President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Newsweek Cyclone Ditwah had been devastating as it overlapped with debt restructuring ...

President Dissanayake's government plans fresh steps to boost investment after 2022 economic collapse Power tariffs raised, state-run electricity board being broken up despite union protests $100 mln ...

(Reuters) -Sri Lanka's economy grew 5% last year, official data showed on Tuesday, beating forecasts, and marking a strong rebound from the country's worst financial crisis in decades, The economy ...

Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and contribute to chronic underfunding of education and other public services. The government should ...

Stilt fishermen in Sri Lanka working under the midday sun In April 2024, as a severe heatwave swept across Sri Lanka, temperatures climbed into the mid-30s °C. Malani, who lives in a small flat in ...

On Thursday, 3 April, Sri Lankans woke up to the alarming news that the United States, the country’s single largest export destination, would be applying 44% tariffs. These tariffs will hit Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka on Friday grappled with one of its worst disasters as Cyclone Ditwah wreaked havoc, causing floods and landslides ...

The tension began on Tuesday when a suicide bombing outside a judicial complex in Islamabad killed 12 people and injured many others. The first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka had taken place the ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's first leftist president has surprised investors by embracing pro-market reforms in his first year, and plans fresh steps to boost investment and energy supplies after ...