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PM to sign Sri Lanka FTA in days
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/02/2024
» Thailand and Sri Lanka will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) this week during Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's trip to the island country, said spokesman Chai Watcharonke on Thursday.
Asian currencies subdued as investors await Fed decision
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2023
» SYDNEY: Most Asian currencies were tepid on Wednesday, with the Philippine peso falling most, as investors await the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's (Fed) policy meeting for clarity on the future United States rate path.
Sri Lanka needs a currency board
Asia focus, RM Manivannan, Published on 13/06/2022
» The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave that is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, half a world away from the battlefield, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already under way.
'Democracy' at odds with people's concerns in Sri Lanka
Asia focus, Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore, Published on 12/11/2018
» After Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced the shock decision on Oct 26 to appoint his longtime political foe Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, Western diplomats and the international media expressed outrage at what they perceived as "lack of respect for democratic institutions".
PM pushes for more Sri Lanka trade
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 13/07/2018
» Leaders from Thailand and Sri Lanka have signed documents to strengthen bilateral ties and develop a strategic economic partnership.