Sri Lanka

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sri Lanka will be stuck in economic short-termism

The country is arranging financial support to help with debt repayments

Sri Lanka
  • Dec 17, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s restored prime minister will be unstable

Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed prime minister despite the president’s avowed misgivings

Sri Lanka
  • Dec 14, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa will push harder for early polls

The recently appointed prime minister is under pressure, with the president’s dissolution of parliament ruled illegal

Sri Lanka
  • Nov 30, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet and parliament are both deadlocked

The executive and legislature are encountering pushback ahead of a key ruling by the judiciary

Sri Lanka
  • Nov 12, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa will win polls, if they are held

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna would likely win the most votes in an early parliamentary election

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 29, 2018
  • 7 min read

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister will be secure

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s sudden transition from opposition to government is likely to withstand questions over its legitimacy

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 24, 2018
  • 7 min read

Sri Lanka will seek more trade to ease economic crisis

The government aims to finalise further free trade agreements to bolster the country’s exports

Sri Lanka
  • Jun 7, 2018
  • 7 min read

Sri Lanka is likely to face early elections

The next parliamentary poll is due in 2020, but the governing coalition is unstable

Sri Lanka