News and Information

Curfew lifted in the island

News 1st
26 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

Re-opening Sri Lanka’s airports for tourists from 1st August proposed

Colombo Page
26 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

China 2020 GDP forecasts left unchanged as size of Beijing stimulus disappoints

South China Morning Post
26 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

In the lockdown economy, our old measures of inflation get it wrong

Business World
26 May 2020
  Global

Islands unaffected by COVID-19 permitted to resume sports activities

Avas
26 May 2020
  Maldives

Italy’s EU minister to Commission: Be ambitious with corona recovery fund

Politico
26 May 2020
  European Union

Easing Europe confident of avoiding coronavirus lockdown sequel

Reuters
26 May 2020
  European Union

ECB prepares for the worst - life without the Bundesbank

Reuters
26 May 2020
  European Central Bank;   Germany

Dealing with the impact of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Borgen Magazine
26 May 2020
  Bangladesh

WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 declining

Reuters
26 May 2020
  Global

International Finance Corporation to wait for right market condition to issue Nepali currency bonds in offshore markets

The Kathmandu Post
26 May 2020
  Nepal

EU looks for next step in coronavirus economic response

Atlantic Council
26 May 2020
  European Union

ADB approves $250 million support for Nepal's COVID-19 response

ADB
26 May 2020
  Nepal

Nepal PM assures testing 2% population for coronavirus

Online Khabar
25 May 2020
  Nepal

China’s economic strategy shift shows Xi Jinping is preparing for ‘worst case scenario’, analysts say

South China Morning Post
25 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

AIIB loans money to India, Bangladesh, and Georgia during COVID lockdowns

SWFI
25 May 2020
  Bangladesh;   India;   Georgia

Indian states abandon labor protection to revive economy

DW
25 May 2020
  India

Action will be taken if relief loan agreement is violated, warns ministry

Avas
24 May 2020
  Maldives

China’s five-year plan to focus on independence as US decoupling threat grows

South China Morning Post
24 May 2020
  People's Republic of China

Two sessions: no hard target but ‘growth still vital’ to China’s economy and goals

South China Morning Post
24 May 2020
  People's Republic of China