Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data showed Saturday. An unprecedented financial crash in 2022 brought months of...

As rescue crews in neighbouring Sri Lanka looked for eight persons who had gone missing in floodwaters, heavy rains battered southern India on Wednesday, with coastal areas anticipating a probable cyclonic storm. A frequent and lethal...

Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who...

Following their crushing Test series loss in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Tim Southee resigned as captain of New Zealand, and Tom Latham will take over. Veteran seam bowler Southee wished Latham well and stated that it...

After its highest court blocked a contentious multimillion-dollar arrangement that outsourced visa processing to a foreign consortium, Sri Lanka has reinstated an online portal for visa applications in an effort to boost tourism. As the island...

The controversial $2.9 billion IMF bailout plan for Sri Lanka is ready to be discussed with the nation’s new administration, an IMF spokeswoman said. As the nation’s first left-leaning president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in...

A snap parliamentary election is anticipated to be called by the newly elected Marxist president of Sri Lanka before he can revisit the island nation’s unpopular IMF bailout package. Following a resounding victory in the weekend’s...

The International Monetary Fund is ready to discuss its controversial $2.9 billion bailout programme for Sri Lanka with the country’s new government, a spokesman said. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, sworn in Monday as the country’s first leftist...

Sri Lanka’s economic growth slowed, government data showed Sunday, days ahead of the first presidential elections since an unprecedented financial meltdown in 2022. The economy grew at 4.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this...

Following next month’s presidential election, Sri Lanka will play a two-match Test series against New Zealand, the country’s cricket authority announced on Friday. The first Test is scheduled to start at Galle on September 18, however...