COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's first leftist president has surprised investors by embracing pro-market reforms in his first year, and plans fresh steps to boost investment and energy supplies after ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara ...

Sri Lanka, even before recovering from the crippling economic crisis of 2022, was struck by another disaster. Cyclone Ditwah, ...

As most of the world focuses on overcoming the Covid pandemic that has raged on for the last two years amid a backdrop of a war in Ukraine and rising inflation rates, Sri Lanka is in the midst of a ...

On Dubai visit, senior officials say country is turning around fortunes after facing economic collapse and a devastating ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka has started to gradually improve following its worst economic crisis two years ago, the International Monetary Fund said ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that he is seeking a loan repayment moratorium until 2028 as the debt-ridden county tries to emerge from bankruptcy. President Ranil ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announces first budget since last year's election 2025 economic growth seen at 5%; debt repayments to resume in three years Primary surplus to be maintained at 2.3% ...

SRI LANKA — Following a major economic crisis in Sri Lanka marked by protests that culminated in the overthrow of the government in 2022, voters in the island nation went to the polls on Saturday to ...

(Reuters) -Sri Lanka's economy grew 5% last year, official data showed on Tuesday, beating forecasts, and marking a strong rebound from the country's worst financial crisis in decades, The economy ...

Just two years after the April-July 2022 popular uprising in Sri Lanka, neighbouring Bangladesh has been convulsed by mass protests during July-August 2024, sending shock waves through the ruling ...

President Dissanayake's government plans fresh steps to boost investment after 2022 economic collapse Power tariffs raised, state-run electricity board being broken up despite union protests $100 mln ...