Sri Lanka’s strategic location and maritime heritage offer a foundation for economic renewal. With wise governance, ...

Sri Lanka has been ranked in the 14th position on the 2016 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index (GSLI). The country moved up by two points this year from 2015 on the index... ..

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double.

Sri Lanka, an island nation of 22 million, is facing an economic and political crisis, with protesters taking to the streets in defiance of curfews and government ministers stepping down en masse.

The International Monetary Fund is lending Sri Lanka $3bn (£2.4bn) to help it deal with its worst economic crisis in its history as an independent nation. Soaring prices, shortages of essential ...

Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt last spring, and it is now in discussions with the International Monetary Fund over a bailout package that could inject $2.9 billion in much-needed cash into its ...

Sri Lanka's central bank said on Tuesday it had become "challenging and impossible" to repay external debt, as it tries to use its dwindling foreign exchange reserves to import essentials like fuel.

This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but much needed ...

Sri Lanka has made substantial progress on an IMF-supported economic reform program, but more work is needed to reduce the Asian country's 24.5% poverty rate, tackle corruption and reduce domestic ...