Sri Lanka

A general view of Sri Lanka's main business city as Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced 2023 budget amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
World+Biz

Sri Lanka records highest deflation since 1961

Since then, a $2.9 billion bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund, tax hikes and other austerity measures have slowly made headway in repairing the island's economy

Sri Lanka crash to record low Test total of 42 in South Africa
Sports

Sri Lanka crash to record low Test total of 42 in South Africa

Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF along with Katsiaryna Svirydzenka, Deputy Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF and Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Deputy Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF, attend a press conference organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage
South Asia

IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka's $2.9 bln bailout

A vendor cleans his vegetables stall as he waits for customers at a fruit and vegetable market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9 September 2024. Photo: Reuters
Asia

Sri Lanka's inflation rate drops to minus 0.7% in October

Rahat Ara Kabir Kheya. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Playing on a tough pitch: Lessons for Bangladeshi businesses from Sri Lanka’s comeback

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya waves to her party National People's Power (NPP) supporters during a rally on the last day of campaigning for the 17th Parliamentary Election in Piliyandala suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/File Photo
South Asia

Sri Lanka reappoints Amarasuriya as prime minister

Photo: Collected
Politics

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election

Sri Lankan President and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake gestures while giving speech during a public rally as part of campaign ahead of the 17th Parliamentary Election, in Homagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/File Photo
South Asia

Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks increased parliamentary strength

An empty beach seen in front of the Pearl Divers, a diving school, at Unawatuna beach in Galle, Sri Lanka July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
South Asia

Israel issues travel warning to parts of Sri Lanka over terrorism threat

Representational image. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

US warns of attack threat in Sri Lanka surf hotspot favoured by Israeli tourists

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after taking his oath of office at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 September 2024. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Sri Lanka's leftist government secures $200m World Bank loan

Photo: Collected
Global Economy

Sustaining reforms critical for Sri Lanka: IMF

A worker pulls a cart with bags of rice, flour, and garlic in Colombo, Sri Lanka. File Photo: Thilina Kaluthotage/Bloomberg
South Asia

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka records first deflation in 29 years