Tag: Sri
Bitcoin: billionaire and BTC fan Tim Draper rejected by Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය – That means Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Sinhalese and that’s where Tim Draper came to settle down last week with his reality…
Strangled by its debt, Sri Lanka is still tightening its belt
Rickshaw drivers fetch fuel in July 2022 in Colombo, in the midst of an economic crisis. KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS In a country in ruins, the government imposes a new austerity plan…
Report dissects role of Chinese debt in Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
In Colombo (Sri Lanka), September 15, 2022. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP Did Chinese loans plunge Sri Lanka into economic and political crisis in the spring? Their rapid increase, from…
Sri Lanka: Chinese projects worth billions and investment ruins
Atul Loke/Bloomberg A port city that, more than ten years after the start of the project, is nothing more than a wasteland, or an airport with almost no flights: in…
Sri Lanka congratulates Booker Prize winner on civil war novel
The government denounced, in passing, the censorship which weighed on the country exercised by the army for years. Colombo on Tuesday congratulated Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of Britain’s…
Ruined Sri Lanka turns to Russian oil at knockdown prices
Sri Lanka’s shift illustrates the growing tendency for struggling countries to take advantage of price cuts generated by Western sanctions against Moscow. ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP Since May, Sri Lanka has…
Sri Lankan stocks tumble in worst session in five months
Sri Lankan stocks on Tuesday recorded their worst session since late April, as industrials, financials and energy stocks dragged the market lower for the fourth consecutive day. * The CSE…
The Sicav of the Week: Tocqueville Technology SRI
By Christopher Voisin Published on 09/29/2022 at 5:45 p.m. (Boursier.com) — Tocqueville Technology SRI is a fund invested in European technological innovations with a…
BNPP AM celebrates 20 years of SRI fund range
By Claude Leguilloux Published on 09/26/2022 at 4:31 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters …
the SRI label conquers real estate
The building sector is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in France. MICHELE CONSTANTINI/ES/PHOTONONSTOP Since October 2020, funds that invest in real estate can apply for the SRI…
Sri Lanka to present debt restructuring
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will present to international creditors on Friday the extent of its economic problems as well as debt restructuring and bailout plans by the…
NZZ reporter diary: leper colony in Sri Lanka
South Asia correspondent Andreas Babst on the island of Mantheevu in eastern Sri Lanka. The man on the phone was quite gruff. ‘What do you want there? Do you want…