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 ...

The haul, with an estimated street value of $3.3 million, is the largest of its kind in Sri Lanka’s history. Sri Lanka Police “They must have planted it then,” she said. “I know who did it.” ...

Sri Lanka has debt outstanding of $5.65 billion to the ADB and owed $3.88 billion to the World Bank. The debt restructuring is also crucial for Sri Lanka to reach a 2.3% primary budget surplus by ...

To unlock Sri Lanka’s long-term potential, capital spending in support of medium-term growth should be executed more predictably. The task ahead is ambitious but doable. Keeping the reform momentum ...

Sri Lanka is an island nation off southern India: It won independence from British rule in 1948.Three ethnic groups - Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim - make up 99% of the country's 22 million population.

Sri Lanka on Monday secured a much-anticipated loan of about $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the South Asian nation navigates its worst financial crisis in decades.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 ...

Sri Lanka wins two golds, two silvers on day one. by damith June 23, 2025. June 23, 2025 1:16 am 0 comment Dhammika Ratnaweera. 242. Sri Lankan middle distance athlete Rushiru Chathuranga came to the ...

Last month, Sri Lanka’s electricity company cut power to Shanti’s home in a town near Colombo, where she lives with her sixteen-year-old son. Shanthi lost her job last year during a severe ...

He said Sri Lanka did not relax the import ban on salt after an initial shipment due to request from the industry. “We first imported about 12,500 tonnes of salt,” Mr Samarasinghe said on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage (left), speaking to a lawyer at a court in Colombo, on May 29. PHOTO: AFP. UPDATED May 29, 2025, 05:05 PM. Thanks for sharing!

London 'drug mule' tears up as she appears in court in Sri Lanka accused of smuggling £1.2 million of super-strength cannabis. Charlotte May Lee, 21, was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11 .