President’s Office also reportedly issues statement saying negotiations with IMF are ‘highly successful’, and so are political negotiations to form an all-party government.
Amid fuel and food shortages and fears of army raids, only a few ‘permanent protesters’ are holding fort at Colombo’s Galle Face. Since 13 July, there’s been no major protest.
Wickremesinghe administration plans to submit a debt restructuring report to IMF by Aug. Showing it can repay debts & that it has the 'longevity to lead the country' will be key.
A veteran politician, Gunawardena, 73, earlier served as the foreign minister & education minister. He was appointed as Home Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
A day after Ranil Wickremasinghe takes oath as President, protestors at a site in Galle Face reportedly ‘attacked’, ‘taken away’. Incident receives international condemnation.
Many anti-government protesters see the former PM as inextricably tied to the erstwhile Rajapaksa regime, blamed for the country’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
Sri Lankan Parliament elects ex-PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to serve out rest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term. He wins 134 out of 225 MPs' votes, with nearest rival at 82.
Wickremesinghe was named President days after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned, following months of protests over a crushing economic crisis that has seen prices of essentials soar.
Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
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