South Asia | Sri Lanka Crisis

Basil Rajapaksa, one of the brothers of Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, gestures as he leaves after he announced that he had resigned from parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Sri Lanka court allows former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
South Asia

Deposed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on 3 Sept

Protestors shout slogans during a protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Global Economy

Japan calls for creditor nations' talks on Sri Lanka debt restructuring

Photo: Reuters
Sri Lanka Crisis

IMF provisionally agrees on $2.9 bln loan for Sri Lanka

People, including farmers, queue up outside a fuel station, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka on 28 July 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal
Sri Lanka Crisis

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes preliminary loan pact with IMF

People wait in a queue to buy kerosene at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka inflation soars 64.3% in August

Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Reuters
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka in 'final stage' of IMF talks; budget deficit widens

Sri Lanka's president to cut spending in interim budget
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka's president to cut spending in interim budget

Protesters shout slogans at an anti-government rally, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
World+Biz

Japan seeks to organise Sri Lanka creditors' meeting on debt crisis

People, including farmers, queue up outside a fuel station, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal
Sri Lanka Crisis

IMF team holds talks with crisis-hit Sri Lanka on debt restructuring

Sri Lanka's ousted president Rajapaksa may return home by early September
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka's ousted president Rajapaksa may return home by early September

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Sri Lanka Crisis

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors, says Wickremesinghe

People, including farmers, queue up outside a fuel station, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka c.bank holds rates, governor cautiously optimistic on economy