokesman saidContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka finance minister meets top IMF official amid economic crisis
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s finance minister held talks with a top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Monday, twoContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s opposition says government lost its legitimacy, claims it mishandled the debt crisis
KEY POINTS The Sri Lankan government has lost its “legitimacy” for the way it handled the country’s debt crisis andContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s Rupee Devaluation, Import Restrictions May Boost Inflation -analysts
(Reuters)- Sri Lanka’s sudden devaluation of the local currency and imposition of import limits on hundreds of items is likelyContinue Reading
Sri Lanka restricts 367 ‘luxuries’ as forex crisis worsens
(AFP/Reuters)-Sri Lanka on Wednesday tightened restrictions on a wide range of imports from whisky to kitchen appliances as a foreignContinue Reading
Hundreds of bakeries shut in Sri Lanka after cooking gas runs out
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Nearly 1,000 bakeries have closed in Sri Lanka due to a severe shortage of cooking gas, anContinue Reading
U.S. crude oil briefly tops $130 a barrel, a 13-year high on possible Western ban of Russian oil
U.S. crude oil surged more than 7% in Sunday evening trade as the market continued to react to supply disruptionsContinue Reading
Fertiliser ban decimates Sri Lankan crops as government popularity ebbs
AGBOPURA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – W.M. Seneviratne sat watching a mechanised harvester slice through the jade green fields around himContinue Reading
IMF urges Sri Lanka to raise taxes, devalue currency
(AFP)-The International Monetary Fund warned crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday that its foreign debt was “unsustainable”, and called for devaluationContinue Reading
Sri Lanka sacks energy minister a day after publicly criticizing the government’s monetary policy as economic crisis deepens
Sri Lanka’s president sacked his energy minister on Thursday as fuel shortages left the near-bankrupt island facing its worst blackoutsContinue Reading
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