Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 6, 2023After the annual budget included the controversial Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme, popularly known as the Constituency Development Fund, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has vocally opposed the government’s move. Last Thursday, the party registered a resolution motion at the Parliament Secretariat demanding that the disputed fund be scrapped. Since the economy is in a poor shape, the state coffers will suffer further from such a disputed programme, which…
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EDITORIAL in The Island, May 3, 2023China has manoeuvred astutely to overshadow the IMF in Sri Lanka. It is never tired of waiting until the time is opportune for action. When Sri Lanka was left with no alternative but to go cap in hand to the IMF, last year, many thought that the western bloc and India had succeeded in removing it from China’s sphere of influence, and Beijing would have its work cut out…