Whether an emailed resignation is legal is being considered, according to a statement by the speaker of the country's parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardenena.

Japan-based conglomerate announces plans to open $4-billion facility in Kansas to make EV batteries for Tesla.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane bound for the Maldives, while protesters tried to oust Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Covid curbs in Shanghai reignited worries of a wider economic disruption, while possible delisting risks of major Chinese firms from US exchanges dragged Hong Kong shares to a six-week low.

The IEA and the US say the energy crisis stemming from curbs on Russia should be a warning for Indo-Pacific nations to focus on shifting away from fossil fuels and China's solar tech suppliers

Leaders of the protest movement have said crowds will keep occupying the residences of the president and prime minister in Colombo until they finally leave office

Stuart Kirk, then head of sustainable investing, told a Financial Times event in May that central bankers were overstating warnings about the threat from global warming.

Rising interest rates and Chinese property sector uncertainty have prompted Asia-Pacific companies to take out bank loans instead of bond market issuances, new data show

Markets are pricing in a more hawkish outcome on interest rate hikes than is warranted, Morgan Stanley says.

Central Bank of Sri Lanka raises its Standing Lending Facility to 15.5% and Standing Deposit Facility Rate to 14.5%, the highest in 21 years

The deal is part of one-year pilot programme to test the new fuel for planes

London-based Nexo said it would buy up to 100% of Vauld and 'reorganize its future operations with the aim to accelerate its deeper presence in Asia'