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Bank Pembangunan scales back private bets: sources

A pivot… after expensive misadventures.

Nov 26, 2025
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Made it! Phew! A close-to-midnight edition with a newsbreak.

I’m taking a breather tomorrow. Keep forgetting I’m no longer a spring chicken.

In case you missed the earlier newsletter on how a toll-road empire is being dismantled (and it comes with an update), I’ve got you covered 👇🏾

The fall of a crony capitalist

The fall of a crony capitalist

Emmanuel Samarathisa
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Nov 26
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