Iran war: Sri Lanka, Egypt, and Pakistan are struggling with rising energy costs. The Iran war has worsened their economic situations. Thes...

Sri Lanka's government has halted the planned sale of key state enterprises. Sri Lankan Airlines, Sri Lanka Telecom, Sri Lanka Insurance, a...

Sri Lanka is set to increase household power tariffs by 15%, with industries facing a 20.5% hike and tourism businesses a 20.2% rise. This ...

Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for a fourth review of its Extended Fund Facility bailout, potentially unlocking...

The IMF has expressed hope that Sri Lanka's debt restructuring process would be completed by September, which is also the time for the glob...

The IMF is conducting an in-depth governance diagnostic exercise, which will assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka ...

The IMF said its board will meet on March 20 to review a preliminary staff-level agreement first signed in September, offering a lifeline t...

China's EXIM Bank has issued a letter granting Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on repayment and agreeing with the IMF's Extended Fund Facil...

The Sunday Times newspaper reported that China's Exim Bank delivered a letter on Saturday granting Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on repay...

Sri Lanka has large debt rollover volumes (Gross Financing Need) running up to 37 per cent of GDP in 2022, which the IMF wants to bring dow...

Sri Lanka held talks with the International Monetary Fund on October 16 on the release of a USD 2.9 billion rescue package by the Fund, the...

At an online engagement with the creditors, the government on Friday said that assurances from bilateral creditors are required as a prereq...

The IMF said that the visit will be from August 24 to August 31 and the main focus will be to continue discussions with the Sri Lankan auth...

The worrying part is that China may link Sri Lanka's message to defer the Yuan Wang 5's 'refueling stop' at Hambantota with the IMF approva...

Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, soaring prices, and power cuts affecting a l...

IMF said discussions with Sri Lanka on a potential IMF loan program are at an early stage and any deal would require "adequate assurances" ...

A severe shortage of foreign currency has left Rajapaksa's government unable to pay for essential imports, including fuel, leading to debil...