It was strongly argued before the Presidential election that a party like the National People’s Power (NPP) led by Anura ...

The rapacious Sri Lankan elites see the IMF’s harsh austerity demands as encouraging greater foreign direct investment and ...

Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Friday in line with expectations, citing domestic and global ...

On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ...

The merchandise trade deficit widened during the eight months ending August 2024 (provisional) compared to the same period in ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) kept the Standing Deposit Facility Rate at 8.25% and the Standing Lending Facility Rate ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

Emerging market stocks jumped nearly 2% on Thursday, boosted by Chinese and Hong Kong shares on Beijing's promise of more policy measures, while Pakistan's stock index hit a lifetime high after the ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has little room to renegotiate an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout that threw a ...

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was already communicating with Sri Lanka's new economic team. "We are ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka’s presidential ...