By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's surprise 100 basis-point interest rate hike risks tipping into ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's monetary stance is broadly appropriate, and the country still ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is in talks to buy Russian crude and refined fuels from Russia and ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sri Lanka’s strength lies in its position as an open, reliable, and ...

COLOMBO, April 15 (Reuters) - Over 200 ⁠Iranian ⁠crew members from two ⁠warships who were rescued by Sri Lanka have been sent back to their homeland, a top ‌official said on Wednesday. Sri ‌Lanka ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an ...

Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is beginning to lose momentum under the weight of renewed global shocks, the International ...

Navy rescues 32 sailors from frigate IRIS Dena but hopes were fading for 148 other sailors An ambulance enters Sri Lanka's southern naval head quarters in Galle on March 4, 2026, to pick up Iranian ...

The Sri Lankan rupee is set to recover from its slide by the end of this year as oil prices are set to decline and as the ...

Sri Lanka has waived visa fees for visitors from the United Kingdom and 39 other countries, effective from 25 May. Visitors from these countries can now obtain a free electronic travel authorisation ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has handed the captaincy of its one-day and Twenty20 teams back to Kusal Mendis while retaining Dhananjaya de Silva as skipper for the tests on next month's cricket ...

On September 21, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s eighth presidential election. Two days after being sworn in as the president, Dissanayake dissolved the ...