Sri Lanka economy

FILE PHOTO: A closed Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station displays the availability of all fuel types on a board due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
South Asia

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka woos foreign oil firms amid fuel shortages

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Global Economy

Inside Sri Lanka’s devastating economic crisis

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
South Asia

Sri Lanka's prime minister takes on crucial finance ministry portfolio

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
Global Economy

Sri Lanka's prime minister says he will slash expenditure in new budget

A man waits inside a three-wheeler near a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices, encourages people to work from home

Sri Lanka default hints at trouble ahead for developing nations
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka default hints at trouble ahead for developing nations

A man counts Sri Lankan rupees at a money exchange counter in Colombo September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lankan rupee depreciation swells private credit in March

Demonstrators shout slogans against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
South Asia

IMF urges Sri Lanka to tighten monetary policy, raise tax to address debt woes

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

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

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