Sri Lanka expects up to $8bn more in loans, asset restructuring COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is expecting as much as $5 billion in loans next year from multilateral agencies besides an IMF... Published 19 Dec, 2022 07:10am
World Sri Lanka aims to nearly double tax revenue by 2026, says president COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will attempt to increase tax revenues to 15% of gross domestic product by 2026 from 8.5% now,... Published 19 Oct, 2022 07:13pm
World Sri Lanka approves law to liberalize petroleum imports COLOMBO: Sri Lanka approved legislation on Tuesday to let companies from oil-producing nations import and sell fuel... Published 18 Oct, 2022 05:57pm
World Sri Lanka’s economy shrinks 8.4% amid fertiliser, fuel shortages COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 8.4% in the quarter through June from a year ago in one of the steepest declines... Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:22pm
World Sri Lanka court bars former prime minister from leaving the country: anti-corruption group COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister... Published 15 Jul, 2022 05:12pm
World Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s resignation letter to be flown in from Singapore COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s original resignation letter will be flown into Colombo from... Published 14 Jul, 2022 08:52pm
World Outgoing Sri Lankan president lands in Singapore after fleeing uprising COLOMBO/SINGAPORE: Outgoing Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in Singapore on Thursday after fleeing... Published 14 Jul, 2022 06:41pm
World Sri Lanka cabinet to make way for unity govt amid political and economic meltdown COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president and the cabinet will make way for a unity government, the prime minister’s office... Published 11 Jul, 2022 05:40pm
World Sri Lanka PM says willing to step down for unity govt COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was willing to resign to make way for a new unity... Published 09 Jul, 2022 06:35pm
World Sri Lanka police impose curfew, fire tear gas as unrest escalates COLOMBO: Police in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo imposed a curfew after firing tear gas and using a water... Published 08 Jul, 2022 09:23pm
World Sri Lanka president asks Russia’s Putin to help import fuel COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday said he urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to help his cash-strapped... Published 06 Jul, 2022 06:41pm