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

The past is already gone, leaving no room for any course correction. But there is a future. It is the present that determines ...

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 ...

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 ...

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