A spokesman of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) said a video released by Ajith Dharmapala, a former police officer, claimed that President Rajapaksa was staying at the house belonging to Pathirana.
Fears of deflation along with a rising risk of competitive devaluation has been behind the emerging market currency rout recently and "this is not necessarily the end of it", says Khoon Goh of ANZ Research.
Over the past week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan`s administration has lashed out at the central bank, urging it to aggressively lower interest rates to shore up economic growth ahead of general elections in June.
According to Arvind Panagariya, even when India is facing a slowdown in economic growth and currency crisis, its economy is growing around 5 percent which was considered high growth rate previously. He, therefore, expects Indian economy to see a turnaround in another year and half.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the steep fall in the rupee was a matter of great concern and the Centre was trying to resolve the situation.
Financial head of research at Rabobank, Adrian Foster believes that the euro could fall below its lifetime lows to around 1.25 per dollar levels.