Top economists call for halt to SL debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah

A group of 121 world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, ‘The Guardian’ reports. The country’s $9bn (£6.8bn) national debt was restructured last year, after lengthy negotiations with creditors after the […]