Concerns still persist over Sri Lanka’s debt situation, but Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana affirmed that the restructuring provides significant debt relief, sufficient to restore debt ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier ...

Until the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government in 2024, Bangladesh's economy was heavily shaped by rampant corruption, plundering, and illicit asset transfers.

The country’s internal issues paired with potential external challenges merit a charter of economy as emphasised by the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake walked the diplomatic tightrope in December when he made his first international visit as ...

The stock market growth is a tale of exclusivity, benefiting a tiny fraction of the population while the vast majority ...

Despite their current challenges, most analysts believe that developed economies will avoid a full-blown crisis, owing to their ability to issue debt in their own currencies and i ...

ATHENS — Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given the green light to the separation of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) and Customs, a long-debated reform that has faced staunch resistance from tax ...

The global economy remains slow, creating major challenges for reducing poverty and inequality. According to the IMF’s latest ...

Beijing last year struggled to lift the economy out of a slump fuelled by a property market crisis, weak consumption and soaring government debt ...