The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomed a timely contribution of $ 500,000 from the Government of the Republic ...

This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but much needed ...

MS. JAHAN: Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Thank you for coming to the press briefing with the IMF. I'm Sarwat Jahan, the Resident Representative based here in Colombo. As you know, the IMF ...

All these were promising signs for a better future until the country was hit by an unexpected natural disaster in the form of ...

In 2020, Sri Lanka went through its worst bout of macroeconomic instability since winning independence. The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only cause of this instability; the economy has long been beset ...

COLOMBO, May 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the ...