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-- 2022-07-01 20:32:16
With an out of work husband, housewife Sujeewa Nelum Perera is all too familiar with the struggle of feeding a family of four in Sri Lanka and has been forced to cut down on the number of meals they c...
-- 2022-07-01 15:48:43
The World Bank has appointed Martin Raiser as its vice president for the South Asia Region. He is an economist and development expert with almost two decades of experience at the World Bank Group, A...
-- 2022-07-01 13:11:21
Nearly 20 per cent of International Monetary Fund staff say their work has been "unduly influenced" by supervisors, according to an internal survey released on Thursday as part of a review of data int...
-- 2022-07-01 12:01:42
US stocks have seen their worst first half of a year since 1970, as concerns grow over how steps to curb inflation will affect economic growth. In the last six months, the benchmark S&...
-- 2022-07-01 10:15:18
Facebook-owner Meta Platforms has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn, report...
-- 2022-06-30 15:50:08
The International Monetary Fund reported constructive talks with Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday, raising hopes it could soon grant preliminary approval for a credit facility to alleviate a crisis...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-30 14:45:26
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says the war in the Ukraine is stifling trade and logistics of the country and the Black Sea region, increasing global vessel demand and the cost of...
-- 2022-06-29 12:26:27
On a cloudy June day, the Jumbo Floating Restaurant was towed out of Hong Kong's Aberdeen harbour. The giant six-storey structure - in the shape of a Chinese imperial palace - crept past...
-- 2022-06-29 10:17:19
Airbnb said on Tuesday it will make permanent its ban on parties in homes listed on its platform after seeing a sharp drop in reports of unauthorised gatherings since the prohibition was put in place...
-- 2022-06-28 18:41:54
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on, and said they would explore fa...
-- 2022-06-28 18:34:20
Sri Lanka's economy contracted 1.6 per cent in the January to March quarter versus the same period a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, and is expected to shrink even more in the current quarter am...
-- 2022-06-28 18:19:43
Eric Broten had planned to sow about 5,000 acres of corn this year on his farm in North Dakota, but persistent springtime rains limited him to just 3,500 in a state where a quarter or more of the plan...
-- 2022-06-27 22:52:56
Group of Seven nations have engaged in a debate to put a global price cap for Russian oil that would curb Moscow's energy revenues and potentially limit its ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine, ac...
-- 2022-06-27 10:20:21
Taiwan and the United States will hold trade talks on Monday under a newly agreed framework, the office of the US Trade Representative said. Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi will meet the...
-- 2022-06-27 10:14:29
Group of Seven leaders on Sunday pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China's older, multitril...
-- 2022-06-24 20:27:26
Shares were higher in Europe and Asia on Friday despite data suggesting some economies are slowing, according to AP. US futures also advanced after a rally Thursday on Wall Street, where the market i...
-- 2022-06-24 13:18:55
Germany is heading for a gas shortage if Russian gas supplies remain as low as they are now, and certain industries would have to be shut down if there is not enough come winter, Economy Minister Robe...
-- 2022-06-23 17:10:47
India's top diplomat held talks with Sri Lanka's president and prime minister on Thursday as India signalled its willingness to go beyond the $4 billion in loans, swaps and aid that it has already pro...
-- 2022-06-22 22:03:03
Global retailers and consumer goods makers remain in crisis mode and expect consumer behaviour to remain unpredictable for the foreseeable future, top industry executives told a conference in Dublin t...
-- 2022-06-22 13:44:18
Soaring food prices pushed British consumer price inflation to a 40-year high of 9.1 per cent last month, the highest rate out of the Group of Seven countries and underlining the severity of the cost-...
-- 2022-06-22 10:22:36
Important progress has been made in talks between the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan to revive the country's bailout programme, the lender's resident representative in Islamabad said on Wedn...
-- 2022-06-21 19:18:03
Germany faces certain recession if already faltering Russian gas supplies completely stop, an industry body warned on Tuesday, as Italy said it would consider offering financial backing to help compan...
-- 2022-06-18 14:09:17
Sri Lanka's government on Friday ordered public sector employees to work from home for two weeks due to severe fuel shortages as the island nation grapples with its worst financial turmoil in seven de...
DOULOT AKTER MALA, from GENEVA 2022-06-17 16:06:49
Though the member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally reached a deal in Geneva concluding the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) on Friday, it appears as a largely disappointing ou...
-- 2022-06-17 15:17:00
Asian stocks fell on Friday after major losses in the US and Europe as worries about the economy intensify following a series of rate hikes around the world. The UK and Switzerland raised int...
-- 2022-06-17 13:06:34
The yen has fallen sharply after Japan's central bank kept its ultra-low interest rates on hold as policy makers around the world hike the cost of borrowing to tackle rising prices. The Bank...
-- 2022-06-17 10:36:48
India's domestic macroeconomic conditions have improved further despite the downside risks posed to global growth from commodity-driven inflation, its central bank said on Thursday, reports Reuters....
-- 2022-06-16 16:40:51
Global remittances, the hard-earned money sent by migrant workers to their family members in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), grew by 8.6 per cent in 2021, says the International Fund for Agr...
-- 2022-06-16 12:00:10
As India faces a crippling surge in food and fuel prices, its policymakers will be counting mostly on this year's monsoon rains, not just interest rate hikes, to take inflationary pressure off the cou...
-- 2022-06-16 09:00:08
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its largest interest rate increase in more than a quarter of a century to stem a surge in inflation that US central bank officials acknowledged may be eroding...
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