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'

Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund have got more difficult and complicated because the country is bankrupt, the PM told Parliament on Tuesday

Russia has struggled to make payments on $40 billion of outstanding bonds since its invasion of Ukraine, as sanctions have effectively cut the country off from the global financial system

Stocks were up in Asia on Friday with South Korea enjoying the largest daily jump in 16 months, while tech shares helped lift markets in China, Japan, and Australia

The neighbours are also in talks for additional support, including a $500 million credit line for fuel and help with importing fertiliser and rice, officials said.

Chinese tech shares in Hong Kong rose after President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting that backed support for fintech firms. Alibaba jumped 6.4%, and Chinese automakers also shone.