'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

Lanka crisis: Gotabaya forms panel to manage finances

The Sri Lankan government has appointed an advisory committee comprising eminent economic and fiscal experts to provide guidance on addressing the current debt crisis and engaging with the......

There will be no winning side in Ukraine war: India at UN

Asserting that there will be no winning side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has told the United Nations Security Council that diplomacy will be a lasting casualty while underscoring the......

Pak fails to implement 25 of 27 FATF action points

Pakistan has failed to complete 25 of the 27 action points given by the international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to check funding to terrorist groups such as......

World Bank, IMF meet ends sans consensus

The annual conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund where India was represented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, ended in Washington with no consensus among developing......

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global institution......

India, China to get bigger role in World Bank

The World Bank and IMF have announced that they will try to complete reforms in the Bank's voting structure by next year, a move which would give emerging economies like China and India a greater......

US Treasury's David Malpass bags World Bank's top job

The World Bank's executive board unanimously selected 63-year-old Malpass, who is currently Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs, as the bank's 13th President for a five-year term......