COLOMBO, April 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday, unchanged from its October forecast, but faces ...

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 ...

As Sri Lanka and India signed cooperation pacts in various areas during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Sri Lanka, some Indian media outlets sought to hype so-called "concerns" over ...

I write about Asian economics and technology news. Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's ...

India's covert support for Tamil insurgents in Sri Lanka dates back to the 1970s, well before the acknowledged intervention of the late 1980s. Declassified CIA documents reveal that India provided ...

A series of bombs ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 290 people and injuring hundreds. Several of those bombs went off inside churches, during ...

For more than 35 years, UNHCR assisted people forced to flee throughout a prolonged conflict in Sri Lanka. Most internally displaced people were able to return to their places of origin and many Sri ...

A series of bombs ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 290 people and injuring hundreds. Several of those bombs went off inside churches, during ...

On March 24, 2025, the British government announced sanctions against Shavendra Silva, former head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, former navy commander Wasantha Karannagoda and former army commander ...

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 ...

Beverley Watts has your guide to the unmissable historic sites, iconic architecture and wonderful wildlife to add to your itinerary The Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka is renowned for its white ...