Japan's central bank hiked its full-year inflation forecast on Thursday but cautioned that it sees rising prices, driven by a surge in commodity costs cause by the Ukraine war, as a volatile and tempo...
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man and wounded three others in West Bank clashes early Wednesday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The man killed was identified as 21-year-...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will receive $300 million to $600 million from the World Bank over the next four months to buy medicine and other essential items, the country’s finance minister sa...
The World Bank has stated that the Maldives economy has recorded a strong recovery amid existing weaknesses and global challenges.
In the regional update for the Maldives, the World Bank stated the ec...
According to the latest regional economic update of World Bank, the Maldives expects its real GDP to grow by 8.5 percent by 2022 end, and reach 9.1 percent in 2023.
The island nation has shown strong...
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday placed a travel ban on the country's recently resigned central bank chief following allegations he is responsible for the island's crippling economic crisis.
The magistr...
Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) has announced its action plan on reducing the usage of bank checks to promote and foster digital payment alternatives.
According to the central bank, it aims to reduc...
BANGKOK (AP) — Disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among the impacts of the war in Ukraine that will slow economies in Asia in coming months, the World Bank...
Sri Lanka's central bank governor, who had resisted mounting calls for the island nation to seek an IMF bailout, announced his resignation Monday as protests escalated over a worsening economic crisis...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in a firefight in the occupied West Bank early Saturday, police said, raising fears of further escalation of violence during the Musl...
