Sri Lanka economic crisis

Loyalists turn on Sri Lanka PM as protest pressure grows
World+Biz

Loyalists turn on Sri Lanka PM as protest pressure grows

People stand in a long queue to buy kerosene oil for kerosene cookers amid a shortage of domestic gas due to country's economic crisis, at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Bangladesh may postpone loan repayments, India assures fuel to save Sri Lanka

Ali Sabry, newly appointed minister of finance, speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Sri Lanka says India, World Bank consider $2 billion bridge finance

People hold placards as they demand Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign after his government lost its majority in the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

A protest in a small Sri Lankan town that quickly turned deadly

Sri Lankan police officers with tear gas guns walk along a main road as people protest against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a residential area after the government imposed a curfew following a clash between police and protestors near the President's residence during a protest amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Sri Lanka town under curfew, foreign concern over killing

The International Monetary Fund logo is seen inside its headquarters at the end of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Global Economy

IMF says any loan to Sri Lanka requires debt sustainability

Members and supporters of Sri Lanka's opposition the National People's Power Party march towards Colombo from Beruwala, during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
South Asia

One dead after police fire on protesters in Sri Lanka amid bailout talks with IMF

The production of rice and of tea sank precipitously, reducing Sri Lanka’s purchasing power while also causing food insecurity. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Sri Lanka shows the folly of fringe theories

A general view of fishing trawlers parked at Negombo's "Lellama" fishery harbour during the sunrise, as fishermen and their families struggle due to a lack of diesel and a price hike over the last few months amid the country's economic crisis, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 16, 2022. Picture taken April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
South Asia

Life 'very hard' for Sri Lanka fishermen in financial squall

People shout slogans against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and demand that Rajapaksa family politicians step down, during a protest amid the country's economic crisis, at Independence Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka.(REUTERS)
Global Economy

Sri Lanka asks IMF for rapid financial assistance

People stand in a long queue to buy kerosene oil for kerosene cookers amid a shortage of domestic gas due to country's economic crisis, at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
World+Biz

Sri Lankan president expands cabinet ahead of IMF talks

Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Glasgow in 2021.Photographer: Andy Buchanan/Pool/Getty Images
Analysis

Sri Lanka must show IMF sustainable debt plan for emergency aid

Investors react at the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Sri Lanka regulator halts Colombo Stock Exchange next week