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Nandalal Weerasinghe was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka this year amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.(REUTERS)
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka Central Bank sees inflation to cool from 70% to 4% by end 2023: Report

Sri Lanka’s inflation is expected to significantly cool in the coming months after peaking near 70% this year, and the nation may gradually relax a currency band as inflows improve, central bank...

FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
Global Economy

Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns

Security personel patrol in a boat in the premises of the Parliament building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka passes constitutional amendment trimming presidential powers

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 consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers

A cargo ship sails towards Colombo Harbour as a Sri Lankan national flag is seen, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka to keep 'middle-income' status but seek concessional loans

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
South Asia

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

A cargo ship sails towards Colombo Harbour as a Sri Lankan national flag is seen, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sri Lanka Crisis

UN rights body renews accountability mandate for Sri Lanka

People walk past the main entrance of the Sri Lanka's Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
Global Economy

Sri Lanka holds rates as cenbank tries to stabilise harsh economic conditions

People walk past the main entrance of the Sri Lanka's Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka cenbank to hold rates as inflation worries persist

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
World+Biz

Sri Lanka's key inflation rate surges to record, keeps central bank pressured

Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/
Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lanka aims to have $2.9 bln IMF loan finalised in December - sources

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
Global Economy

Sri Lanka to unveil debt restructuring plan to creditors