The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

The port in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated northern province is close to the Indian coastline and is being “rehabilitated” with a $61.5 million grant assistance from India.

Sri Lanka have announced a revamped 17-player squad for their upcoming ODI tri-nation series against India and South Africa, starting April 27 in Colombo. After a disappointing 2-0 series loss in ...

Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a fourth review of an Extended Fund Facility bailout, the IMF said on Friday. On approval by the IMF Executive ...

COLOMBO, April 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday, unchanged from its October forecast, but faces ...

The hosts are coming into the series on the back of a 2-0 ODI series loss in New Zealand. Sri Lanka have announced a 17-member squad for their upcoming tri-nation series against India and South Africa ...

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities to stay away on Thursday after four people died and hundreds fell sick while in lengthy queues. Regional police ...

The event was hosted by Prageet Seniviratne, Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Mombasa and Director of EFL Logistics Mombasa (formerly known as Expo Lanka). Under his leadership, members of the Sinhala, ...

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), launched a comprehensive Marine Tourism Roadmap which could transform the island nation ...

A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils. The Liberation Tigers of ...

However, once Bates departed for 31, Sri Lanka chipped in with a couple of more wickets, reducing New Zealand to 74 for 3 in the 11th over. Izzy Sharp and Plimmer revived the innings briefly ...