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1 – 6 of 6According to the constitution, the next presidential election must take place in September-October 2024, but parliamentary polls are not due until 2025. Wickremesinghe is heavily…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284210
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The bailout’s second tranche cannot be released until the review is complete. Separately, the government is battling accusations that it is protecting individuals who helped…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282414
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who promised to deliver the amendment, assumed office in July amid a wave of protests that forced his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign. As…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273767
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The government’s commitment to fiscal consolidation is aimed at pleasing the IMF, with which Sri Lanka recently reached a staff-level agreement on a four-year, USD2.9bn bailout…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274687
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Some observers fear Nepal could soon end up in a full-blown economic crisis such as that now affecting Sri Lanka, which recently suspended external debt servicing. Kathmandu, like…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270224
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The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation now has a charter