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Delay threatens to slow country’s recovery from the worst economic crisis in its history
Bond doc adventures
Friends of the court assemble!
Cunning new vulture investor or Poundland Elliott?
Dangerous DSAs
The US government Has Some Thoughts
Government declares holidays until Tuesday to try to head off any run on banks
The country’s ban on chemical fertilisers backfired, but still sharpened interest in greener alternatives
What a CACastrophe
Cynthia Shanmugalingam’s dazzling Tamil flavours are worth the wait
Colombo seals IMF deal but many remain sceptical about the country’s path to recovery
Ranil Wickremesinghe urges lenders to set aside differences in crisis closely watched by emerging-market borrowers
Fund’s board backs package weeks after Beijing drops resistance
Fund says agreement paves way towards $2.9bn rescue package
Opposition attacks foreign investment they say was enabled by Indian prime minister
A country that once had one of the highest living standards in south Asia is mired in economic crisis
Government seeks to cut cost of bloated armed services in wake of country’s financial crisis
From Rome’s ‘most luxurious hotel ever’, to tented suites in Bhutan and Christian Louboutin’s Portuguese retreat
South Asian island nation relies on international aid to stave off starvation
Judges praise ‘hilarious audacity’ of Sri Lankan’s ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
Emerging economies exploit price discounts forced on Moscow over invasion of Ukraine
Architect William Smalley journeys to Sri Lanka to further understand the father of tropical modernism
Crisis-hit Colombo needs commitments from big lenders to unlock IMF rescue package
The army has so little to do that soldiers are running hotels and restaurants
Finance ministry and central bank launch debt negotiations with ambitious timeline to unlock IMF bailout
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