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Top StoriesUkraine Aims for $15-20 Billion IMF Loan by Year-End -Central Bank Governor
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Swears in New Prime Minister
Date: July 22, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades. The event came just hours after security forces raided...
Sri Lanka Gets New President in Six-Time PM Wickremesinghe
Date: July 20, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government can help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis. The six-time prime minister won 134 votes in the 225-member...
Wickremesinghe, a Wily Political Survivor, Elected Sri Lanka’s President
Date: July 20, 2022
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka’s prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, securing the presidency after winning a parliamentary vote on Wednesday despite fierce public opposition to his candidacy. “I thank parliament for this honour,” the...
Sri Lanka Says IMF Talks Near End After Declaring State of Emergency
Date: July 18, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that the country had almost concluded negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a day after he declared a state of emergency in the island nation. “The acting president further explained that negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were nearing...
Sri Lanka to Get New President Next Week Amid Political and Economic Meltdown
Date: July 11, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had overseen a ruthless crushing...
Sri Lanka to Get New President Next Week Amid Political and Economic Meltdown
Date: July 11, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had overseen a ruthless crushing...