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Leader seeks power boost from parliament poll
News, Anusha Ondaatjie & Dan Strumpf, Published on 16/11/2024
» Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation's outsider leftist president will be able to fulfill his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and rewrite an unpopular International Monetary Fund loan programme.
Candidates vying to lead economy out of crisis
News, Anusha Ondaatjie, Published on 21/09/2024
» Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential election has become a referendum on a US$3 billion (99.1 billion baht) International Monetary Fund loan programme that has helped to pull the island nation out of its worst economic crisis since independence. The contest pits the incumbent president, who negotiated the bailout, against the country's main opposition leader -- both members of the Sri Lankan political elite -- and a Marxist politician waging a populist campaign. The three have put contrasting views before voters over how to steer the South Asian nation past the crisis.
Srettha to pay visit to Sri Lanka to sign free-trade agreement
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/01/2024
» Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin will visit Sri Lanka on Saturday and Sunday to sign a free-trade agreement (FTA) and be the guest of honour at the country's independence anniversary day celebrations.
Sri Lanka FTA set for February
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will travel to Sri Lanka to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in February following the latest round of talks between the two countries, according to the Commerce Ministry.
Ousted Sri Lankan leader to visit Bangkok from Singapore
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 11/08/2022
» The Thai government will allow Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to stay temporarily in Thailand.
Sri Lanka needs a currency board
News, R M Manivannan, Published on 09/05/2022
» The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave, which is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already underway. Now, the island is being rocked by street protests, and every member of the cabinet -- except Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- has resigned. To save Sri Lanka from economic collapse and socio-political disaster will require radical action.
200+ killed in Sri Lanka blasts
News, Agencies & Bangkok Post, Published on 22/04/2019
» Colombo: Multiple explosions rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday as attacks on churches and hotels left at least 207 dead including as many as 30 foreigners in the worst violence since a civil war ended a decade ago.
China's Sri Lankan push for power
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 31/10/2018
» Most people in the island nation of Sri Lanka and its Asian neighbours were stunned last week when President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe -- and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, the populist strongman who had ruled Sri Lanka for a decade before the scrappy alliance between Mr Sirisena and Mr Wickremesinghe forced him out of power in 2015.
PM says Sri Lanka trade deal on cards
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/07/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is optimistic about signing a free trade agreement with Sri Lanka after the two countries level up their economic ties, but said full bilateral trade will "need time".
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.