AFP: Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has little room to renegotiate an IMF bailout that threw a lifeline to his bankrupt ...

Sri Lanka's private credit surged 135 billion rupees in August 2024, up from 60 billion rupees in July, with credit to ...

A fortnight later, when the votes were counted, Anura won a clear mandate, beating key challengers like Sajith Premadasa of ...

Recognising the need to advance key economic reforms, an IMF team is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday, Oct. 2, to assess the nation’s economic progress.

The IMF mission recommended that CB shift from using two policy rates to a single policy rate, enhancing its ability to steer market interest rates and communicate its monetary stance more effectively ...

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

Mohan Mendis The 2019 and 2024 Sri Lankan presidential elections saw significant shifts in political leadership and voter ...

In a landmark victory that has reshaped the political landscape of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emerged triumphant in the nation’s 2024 presidential election, held on September 21.

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a snap general ...

You could blame the Buddhist extremists of the majority Sinhalese population who led the first pogroms against the Tamil minority in 1958, or the Marxist insurrection that broke out in 1971 (30,000 ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany. Oil exports have "held steady" and government spending has ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament and called for a parliamentary election in an ...