Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...

Prime Minister Modi’s three-day visit to Sri Lanka fostered stronger bilateral ties with President Dissanayake. Seven MoUs were signed in key sectors including defence, energy, and trade.

Author is an art historian, filmmaker and photographer. One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka ...

Modi travelled to Sri Lanka after attending the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand, where his engagements included discussions with regional leaders such as Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

India, UAE, and Sri Lanka signed a pact to develop an energy hub in Trincomalee during Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit, enhancing India's competition with China's energy projects in Sri Lanka. The ...

Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a guard of honor presented to him by the Sri Lankan Army during an official welcome ...

Sri Lanka's economy to grow 3.5% in 2025 despite US tariff headwinds, World Bank says Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday ...

For decades, Sri Lanka has lived in the shadow of its big-brother neighbour, India. It has also had its fair share of strife, wars, coups, crises and change of heads. But all of that instability ...

India and Sri Lanka signed seven agreements in areas such as defence, energy, and trade, during PM Narendra Modi's visit to Colombo. Modi, honoured with Sri Lanka's highest civilian award, highlighted ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s services exports grew 7.79 percent from a year ago to 291.12 million US dollars in March 2025, the island’s Export Development Board said. ICT/BPM earnings went up 2.54 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 6, 2025) travelled to the historic city of Anuradhapura in north-central Sri Lanka and launched two India-assisted railway projects before wrapping up ...