The ADB as well as the World Bank had just promised around 160 million each to Sri Lanka, Wickremesinghe said, but the loan from the Manila...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed prime minister on Thursday, said he would give a "full explanation" of the financial crisis that has devast...

The fresh assistance could focus on humanitarian requirements and both governments are in close touch, ET has learnt. The Lankan government...

"From around 1,550,000 taxpayers at the beginning of 2020, the number came down to 1,036,000 in 2020 and to 412,000 in 2021. This is a mass...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) handed over to the parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena motions of no-confidence, even as the govern...

The island nation is grappling with its worst economic downturn since independence in 1948, with months of regular blackouts and acute shor...

Media minister Nalaka Godahewa announced his support for the thousands outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office who are demanding he a...

Finance Minister Ali Sabri, who is in Washington to negotiate a rescue package with the International Monetary Fund, said in a video confer...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has presided over the island nation's most painful downturn in memory and his government is preparing for immi...

The delegation led by newly-appointed finance minister Ali Sabry will hold talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) between April 1...

India on Thursday stated that it has been keenly following the evolving economic situation and other developments in Sri Lanka. In order to...

The opposition and some partners of the ruling coalition rejected calls this week for a unity government from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ...

Rajapaksa had appointed Sabry after sacking his brother Basil Rajapaksa, who was at the centre of anger within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujan...

Rajapaksa dissolved his cabinet on Monday and sought to form a unity government as public unrest surged over the ruling family's handling o...

Sri Lanka is said to be in the worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948.

Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned Tuesday just a day after he was appointed to the post by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as th...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is t...