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1 – 8 of 8According to the constitution, the poll must take place in September-October. The JVP was formed as a Marxist-Leninist party. Recent opinion polling suggests Dissanayake would be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286768
ISSN: 2633-304X
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According 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
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Separately, the IMF’s Executive Board on March 20 approved a four-year, roughly USD3bn Extended Fund Facility for the country. The approval came around ten months after Sri Lanka…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278564
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The leaders held talks on a range of issues, including economic cooperation. Kishida afterwards described India as an “indispensable partner” in Japan’s attempts to realise its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278223
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SRI LANKA: Budget supports pursuit of IMF bailout
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES274053
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SRI LANKA: IMF bailout may now be close at hand
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES276559
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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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Colombo is seeking a bailout of up to USD4bn from the Fund to ease the foreign exchange (forex) crisis which prompted it to suspend external debt servicing earlier this month…