(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 National People’s Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered office in late 2024 at a turning point in the country’s economic history. Sri ...

As most of the world focuses on overcoming the Covid pandemic that has raged on for the last two years amid a backdrop of a war in Ukraine and rising inflation rates, Sri Lanka is in the midst of a ...

Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his first budget on Monday to outline how the island nation plans to strengthen its recovery from a financial crisis ...

Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve in northern Sri Lanka is an important coastal ecosystem that contains all the main blue carbon habitats, from mangroves to seagrass meadows to salt marshes and tidal flats.

(Bangkok) – Regressive government policies and inadequate social protection left many Sri Lankans at risk from the worst effects of the country’s economic crisis, Human Rights Watch said today in its ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition In recent months, the foundations of traditional aid models have begun to erode, as major donor countries scale back their commitments to ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his first budget on Monday to outline how the island nation plans to strengthen its recovery from a ...