Sources: Data provided by the Sri Lankan authorities; and IMF staff estimates. 1/ Colombo CPI. 2/ Cash basis, excluding accrued but not paid interest. 3/ Comprising central government debt, publicly ...

Tourist arrivals reached 2.17 million by December 11, pushing Sri Lanka past last year’s total. The bigger goal, though, was to edge closer to the 2018 peak of 2.3 million, and much will depend on how ...

COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s fragile economic recovery will be delayed as Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation of homes, roads and vital crops pushes more families into poverty, with officials warning that the bill ...

Shri Krishna Janmashtami 2025: This year, both householders and Vaishnav devotees will observe Shri Krishna Janmashtami on the same day, Saturday, 16 August 2025. According to the Hindu Panchang, the ...

Television actress Geetanjali Mishra, known for her role in 'Happu Ki Ultan Paltan', recently met Sri Lankan cricket legends Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthiah Muralidaran, and Aravinda de Silva. Mishra, a ...

Sri Lanka is confronting a growing humanitarian crisis following the country’s worst flooding in decades, with the World Food Programme (WFP) warning that families remain at risk of hunger and disease ...

The devastating Cyclone Ditwah has left a trail of destruction over 25 districts in Sri Lanka and killed 474 people; among the hardest-hit are those inhabiting low-lying coastal areas and the tea ...

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people hit by a cyclone last week, as the death toll climbed to ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital are flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered ...

Colombo (AFP) – The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster agency said on Sunday, with many more still missing. It is the ...

The death toll from devastating floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka has exceeded 330 people, as the country grapples with one of its worst weather disasters in years. More than 200 are missing, and some ...