Economic crisis

Cars for export park at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo on July 6, 2020. Japan recorded a trade deficit in April as imports ballooned 28% as energy prices soared following the war in Ukraine, according to Ministry of Finance data released Thursday, May 19, 2022. Photo: AP/UNB
World+Biz

Japan records trade deficit as imports surge on energy costs

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

BNP urges govt to drop expensive megaprojects to avert economic crisis

Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures during the ceremony to assume duties at the Prime Minister's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka October 29, 2018/ Reuters
Sri Lanka Crisis

No Sri Lankan politician fled to India, says high commission

A vehicle of Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters burns after set on fire during a clash with anti-government demonstrators, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
Sri Lanka Crisis

IMF says technical talks with Sri Lanka will continue as planned until new govt is formed

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
South Asia

Colombo calm after Sri Lanka declares state of emergency

Protestors shouts slogans against Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2022.
South Asia

Sri Lanka foreign reserves dip below $50 million, minister waves red flag

Patients wait to receive drugs in a medicines issue counter at Colombo South Teaching Hospital on May 2.Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images/Bloomberg
Analysis

Depleted hospitals rely on Sri Lankan expats to fly in medicine

International Monetary Fund. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

China backs Sri Lanka's decision to work with IMF to restructure debt

Members and supporters of Sri Lanka's opposition the National People's Power Party march towards Colombo from Beruwala, during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
South Asia

Thousands of Sri Lankans rally over government handling of crisis

Signs plastered on buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro blame President Jair Bolsonaro for surging food prices. Photographer: Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/Bloomberg
Analysis

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh is not going to be a Sri Lanka: PMO

People are given packets of biscuits from a free distributor, while waiting in line to buy kerosene near a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 7, 2022. Reuters.
South Asia

Sri Lanka's economic crisis may lead to more deaths than Covid-19, warn doctors